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James Madison vs Appalachian State Prediction, Game Preview

James Madison vs Appalachian State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Saturday, September 24

James Madison vs Appalachian State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 4, Saturday, September 24

James Madison vs Appalachian State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 24
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: James Madison (2-0), Appalachian State (2-1)
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James Madison vs Appalachian State Game Preview

Why James Madison Will Win

Okay, James Madison. Just how real are you?

Who leads the nation in total defense? Who leads the nation in run defense? Who leads the nation in tackles for loss per game? Who has yet to turn the ball over?

The Dukes are just 2-0, and one of the wins was against Norfolk State, but they ripped a Middle Tennessee team 44-7 that might just be good enough to go bowling.

Rested with two weeks off, James Madison should bring the offensive balance, and they should bring the energy against an Appalachian State team that has to be a tad bit fried.

Seriously, the North Carolina shootout, and then the Texas A&M win, and then GameDay and the Hail Mary win over Troy – this team has been through a lot, but …

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Why Appalachian State Will Win

The Mountaineers are playing great.

They seemed a bit flat at times against the Trojans, but the defense was great against the run and the offense was able to get a big enough game – helped by that last throw – out of Chase Brice to survive.

The team isn’t beating itself. There has been just one turnover so far, penalties aren’t a problem, and the O is moving the chains.

But …

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What’s Going To Happen

Look … out.

James Madison might be new to the FBS party, but it’s no joke. It might not be the best team in the Sun Belt, but it’s going to come up with a winning season and annoy all the conference teams that have a shot to do something fun this year.

The Dukes are going to bring the defense that can hold up, and the offensive balance will keep things moving. App State will survive – and it’s not going to take a last second play to do it – but it’s going to be a grind in a fun battle.

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James Madison vs Appalachian State Prediction, Line

Appalachian State 27, James Madison 23
Line: Appalachian State -7, o/u: 58.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
James Madison vs Appalachian State Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5

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‘I love that guy’: Swinney, Streeter really proud of Chase Brice

After Chase Brice pulled off his latest heroics last Saturday – lifting Appalachian State to a miraculous 32-28 victory over Troy with a 53-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass on the game’s final play – Dabo Swinney had a message for the former Clemson …

After Chase Brice pulled off his latest heroics last Saturday – lifting Appalachian State to a miraculous 32-28 victory over Troy with a 53-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass on the game’s final play – Dabo Swinney had a message for the former Clemson quarterback.

“I called him and said he and I need to go to Vegas, like, right now,” Swinney said this week. “Man, unbelievable. Unbelievable. His comment was ‘winners win,’ and I loved it.”

Clemson’s head coach believes that comment perfectly sums up Brice, who of course is fondly remembered by Tiger fans for stepping up during the 2018 national championship campaign, relieving an injured Trevor Lawrence in a 27-23 come-from-behind victory against Syracuse to preserve what would become a perfect 15-0 campaign.

“That’s Chase to the core, man. He’s a winner,” Swinney said. “I’m really happy for him, really proud of him. He’s a great young man and has just become a great leader for (App State). You can just see everybody around him, they all believe in him. He’s just one of those guys that finds a way, he finds a way. That’s who he is. I love that guy, man. He’s a good one.”

After playing for Clemson from 2017-19 and graduating in May 2020, Brice transferred to Duke, where he threw for 2,170 yards while passing for 10 touchdowns in 11 starts during the 2020 season.

Since transferring to App State before the 2021 season, Brice has led the Mountaineers to a 12-5 record in 17 games as their starting quarterback while starting all 14 games at quarterback last season and the first three this season.

Last season, he was named the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year and earned All-Sun Belt third team honors after finishing the season with 27 touchdown passes (tied for the Sun Belt lead), 238.4 passing yards per game (No. 3 in the Sun Belt), a 62.1 completion percentage (No. 3 in the Sun Belt), a 151.1 rating (No. 3 in the Sun Belt) and 8.6 yards per pass attempt (No. 2 in the Sun Belt).

