A football Goliath faced a talented David

BOONE, N.C. -- There used to be a running joke in North Carolina that the best college football team in the state could not be found at any of those esteemed campuses with basketball traditions in Chapel Hill, Durham or Raleigh. You had to go to a small resort town in the Blue Ridge Mountains named after Daniel Boone to find North Carolina’s top program. But as Appalachian State proved on Saturday, when it pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college football history with a 34-32 victory at fifth-ranked Michigan, it is not a joke anymore. The Mountaineers were not the cream puff opponent that Michigan fans might have envisioned, even if they do play in the Southern Conference against opponents like Wofford and Elon. In fact, a university official said the team has had difficulty scheduling nonconference teams in its own state, like North Carolina and Wake Forest, which apparently want no part of Appalachian State. They know better. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 3, 2007 07:37 AM