This is not your typical season opener on the mountain. Appalachian State has never hosted a Power 5 opponent on college football’s traditional opening weekend. The Mountaineers have been the visiting team several times at Wake Forest, NC State, and East Carolina for opening weekend. Only Wake can say they came to Boone. Last year’s ECU game does not count, but it does, you get the drift. And now that North Carolina is coming to Boone, it opens the door for the NC State to do the same. How about that timing? Anyway, you have heard the call to action for some time now. The need to describe a game and atmosphere that will certainly be different and perhaps unprecedented. We have been through this before. The University of Miami came to Boone, and we wanted to win that game, probably too much. Wake Forest came to town, and we wanted that one too. That turned into a classic App-Wake game. But in both of those games, the Apps came up short. Is Saturday different? Yes. For one, there will be a few more fans there. Prior to Miami and Wake, we knew the attendance record would fall. Secondly, App is playing that blue team. Most are the opposite of indifferent about North Carolina. You either love them, or loathe them. Most of the alums are dissimilar. We like different things, and that’s why this is different.

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Tough one to me. I do still worry about the WRs and the unknown of the D. But hope for the best.

UNC - 24
App - 30

Black & Gold - 35
Baby Blue - 24

I don't think they will be able to stop us and I think our D is for real.

App 45
UNC 28

Going to need to score some points but we do!

App 38
UNC 34

App 34
Tarholes 32

Shoot out is possible

Apps- 37
Holes- 30

Love it. NP

APP - 38
unc - 27

APP 45
UNC 17

APP 24
UNC 17

Slow start, strong finish

Mountain Men 31
Wal-Mart Wusses 25

UNC: disqualified for academic fraud
App: 3,333

Powder Blue 27
Back in Black 31

Moonshine Drinkers - 31
Sauvignon Blanc Sippers - 24

Yosef 24
Ramses 17

UNC Boone 38
UNC Chapel Hill 31

45-35 good guys

Today I Give My All. 34
What were we thinking coming to Boone 31

Another year,another tarhole loss.Men with long guns (A LOT) carrboro comm. college (a few)