Game Balls — UNC-CHeat

[AppinVA]

Wow! What a game! I don’t celebrate moral victories, however I can still recognize when I see a team Give Their ALL For Appalachian State,” despite not achieving the desired outcome. On to the game balls.

The Offensive line: I do not care for the term “bulls,” but I have to give the offensive line credit for keeping Joey clean last night allowing NO sacks to a defense that had nine the previous week.

Joey, Joey, Joey: Dude came to play, and if not for some drops early on where the worst thing he did was hit our guys in the hands, we could have been chanting “Heisman” at the end of the game.

Visitors Side: There had to be 10,000 folks decked out in black and gold there last night, which turned a visitor’s section almost into a “side.” I think we were just as loud and boisterous as the 40,000 that was there for them, getting told how to support their team by their operations staff. I’ll take our fans over theirs any time, and if they were to be honest, I think they’d admit the same.

Brendan Harrington: The epitome of TIGMA. I hope it’s not as serious as it looked from the stands. A true Mountaineer had six tackles and a sack before his injury.

There are many more to go around, but with three “home games” to start the season and two birthdays in the family this month, I’m on a strict budget.