In 2021, Brice set App State’s single-season record for passing yards with a league-leading 3,337 to break the previous school record of 3,291 set by Armanti Edwards.

A week prior to his Hail Mary against Troy, Brice and the Mountaineers pulled off a major upset, defeating then-No. 6 Texas A&M on the road on Sept. 10 by a score of 17-14.

As someone who knows Brice very well, his former quarterbacks coach, Clemson’s Brandon Streeter, said this week that he’s “so proud” of him.

“He’s been an awesome kid. I love that guy,” Streeter said. “We had a great relationship when we were here, and I’m just happy that he’s happy. He’s doing some really, really good stuff. He’s at a great program with App State, and man, it was exciting to watch. I saw the replay of that last play, the Hail Mary play, and it’s really a great teaching moment for a lot of programs out there, how important that last play is and why you work it every single week.

“But just to see him succeed like he’s doing has been really, really special. And then not just this week but last week against Texas A&M, being able to come out on top. I’m just excited for him and his journey. Everybody’s got a different journey and his journey is paying off, and it really comes down to him putting in the work and being positive throughout the whole journey.”

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WATCH: Roman Harper breaks down insane App State Hail Mary TD

Roman Harper broke down App State’s huge Hail Mary touchdown pass against Troy, reflecting on how he helped save the Saints avoid a similar fate during his playing days:

Quite a few New Orleans Saints players have begun to make second careers for themselves in football media, and today we’ll be checking in on Roman Harper. The longtime starting strong safety won a Super Bowl XLIV ring with New Orleans, but these days he’s working as an analyst for the SEC Network. On Monday evening he sat down with “Thinking Out Loud” hosts Richard Johnson and Spencer Hall to recap one of the weekend’s most exciting college football games: Appalachian State’s dramatic win over Troy, one of their Sun Belt rivals, on a last-second Hail Mary touchdown pass.

“Who says grown men don’t cry?” Harper quipped after reviewing the game’s highlight play, complete with an all-time-great radio call from the App State press box. His brother is a Troy alum, so this wasn’t exactly a defensive performance he looks back on fondly.

“Hate that, I like to sometimes rush four, five, six,” Harper said, when examining Troy’s decision to rush three linemen and drop eight defenders into coverage. “I like to zero blitz it. I’ve actually ended a game against Cincinnati, versus the Cincinnati Bengals, I told everybody to get up out of here after the sack.”

The game Harper’s referring to there was a 2010 clash between his old Saints team and Carson Palmer’s Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. A furious fourth quarter scoring output saw the lead change twice and tie up until Marques Colston caught a 3-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left in regulation to retake the lead and go up 34-30 in Cincinnati.

And the Bengals put themselves in position to win the day with a 47-yard return on the subsequent kickoff, setting up Palmer and his offense at midfield. A quick pass moved them further up field, into New Orleans territory. With eight seconds left to play and just 37 yards separating them from an upset, Palmer dropped back to pass, targeting his dynamic receiving duo of Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens (who had already combined for 11 catches and 143 yards on the day). It was a tight spot for the Saints.

But as Harper recalled, the Saints chose to pressure the quarterback. They sent him on a blitz and he dropped Palmer for a 16-yard loss as time expired, very much saving the day for New Orleans. A rare pressure player who normally lined up at safety, Harper became something of a sack artist with the Saints — he’s currently tied with defensive tackles Don Reese and Mike Tilleman to rank 31st in the franchise record books with 17 sacks (per Pro Football Reference).

Blitzing the quarterback on these desperation Hail Mary heaves has become a trademark for Saints head coach Dennis Allen, who was Harper’s position coach on that 2010 squad. Serving as defensive coordinator in 2019 and charged with protecting a 2-point lead in the final seconds, he opted to pressure Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott with a similar safety blitz, sending C.J. Gardner-Johnson in to harass the passer before he could fully read the field. Prescott flung the ball far downfield to avoid taking a sack, and it ended up being intercepted by Marcus Williams. That’s just one example.

