Saturday, August 25, 2012

09/01/07. A Day in Appalachian's History


As Boone has become a bit of a college town, you'll feel the pride of ASU in the Appalachian Mountaineers Football team. For the past few decades, the team was a joke to the NCAA, always a warm-up opponent. Though, in 2007, the Mountaineers took a leap, which is now considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of American sports. 

September 1, 2007, Appalachian was scheduled to play the No. 5 ranked Michigan Wolverines. The game was played in Ann Arbor, MI, and was expected to be, once again, a warm-up game for the Big Ten team. Down the first quarter, most fans believed the expected would happen, but the game took a turn. By the fourth, with 1:37 left to go, Michigan up 32-31, things started to become tense. Quarterback Armanti Edwards led them on a 69-yard drive, without a timeout, that ended in a 24-yard field goal that gave the Mountaineers a 34–32 lead with 27 seconds left.Though Michigan tried for field goal with 6 seconds left, safety player Corey Lynch blocked the kick, leaving the Appalachian Mountaineers with a win. 

Because of this game, ASU has grown drastically, and is now a more prestigious public university in North Carolina.




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