What is they say about winning? Plenty of people have said many things about winning over the years. Vince Lombardi called it a “habit”. Lombardi called it the “only thing”. Kareem-Abdul Jabbar said you can’t win unless you learn how to lose. Mia Hamm was quoted, “Whoever said winning isn’t everything, never won anything”. All those are great, but my favorite line ever is by Vin Scully: Losing feels worse than winning feels good. That nails it every time. As Mountaineer football fans, over the years, we have walked out of a lot more stadiums with a smile on our face, than we have with a frown. But those frowns, they are the worst. They can ruin a lot more than the next few minutes, but sometimes the next few hours, and sometimes it can linger for a couple days even. Luckily, there are more games to play. Strike that. Thankfully there are more games to play. Truth is, the Mountaineers have been tight roping it for the last month. All it was going to take was a slight lean one way or the other, and it was going to come crashing down. But, there is plenty left at stake. Plenty of time to pick up the pieces, and plenty of time to figure out how to get back up and start the next streak. The pride of Appalachian will not allow this little bump in the road to get the best of us.

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I mean, ULM is better than UMass, they're at home, and they are basically playing for their bowl lives. This team just doesn't seem consistent enough, I think we get down early again this week and come up short.

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App St 20

I really, really, really hope I'm wrong

23-16 App

App 30
La-Mo 20

Going to hope we suddenly are in better health and make less mistakes.

Apps - 31
ULM - 24

Us - 21
Them - 17

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ULM 31

Will we ever play the game we are all looking for? Apps 35-14

Northwest NC 29
Northeast LA 17

Apps 35
ULM 25

Us - 24
Them - 21

Defense scores a touchdown this week.

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ULM 21

App 24
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App - 23
ULM - 17

Next Mountain Man Up. 32
War Hawk Down 26

We make that field goal this time:

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APP - 31
ulm - 17

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ULM 17

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Monroe: 27
Neers: 24