ASU Announces 2010 Football Schedule

• Sept. 4 | Chattanooga | at Chattanooga
• Sept. 11  | Jacksonville | Kidd Brewer
• Sept. 18 | N.C. Central | Kidd Brewer
• Sept. 25 | Samford | at Samford
• Oct. 2   | OPEN
  
• Oct. 9 | Elon | Kidd Brewer
• Oct. 16  | Citadel | Kidd Brewer
• Oct. 23  | Western Carolina | at Western Carolina
• Oct. 30  | Furman | Kidd Brewer
• Nov. 6  | Georgia Southern | at Georgia Southern
• Nov. 13  | Wofford | Kidd Brewer
• Nov. 20  | Florida | at Florida

A Tribute to Armanti Edwards

On Sunday December 13 the day after ASU's close loss to the University of Montana and the day of Armanti Edward's graduation from ASU, the Helena Montana Independent Record published a tribute to Edwards titled OFF THE BENCH: Edwards can hold his head high, even in defeat. . .

"MISSOULA — The 24,207 Montana and Appalachian State fans that packed Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday not only witnessed one of the great games in Division I FCS history, they also witnessed the end of an era.

"That era belongs to Armanti Edwards.

"The Appalachian State quarterback, 2008 Walter Payton Award winner and 2009 nominee, will graduate today, just three and a half years after he stepped onto the college campus in Boone, N.C. Thought to be a skinny kid that was too small for the FBS, he has electrified Appy State fans with his incredible ability to throw, run and make the impossible seem possible.

"Starting since he was a freshman, Edwards drove the Mountaineers to national titles in 2006 and 2007, delivered the crushing blow to the then-ranked No. 5 Michigan Wolverines, and accomplished all of that in just his first two years with the program.

"On Saturday, the NFL prospect added one more unofficial record to his belt: the most dominant football player UM has faced since Randy Moss in 1996.

"Edwards torched the Grizzlies for 353 yards passing and 54 yards rushing, a total of 409 of the team’s 497 yards in the FCS semifinal game, which UM ended up taking away 24-17."

Helena Montana Independent Record

Sports Illustrated tribute to Armanti Edwards

2009 Appalachian State Football

• Sat. Sept 5| East Carolina | Greenville NC | noon | Loss (24-29)
• Sat. Sept. 12  | McNeese State | Kidd Brewer | 3:30 p.m.| Loss (35-40)
• Sat. Sept. 26 | Samford | Kidd Brewer| 3:30 p.m. | Win (20-7)
• Sat. Oct. 3| The Citadel | Charleston SC | 1 p.m.| Win (30-27)
• Sat. Oct. 10   | NC Central | Kidd Brewer | 3:30 p.m. | Win (55-21)
      Homecoming
• Sat. Oct. 17  | Wofford | Spartanburg SC| 3 p.m. Win (44-34)
• Sat. Oct. 24  | Georgia Southern | Kidd Brewer| 3 p.m. | Win (52-16)
• Sat. Oct. 31  | Furman | Greeneville SC | noon | Win (52-27)
• Fri. Nov. 7  | Chattanooga | Kidd Brewer | 3:30 p.m.| Win (35-20)
• Sat. Nov. 14  | Elon | Elon NC | 3 p.m. | Win (27-10)
• Sat. Nov. 21  | Western Carolina | Kidd Brewer| 3:30 p.m. | Win (19-14)
• Sat. Nov. 28  | South Carolina St. | Kidd Brewer| Win (20-13)
• Dec. 5  | Richmond | Richmond | Win (35-31)
• Sat. Dec. 12  | Montana | Montana | Loss (17-24)

ASU is in the midst of a major expansion and remodeling of Kidd Brewer Stadium and its associated athletic facilities. See photos of the new stadium seating and construction crews ready the stadium for the September 6 home opener against Jacksonville. . .

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Appalachian will take the next step in pursuit of its goal of a third consecutive National Championship this weekend at Kidd-Brewer stadium when they meet the University of Richmond.

Game time is 8 p.m. . . .

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ASU beats Lenoir-Rhyne 48-7

BOONE, N.C. Sept. 11 - After their historic win in Ann Arbor last week against Michigan, the Appalachian State football team was rewarded with a record crowd at Kidd Brewer Stadium on Saturday.

The team did not disappoint the crowd. Quarterback Trey Elder, filling in for the injured Armanti Edwards, led the team to a 48 - 7 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne . . .

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Where were you when you heard
"Appalachian State 34 - Michigan 32"?

Update: September 4, 2007

"The final fallout from a disastrous opening weekend for Michigan came Tuesday, when the Wolverines dropped all the way out of The Associated Press Top 25, an unprecedented fall from No. 5 to unranked."
~ SportsIllustrated.com (see link in attached article)

"If you are a fan of the Michigan football team - and there are apparently quite a few of you out there - then a new curse word has just entered your vocabulary : Appalachian ( I will make sure later that you know how it's pronounced.) . . ."
~ New York Times Editorial September 3, 2007 by Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the New York Times best seller Freakonomics and graduate of Appalachian State University (see link in attached article)

Some interesting links related to this story :

• GoASU.com
• SportsIllustrated.com
• Appalachian State University
• The Appalachian Student Newspaper
• CSTV.com