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The hot seat edition: Winners and losers from Week 3 of the college football season

Whether it was troubled coaches reversing the narrative or turning up the pressure even higher, the hot-seat discussion dominated our Week 3 winners and losers.

Week 3’s slate of college football matchups couldn’t quite live up to the upset-fest that was Week 2, but it was an eventful Saturday, nonetheless.

The defining theme this week was the hot seat. We saw the second coach firing of the season, as Arizona State fired Herm Edwards and became the latest Power Five program to go shopping for a head coach.

Some embattled coaches managed to reverse the narrative, while others all but sealed their fates. Regardless, Week 3 gave us a lot more clarity on a number of situations around the country. These storylines dominated a weekend that didn’t see many shakeups at the top of the sport, though it still featured some thrilling outcomes.

With that in mind, here are the winners and losers from the third week of the college football season.

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Luke Combs had the most savage message for Texas A&M: ‘I appreciate the million and a half dollar donation to my alma mater’

Texas A&M fans are never going to live this down.

This has been quite a rough week for Texas A&M football. Obviously, it all starts with the loss to Appalachian State that came last weekend.

A&M paid Appalachian State $1.5 million to play against them and they lost. That’s straight-up embarrassing.

But the worst part is that Appalachian State fans refuse to ever let them live it down with their wild posters. Three students even won free tuition off basically embarrassing A&M with their signs on ESPN’s College GameDay, which they also stole from the Aggies.

If all that wasn’t enough, for good measure, ESPN’s College GameDay brought on Country music singer Luke Combs to be their special guest picker and he had a message for Texas A&M that will probably leave fans seething.

The crew was picking the Texas A&M vs. Miami game and Combs said he was definitely riding with A&M. Why? Take a listen.

“Jimbo [Fischer], Texas A&M … I appreciate the million and a half dollar donation to my alma mater. I’m riding with Texas A&M at home. Let’s go, baby.” 

Bruuuuuuuh. That absolutely has to hurt. A&M fans have to be salty. They just have to be.

I’m sure, at this point, A&M fans want to get over the game. But at the rate we’re going? This feels like it’ll be a thing all season long. Get ready, Aggie fans. The jokes are coming.

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ESPN’s College GameDay picks their Week 3 winners including Notre Dame vs. Cal

Who do you have winning?

For the first time in College GameDay’s twenty year history, they visited Boone, North Carolina, home of giant slayer Appalachian State. After the Mountaineers took North Carolina to the brink in week one, they successfully garnered a massive upset in week two, going to College Station and defeating Texas A&M.  The GameDay crew (Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, and Pat McAfee) along with guest picker country singer Luke Combs, made their selections for week three’s slate. Find out below who they chose to win.

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These 3 App State students just got free tuition from ESPN College GameDay because of their awesome signs

They put some Texas A&M tears to really good use.

It seemed a bit strange at first that literally all of the ESPN College GameDay posters available to students ahead of Saturday’s show disappeared so quickly.

It all makes sense now, though.

It turns out there was a GameDay sign competition where, if someone made a good enough sign, they could win free tuition for the year. Obviously, a lot of the students who pulled up to the set really came with it — especially when it came to making fun of Texas A&M. They were awesome.

So it makes sense that ESPN couldn’t pick just one winner. They picked 3. And they gave them this really cool moment, too.

That’s awesome stuff, man. These signs literally made these folks’ years. And all it took was for their football team to take $1.5 million from Texas A&M. We absolutely love to see it.

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App State fans did everything they could to remind everyone they stole ESPN’s College GameDay and $1.5 million from Texas A&M

App State fans are absolutely brutal. Wow.

Appalachian State took everything from Texas A&M this season with their upset win over the Aggies.

Not only did App State just trample on the Aggies’ hopes for a College Football Playoff appearance this season, but they also took a whopping $1.5 million and their ESPN College GameDay appearance the following week.

GameDay was supposed to be in College Station this week, but they decided to switch it up and give App State their first-ever appearance because of their upset win. And App State was ready, too. They made sure GameDay ran out of signs to use for the show.

