Open thread – White on Gold in Greenville

The color for surrender meets the color of Money, as Halloween starts early. Bobby Lamb’s been fighting fright since Monday! Elsewhere league-perfect Elon goes to Wooford, Lil Sammy is at El Cid and the ‘Whee in ‘Nooga. No word on where our last Halloween treat is today.

This is the hot start we've been waiting to see

Prediction thread – App State at Furman

According to the forecast, App State may enjoy some home field advantage at Furple Saturday. Throw in the Solid Gold motif, and hey, the Apps are up before kickoff! Seriously, Furman has always been dangerous at home. And we’ve yet to see a … /cliche alert .. back-to-back “complete game.”

'We win together. We die together'

Number crunching – AE continues mowing down defenses

Wilford Brimley as seen in the new Red Dawn remakeSome of the stats you need to know heading into Week Nine.

1 – Statistical SoCon rank of Armanti Edwards in total offensive yards per game, 345.3
5 – Number of SoCon teams averaging fewer yards per game
67 – Number of FCS teams averaging fewer yards per game (AE alone ranks 51st in total offense among FCS teams)

12,855 – Career offensive yards by Armanti Edwards
153 – Yards needed for Edwards to become No. 5 all-time in FCS in total career yards
1,865 – Yards needed for Edwards to become No. 2 (That’s probably out of reach, but ya never know)

13 – National rank of Devon Moore in rushing, 99.9 yards a game
26 – National rank of Moore in all-purpose yards, 131.7 yards a game
23 – National rank of Moore in scoring, 7.71 pts a game (He has one more TD than AE, but played in one more game than AE did)

7.14 – Average receptions per game by Furman’s Adam Mims, 8th best nationally
13 – Passing TDs by Furman, second most in SoCon
1 – Number of those TD passes to Mims (Closer to the end zone, the less dangerous he is)

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AppFan Poll – Pure Gold

It’s official! Saturday’s “White Out” at Furman will clash with another App State color! So …

What do you think of going Gold?   I LIKE IT! LOOKS SWEET! BEWARE THE KILLER BEES!   Meh. Whatever gets your TD on.   Worst. Color Choice. Ever.   I don’t care what color they wear. I’d watch them naked!   I don’t care either, but I WILL draw the line at naked.   Other (leave a comment)      pollcode.com free . . . → Read More: AppFan Poll – Pure Gold

AppFan Album – Black Saturday

More photogoodness from Appfan Chad Mitchell.

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Thar's Gold on them dar' Mountaineers! Again!

A couple weeks ago we said App State would be going Gold against Furman. And some dared doubt us. Come on! Would we ever lie to you? – “when Furman requested to wear its white jerseys as part of a promotion during Saturday’s game, ASU decided to break out the gold threads one last time.”

Knowing his role today before thinking about tomorrow

AE’s heir apparent speaks – “Life is about patience,” Cadet said. “And I’ve got a great quarterback in front of me. It’s not like I have somebody that’s not good in front of me. It’s Armanti. He’s a two-time All-American, a two-time national champion. I’m not frustrated. I’m patient. I’m not rushing.”

Purple better be weary of the Gold steamroller

App State owns the top offense in the land – 507.14 yards a game.

Sounds impressive right? Not really. At least, not when you just look at the App offense in conference games.

In league contests, the Apps are covering 541.8 yards a game. A! GAME! Aaaaaaand … 7.4 yards a snap. PER! SNAP!

/whistles

So if you soon begin feeling some slight tremors traced to the greater Greenville, S.C., area, it’s completely understandable. Cause guess who owns the . . . → Read More: Purple better be weary of the Gold steamroller

AppFan Photo of the Day

Waaaayyyy back before the season, College Gameday on ESPN focused on football in the state of North Carolina. And look who had a helmet alongside the “big” boys! Thanks to Appfan Rob for sending this in (he apologies for taking so long).

Pop quiz – Which team today has the best record? /giggle

(Response – And which team handed that team one of its two losses? /sigh)

Meanwhile, the debate rages . . . → Read More: AppFan Photo of the Day

App State Review: Revisiting five questions

Prior to the season, we had five questions for this year’s App State team. Midway and one week through the season, we thought we’d revisit them.

1. WILL AE PLAY THE ENTIRE SEASON? After missing the BotB due to some overzealous landscaping, Money has been just that, albeit it in a totally unexpected way. The Fastest Man On Earth is no longer running, but gunning. He among the nation’s most accurate passers, and has become almost Brady-like with . . . → Read More: App State Review: Revisiting five questions