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Appalachian State Fans Boo Referee After He Pronounces It “Appa-Lay-Shun”There’s one way to identify yourself as an outsider to residents of Appalachia: Pronounce it “Appa-lay-shun.” That got one college football referee in trouble on Saturday....

Appalachian State Tennis Player Suspended After Being Accused Of Directing Derogatory Comment At Black OpponentThis past weekend was supposed to be little more than a warm-up for Appalachian State’s men’s tennis team. Facing Lees-McRae and North Carolina A&T, one of North Carolina’s storied HBCUs, the home match was one of those early-season contests the Mountaineers scheduled against low-tier local program...

NCAA Punishes Ex-Appalachian State Football Coach For Sending 416 Texts To Prospect's MotherThe NCAA has punished a former Appalachian State assistant football coach who violated bylaws by texting a prospect’s mother 416 times....

App State's Second Incredible Upset Was Thwarted By Their Own Scared Coach

We all know of Appalachian State for one reason, and as the fates would have it, they played Tennessee nine years to the day of the upset that turned the school into as household a name as any then-FCS program could imagine. App State almost certainly could have earned another myth-making win last n...

"Holy Toledo!" Appalachian State Takes 13-3 Lead On Tennessee

Tennessee’s supposed to be good this year—they’re ranked #9 in ESPN’s preseason poll—but their season is off to a slow start as they’ve allowed Appalachian State to jump out to a ten-point first-half lead, thanks here to a 33-yard touchdown catch and run by Marcus Cox. “Holy Toledo!”...

Andy Staples's oral history of the 2007 Appalachian State-Michigan upset is a lot of fun, as you would expect of an oral history that features an offensive lineman saying, "Man, I was throwing up out of both ends before that game." [SI.com]...

Appalachian State's New Logo Might Have Been Drawn By A Child

At gunpoint, I'd say the guy on the left was a sea captain, or maybe the Gorton's Fisherman. With Appalachian State moving up to the FBS next season, they needed something a little more evocative of "mountaineer." So they're switching to the guy on the right, presumably after an intense design compe...

Welp, The Worst Free Throw Of All Time Was Shot Last Night And Will Never Be Equaled

Brian Okam is a 7-0 junior center who was born in Nigeria and went to high school at Lake Highland, in Florida. Last year, he attempted four free throws and made two of them. Yesterday, he did that, which counts for twenty-eight missed free throws, six losses for Appalachian State, and a rescinded...