ESPN 2022 best CFB games

[biggie]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/i ... 022-season

4 in the top 100, wished a couple were the opposite team winning.

[AppWyo]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/i ... 022-season

4 in the top 100, wished a couple were the opposite team winning.

Those four games were epic; the results were indicative of the season, 2-2 September and 6-6 season. "The best kind of Hail Mary," is the part of the article I like the best.

[WVAPPeer]

3 in the top 11

11. Appalachian State 17, Texas A&M 14 (Sept. 10)
10. Appalachian State 32, Troy 28 (Sept. 17)
9. North Carolina 63, Appalachian State 61 (Sept. 3)

The 2022 season featured one of the more thrilling Septembers in memory, and Appalachian State played a huge role in that -- all four of the Mountaineers' September games made this list.

First, App State and UNC combined for 1,231 yards and 124 points, and App somehow managed to score 40 points in the fourth quarter and lose. It charged back from 20 points down but failed on a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 31 seconds left and trailed 56-55. UNC's Bryson Nesbit returned an onside kick 43 yards for a score, but that gave App one last chance -- Chase Brice found Kaedin Robinson for a 26-yard touchdown with nine seconds left ... and the Mountaineers failed again on a 2-pointer and lost.

How do you respond to such a gut-wrenching defeat? By going from track meet to rock fight and beating a top-10 team on the road! The Mountaineers played keepaway by dominating third and fourth downs, took a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter (despite a couple of touchdown explosions from Devon Achane) and saw the game out after A&M missed a 47-yarder.

How do you top these two games? By hosting "GameDay" and winning via Hail Mary, of course!

It wasn't just a Hail Mary, either: It was a Hail Mary catch-and-run. The best kind.


The Mountaineers finished just 6-6 this season. Can you blame them for running out of gas after all that?

[AtlAppMan]

It was a helluva ride early for sure and I am proud of them for that.

But as Lou Holtz said, "If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today."

And John Wooden said, "Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them."

[AppStFan1]

3 in the top 11

11. Appalachian State 17, Texas A&M 14 (Sept. 10)
10. Appalachian State 32, Troy 28 (Sept. 17)
9. North Carolina 63, Appalachian State 61 (Sept. 3)

The 2022 season featured one of the more thrilling Septembers in memory, and Appalachian State played a huge role in that -- all four of the Mountaineers' September games made this list.

First, App State and UNC combined for 1,231 yards and 124 points, and App somehow managed to score 40 points in the fourth quarter and lose. It charged back from 20 points down but failed on a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 31 seconds left and trailed 56-55. UNC's Bryson Nesbit returned an onside kick 43 yards for a score, but that gave App one last chance -- Chase Brice found Kaedin Robinson for a 26-yard touchdown with nine seconds left ... and the Mountaineers failed again on a 2-pointer and lost.

How do you respond to such a gut-wrenching defeat? By going from track meet to rock fight and beating a top-10 team on the road! The Mountaineers played keepaway by dominating third and fourth downs, took a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter (despite a couple of touchdown explosions from Devon Achane) and saw the game out after A&M missed a 47-yarder.

How do you top these two games? By hosting "GameDay" and winning via Hail Mary, of course!

It wasn't just a Hail Mary, either: It was a Hail Mary catch-and-run. The best kind.


The Mountaineers finished just 6-6 this season. Can you blame them for running out of gas after all that?

It was definitely exciting. I'll trade being on that list for 10+ wins, a SBC title, and bowl win though.

[AppWyo]

Awesome article with no mention of Marshall or Georgia Southern.

[bigdaddyg]

3 in the top 11

11. Appalachian State 17, Texas A&M 14 (Sept. 10)
10. Appalachian State 32, Troy 28 (Sept. 17)
9. North Carolina 63, Appalachian State 61 (Sept. 3)

The 2022 season featured one of the more thrilling Septembers in memory, and Appalachian State played a huge role in that -- all four of the Mountaineers' September games made this list.

First, App State and UNC combined for 1,231 yards and 124 points, and App somehow managed to score 40 points in the fourth quarter and lose. It charged back from 20 points down but failed on a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 31 seconds left and trailed 56-55. UNC's Bryson Nesbit returned an onside kick 43 yards for a score, but that gave App one last chance -- Chase Brice found Kaedin Robinson for a 26-yard touchdown with nine seconds left ... and the Mountaineers failed again on a 2-pointer and lost.

How do you respond to such a gut-wrenching defeat? By going from track meet to rock fight and beating a top-10 team on the road! The Mountaineers played keepaway by dominating third and fourth downs, took a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter (despite a couple of touchdown explosions from Devon Achane) and saw the game out after A&M missed a 47-yarder.

How do you top these two games? By hosting "GameDay" and winning via Hail Mary, of course!

It wasn't just a Hail Mary, either: It was a Hail Mary catch-and-run. The best kind.


The Mountaineers finished just 6-6 this season. Can you blame them for running out of gas after all that?

It was definitely exciting. I'll trade being on that list for 10+ wins, a SBC title, and bowl win though.

Sitting in the stands at the Carolina game at a point late in the 4th I asked a guy beside me if we had really scored (at that point) over 35 points in the quarter. I knew we were coming back and I also laughed at the crowd of "fans" coming back into the stadium. As we were walking out at the end my wife said it was a good game. I said it was entertaining but a terrible football game. Crazy

[AppStFan1]

3 in the top 11

11. Appalachian State 17, Texas A&M 14 (Sept. 10)
10. Appalachian State 32, Troy 28 (Sept. 17)
9. North Carolina 63, Appalachian State 61 (Sept. 3)

The 2022 season featured one of the more thrilling Septembers in memory, and Appalachian State played a huge role in that -- all four of the Mountaineers' September games made this list.

First, App State and UNC combined for 1,231 yards and 124 points, and App somehow managed to score 40 points in the fourth quarter and lose. It charged back from 20 points down but failed on a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 31 seconds left and trailed 56-55. UNC's Bryson Nesbit returned an onside kick 43 yards for a score, but that gave App one last chance -- Chase Brice found Kaedin Robinson for a 26-yard touchdown with nine seconds left ... and the Mountaineers failed again on a 2-pointer and lost.

How do you respond to such a gut-wrenching defeat? By going from track meet to rock fight and beating a top-10 team on the road! The Mountaineers played keepaway by dominating third and fourth downs, took a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter (despite a couple of touchdown explosions from Devon Achane) and saw the game out after A&M missed a 47-yarder.

How do you top these two games? By hosting "GameDay" and winning via Hail Mary, of course!

It wasn't just a Hail Mary, either: It was a Hail Mary catch-and-run. The best kind.


The Mountaineers finished just 6-6 this season. Can you blame them for running out of gas after all that?

It was definitely exciting. I'll trade being on that list for 10+ wins, a SBC title, and bowl win though.

Sitting in the stands at the Carolina game at a point late in the 4th I asked a guy beside me if we had really scored (at that point) over 35 points in the quarter. I knew we were coming back and I also laughed at the crowd of "fans" coming back into the stadium. As we were walking out at the end my wife said it was a good game. I said it was entertaining but a terrible football game. Crazy

It was entertaining and fun to watch but poorly played by a lot of players for sure. It was wild!

[appalum2003]

Awesome article with no mention of Marshall or Georgia Southern.

I am appsolutely this petty too and I appreciate you being here with me.