Official Dope-A-Poke prediction thread

[bigCasu]

Winning football games are hard. Over the course of a game, eleven players on the field at a time must beat another eleven players over three hours and 150 plays or so. When your team scores more points over that period of time, it is a satisfying feeling. The margin of defeat can sometimes get in the way of how satisfying those feelings are. Appalachian shuting out Old Dominion on Saturday to the tune of 49-0 was widely unexpected. A game where the oddsmakers and the Sagarin ratings index lined up was also quite irregular. Perhaps the drubbing that ODU received from NC State the prior week was enough to lean in Appalachian’s favor by over a full touchdown. Maybe it was the respectable, scoreboard-doesn’t-tell-whole-truth loss the Mountaineers suffered at the hands of Clemson. Somewhere between those two results was the actual truth: Appalachian laid down a soul-crushing beatdown of the Monarchs. If the game were played nine more times, you’ll plausibly see closer scores, but unlikely a different result. The Mountaineers are playing that well right now on the defensive side of the ball. Wyoming will bring a talented but young and inexperienced group to the mountains to face a team that is on fire, who has won eight of nine games while recording three shutouts in the same span.



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[mountaineerman]

Apps28
Wyo 0

[S.Lewis15]

Our Defense is playing angry and I love it.

Mountaineers - 52
Cowboys - 0

[appvette]

App 35
Wyo 10

[appskiah]

ASU - 41
WYO - 17

[GreatAppSt]

np

[appchicago]

Well, 49-0 has served us pretty well so far. So 49-0, good guys win.

[AppState89]

App State - 38

Cowgirls - 10

[Appftw]

Mountaineers 49
Cowboys 0

[MDaniels84]

App runs the ball good every week. This is no exception. I don't think Lamb will throw more than 15-18 times this week. D opens another can of whupass but Wyoming scores in waning moments.

APP - 31

Pokes - 7

[biggie]

Lower scores and closer due to weather.

Wyo - 14
Apps - 35

[kickass143]

Wet, Miserable & A Long Way From Home - 10 (WYO)
Home Sweet Homecoming - 34 (ASU)

[MAD Doctor]

Joaquin makes it closer than it should be:

Grandfather Mountain 32
Brokeback Mountain 13

[moehler]

App 38
Wyoming 17

[TheMackAttack]

Black and Gold - 42
Bohl Cuts - 0

[T-Dog]

The Good - 54
The Bad - 7

The Ugly - 0 because they're still Georgia Southern

[asu1978]

MEN WITH LONG GUNS 49 slow pokes 0 (Lets see if we can keep this going )

[YesAppCan]

Appalachian State 45
Wyoming 9

[hapapp]

App State 21
Wyo 10

[WataugaMan]

Apps 42

Pokes 7