Great article!
https://www.sbnation.com/a/2007-college ... e-michigan

Good stuff!

I keep telling folks I am getting tired of hearing about that game.

But ... not really. I was there. 90th row. Too much fun.

Great clips! Dexter was fantastic! Best single play in the history of football (IMO) was his slant route for a TD on App's 3rd down when it was 0 - 7 Mich. He was clearly the fastest player on the field.

OK, now its time to beat Georgia.

Y'all will love this book about the game and that App team:

https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Stat ... ds=marmins

https://www.hcpress.com/asu-news/new-bo ... c-win.html

dmarmins wrote:Y'all will love this book about the game and that App team:

https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Stat ... ds=marmins

https://www.hcpress.com/asu-news/new-bo ... c-win.html

I am about half way through the book. Fantastic!! Really like the stories about the players.

I am between Raleigh and Selma on Amtrak heading to New York for a three week workshop. there are only a few of us that are not from the NYC area. I have a roommate from Michigan. I don't know what school he attended, but I brought plenty of Appware in case he went to somewhere besides UM, and if he did attend UM, then well, I brought some Appware for that as well.

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:I am between Raleigh and Selma on Amtrak heading to New York for a three week workshop. there are only a few of us that are not from the NYC area. I have a roommate from Michigan. I don't know what school he attended, but I brought plenty of Appware in case he went to somewhere besides UM, and if he did attend UM, then well, I brought some Appware for that as well.

You know, trains aren't really any less expensive than airlines, especially between low cost airports like RDU and LGA, and you could have been there for hours by now.

I am flying back to GSO in a few weeks so I get back in time for move in day for a daughter.

The organization paying for the workshop is paying for transportation, so I am riding the rails for the fun of riding the rails. I am staying one night at the App loft near Penn Station, before they start remodeling the Loft at the start of the month. The staff there at present took the train themselves a few weeks ago according to an email.

AppAlum1 wrote:I keep telling folks I am getting tired of hearing about that game.

But ... not really. I was there. 90th row. Too much fun.

Great clips! Dexter was fantastic! Best single play in the history of football (IMO) was his slant route for a TD on App's 3rd down when it was 0 - 7 Mich. He was clearly the fastest player on the field.

OK, now its time to beat Georgia.

I watched the game at work the other day. It stil made me nervous.

AppSt94 wrote:

AppAlum1 wrote:I keep telling folks I am getting tired of hearing about that game.

But ... not really. I was there. 90th row. Too much fun.

Great clips! Dexter was fantastic! Best single play in the history of football (IMO) was his slant route for a TD on App's 3rd down when it was 0 - 7 Mich. He was clearly the fastest player on the field.

OK, now its time to beat Georgia.

I watched the game at work the other day. It stil made me nervous.

I am the same way. I watched last year's bowl game and still was a nail-biter. I am afraid one time I watch one of these games the other time will finally wise up and stop a big play.

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:

AppSt94 wrote:

AppAlum1 wrote:I keep telling folks I am getting tired of hearing about that game.

But ... not really. I was there. 90th row. Too much fun.

Great clips! Dexter was fantastic! Best single play in the history of football (IMO) was his slant route for a TD on App's 3rd down when it was 0 - 7 Mich. He was clearly the fastest player on the field.

OK, now its time to beat Georgia.

I watched the game at work the other day. It stil made me nervous.

I am the same way. I watched last year's bowl game and still was a nail-biter. I am afraid one time I watch one of these games the other time will finally wise up and stop a big play.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way.

I won't lie - I still hate that friggin' video: HOT HOT HOT...

AppfaninCAALand wrote:

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:I am between Raleigh and Selma on Amtrak heading to New York for a three week workshop. there are only a few of us that are not from the NYC area. I have a roommate from Michigan. I don't know what school he attended, but I brought plenty of Appware in case he went to somewhere besides UM, and if he did attend UM, then well, I brought some Appware for that as well.

You know, trains aren't really any less expensive than airlines, especially between low cost airports like RDU and LGA, and you could have been there for hours by now.

I finally made it into Penn Station. Only 306 hours late.

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:

AppfaninCAALand wrote:

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:I am between Raleigh and Selma on Amtrak heading to New York for a three week workshop. there are only a few of us that are not from the NYC area. I have a roommate from Michigan. I don't know what school he attended, but I brought plenty of Appware in case he went to somewhere besides UM, and if he did attend UM, then well, I brought some Appware for that as well.

You know, trains aren't really any less expensive than airlines, especially between low cost airports like RDU and LGA, and you could have been there for hours by now.

I finally made it into Penn Station. Only 306 hours late.

Check off the "Life Lesson Learned" box for rail travel.

NoLongerLurking wrote:

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:

AppfaninCAALand wrote:

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:I am between Raleigh and Selma on Amtrak heading to New York for a three week workshop. there are only a few of us that are not from the NYC area. I have a roommate from Michigan. I don't know what school he attended, but I brought plenty of Appware in case he went to somewhere besides UM, and if he did attend UM, then well, I brought some Appware for that as well.

You know, trains aren't really any less expensive than airlines, especially between low cost airports like RDU and LGA, and you could have been there for hours by now.

I finally made it into Penn Station. Only 306 hours late.

Check off the "Life Lesson Learned" box for rail travel.

So I was joking about being 306 hours late, which was almost 13 days late. I actually was in Penn station 4 minutes early and was at the Appalachian Loft about 30 minutes after arriving at the train station, and with all the leg room and the ability to walk around I was rested and not all stressed out. The cab fare was under $10 with tip since Penn Station is in the middle of it all and only a few blocks from the App Loft.

On the way back I was flying. The east coast was shut down two Friday's ago due to the weather and I could not get into either GSO, RDU, or CLT. My Friday evening flight after a one hour bus ride instead of a 15 min subway ride was cancelled, and I was originally not getting a ticket until Sunday morning, almost 48 house later. I finally get a flight to O'Hare that left LGA around midnight, after hanging out in the airport for 8 hours. I get in to my hotel in Chicago around 3 am and originally was going to have to get back to the airport around 5 am for TSA clearance. I ended up getting the noon flight and arrive at PTI around 3 PM. They don't have a piece of luggage for me so I have to spend time filling out paperwork, and then wait on a taxi, which is farther from McLeansville than the centrally located train depot, that also has transit buses to get me even closer to home. I cross the front door almost 24 hours later with a taxi fare that was MUCH larger than it would have been and miss helping my daughter move into Meredith. Had I taken the train Friday evening from Penn station I would have beat the plane by half a day, and had enough leg room to be comfortable and get some sleep, and saved $100 between fare and taxi cost. I will not even mention how tight the 737 was with 3 grown men sitting beside each other.

"Life Lesson Learned" box for rail travel has certainly been checked a certain way.