And those signs? They put them to use, y’all. The fans were absolutely brutal.

Appalachian State vs Troy Prediction, Game Preview

Appalachian State vs Troy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

Appalachian State vs Troy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 3, Saturday, September 17

Appalachian State vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC
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Record: Appalachian State (1-1), Troy (1-1)
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Appalachian State vs Troy Game Preview

Why Troy Will Win

While everyone wants to talk about Appalachian State, and all the hype is surrounding the team that just beat Texas A&M, shhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Troy is good enough to ruin the narrative.

The defense kept the high-powered Ole Miss offense under wraps in a 28-10 loss, and then the offense got to eat with the passing attack opening it up against Alabama A&M.

But can the Trojans hold up on the lines?

There’s enough of a pass rush to matter, the defense that got run over by Ole Miss is stronger than that, and then there are the takeaways. The Trojans came up with five in the first two games, and …

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Why Appalachian State Will Win

Troy is having problems on the offensive front.

It’s allowing way too many plays in the backfield, the running game isn’t clicking – just two yards per carry so far – and if the passing game isn’t flying, the O isn’t moving.

Appalachian State is terrific on the offensive front, there’s only been one turnover, and control, control, control. Texas A&M has a deliberate style of offense, and that fed right into what the Mountaineers can do.

Now they have to own the clock and keep the Trojan attack off the field, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

Be very, very, very careful here.

GameDay is town, everyone is gushing over the Appalachian State program, and there’s a lot of hype after the wild loss to North Carolina and the shocking win over A&M.

Troy is going to make this a fight.

The passing attack is going to press the production all game long, Appalachian State’s defense will continue to have problems on third downs, and …

The Troy run D won’t hold up in the fourth quarter.

The home side will get pushed, but it’ll grind its way through.

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Appalachian State vs Troy Prediction, Line

Appalachian State 34, Troy 23
Line: Appalachian State -12.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Appalachian State vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5

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Texas A&M vs Appalachian State Prediction, Game Preview

Texas A&M vs Appalachian State game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 2 game on Saturday, September 10

Texas A&M vs Appalachian State prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 2, Saturday, September 10

Texas A&M vs Appalachian State How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 10
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Kyle Field, College Station, TX
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Texas A&M (1-0), Appalachian State (0-1)
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Why Appalachian State Will Win

Did Appalachian State just score again?

The Mountaineers gave North Carolina a fun time scoring 40 points in the fourth quarter … and losing. It was one of the wildest games in a long, long time in the 63-61 loss, but the offense cranked up 659 yards, everything clicked – especially late – and it wasn’t that crazy for an attack with these running backs.

They have the depth in the backfield, Chase Brice – who threw for 361 yards and six scores – is a veteran passer, and Texas A&M’s defense is about to get tested hard.

The passes will be spread around, the ground attack will work inside and out behind a dangerous line, and …

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Why Texas A&M Will Win

The A&M lines are a wee bit different than what Appalachian State saw against North Carolina.

The Aggies came up with an efficient 31-0 win over Sam Houston to start the campaign, starting with a defense that held the high-octane attack to fewer than 200 yards and coming up big on third down after third down.

The defensive front was great at getting into the backfield and stuffing everything before it could get going. The Aggies have the tacklers that North Carolina doesn’t, and they’re going to make Brice try to win this.

Appalachian State needs to run well to set up everything, or else …

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What’s Going To Happen

Texas A&M will never give up the ball.

Appalachian State isn’t going to hit the explosive plays it came up with against North Carolina as it tries grinding it out a bit more than it might like. It’s able to control the clock at times, but it’s going to press a bit with A&M having the offensive on the field for long stretches of time.

The deliberate style of A&M will take over the game in the third quarter as QB Haynes King has a sharp performance on third downs and the defense takes care of the rest.

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Texas A&M vs Appalachian State Prediction, Line

Texas A&M 34, Appalachian State 17
Line: Texas A&M -18, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5
Texas A&M vs Appalachian State Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5

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