Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th Game 1: Trotman and Blevins earn All-America status We missed the moment on our entire countdown, but it does not take away from the accomplishments of Austin Trotman and Kyle Blevins. We totally goofed in thinking the countdown was about actual games versus memorable [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th Game 2: Baseball 6, Virginia 5 We ranked this game at the #3 spot in our countdown. This was a truly memorable game considering what was at stake. Both Appalachian and Virginia were playing for the right to be beaten twice in a [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th Game 3: Football 24, Georgia Southern 17 Just about every time Georgia Southern and Appalachian meet on the gridiron, the games become an instant classic, and 2011 was no different. Both teams have upset the other in consecutive years when the road team [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th Game 4: Women’s Basketball defeats NC State in WNIT We worry starting to worry about this game making the countdown. We detailed the victory here over four months ago. For this Mountaineer program to defeat a storied program at NC State in a post [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th Games 9: Women’s Indoor Track wins SoCon Title We had this moment ranked 8th on our countdown. Our track and field program has been so dominant, it should be news when we they don’t take home the title. The women ran away with [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th. Game 15: Women’s Golf Repeats at Low Country This was a pretty simple pick. Like the Men’s golf team, this was their only tournament victory of the season so we felt confident about this pick. Most likely the only appearance by the Women’s golf [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th. Game 17: Women’s Basketball 77, Chattanooga 52 Darcie’s Army finally made their first appearance in the countdown. Overall, we had this game ranked 12th on the countdown with this SoCon Tourney Semifinal win. The Mountaineers were dominant throughout the game. Freshman Maryah Sydnor dropped [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th. Game 19: Men’s Basketball 93, College of Charleston 81 This game winds up being our second close call in the countdown. We had ranked this game 20th, and hopefully we made up ground on the other competitors. This truly was a great game, [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th. Game 21: Football 28, Elon 24 This game hurts because it was on our list as we were narrowing down our choices. It was a great game as Appalachian extended its win streak over Elon to 16 games.  Elon has not beaten Appalachian [...]

Catching up with the GoASU memorable games countdown starting on July 4th. Game 24: Men’s Soccer 1, Coastal Carolina 0 Without a doubt, this was our best guess of the countdown. We had this game ranked #23. Coastal was not ranked, but had just beaten a ranked team. Shutouts were the key to Appalachian’s season [...]