(10-29-2019 09:16 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 08:55 AM)boonegoon Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 08:37 AM)AppinSC Wrote:  For our young fan base, I totally get unc-charlotte being considered for a rivalry but to me, they are more like some gum that you stepped in that won't totally come off of your shoe.
For me, Appalachian class of '84, our rivals will always be more like Marshall and Georgia Southern.

Young?? I agree with Marshall as well but we just don’t play them. Same with ECU.
I will also say, it’s not all about football, to me, with rivalries. It spans all competitions. GS is the only current school we have any real history with that we play against. Other than UNCC

Wat? App doesn't really have a history with UNCC. Especially nothing like App/Marshall or App/ECU. App has 2 games with Marshall and 4 games with ECU coming between now and 2026. The next time App plays UNCC is 2026.

I attempted an edit but I guess I didn't save changes. But, you would be correct if rivalries were defined only by football from long ago. I attended electric games in Kidd Brewer and at Marshall in the 90s and I can attest to the rivalry. Current students have no relationship to that rivalry as it will be 20 years since our last meeting. The question was " who do we consider rivals now that we don't have Western anymore?" and I think UNCC fills that hole for many reasons.

(10-29-2019 07:12 AM)ChiefGSU275 Wrote:  

(10-28-2019 10:28 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  (2) The Sun Belt move-up together. Georgia Southern was not a consensus #1 rival of App State fans before the announced move up together. I can't speak for Southern, though I know they had some epic games against Furman through the years and that there was a strong rivalry there, too. As for App, some of the old school fans still considered Western our main rival (Old Mountain Jug and all). Some saw Furman as much of a rival as GS, and that series dated back to the 70's rather than just the 90's. But with the move-up, all we had left as rivals were each other, and I think the focus on "Hate Week" has multiplied because of it.

This definitely cemented the two together, although in my mind, and probably many other GS fan minds, App had taken over the #1 spot since they had beaten us a few times in recent years and had great success late in the FCS run.

Since you guys dont have Western anymore, who do most App fans consider as rivals besides GS? I know you guys play Troy on "Rivalry Weekend" but is that a forced thing or are App fans buying into it?

I thought we were developing something intense with stAte but the league office keeps on not scheduling us to play each other. I think Troy is a good game too, but they're not quite what we had with, say, Furman. Still more time to let rivalries develop naturally.

(10-29-2019 12:15 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 07:12 AM)ChiefGSU275 Wrote:  

(10-28-2019 10:28 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  (2) The Sun Belt move-up together. Georgia Southern was not a consensus #1 rival of App State fans before the announced move up together. I can't speak for Southern, though I know they had some epic games against Furman through the years and that there was a strong rivalry there, too. As for App, some of the old school fans still considered Western our main rival (Old Mountain Jug and all). Some saw Furman as much of a rival as GS, and that series dated back to the 70's rather than just the 90's. But with the move-up, all we had left as rivals were each other, and I think the focus on "Hate Week" has multiplied because of it.

This definitely cemented the two together, although in my mind, and probably many other GS fan minds, App had taken over the #1 spot since they had beaten us a few times in recent years and had great success late in the FCS run.

Since you guys dont have Western anymore, who do most App fans consider as rivals besides GS? I know you guys play Troy on "Rivalry Weekend" but is that a forced thing or are App fans buying into it?

I thought we were developing something intense with stAte but the league office keeps on not scheduling us to play each other. I think Troy is a good game too, but they're not quite what we had with, say, Furman. Still more time to let rivalries develop naturally.

App vs stAte was on its way to becoming very big. But, who doesn't love a yearly game with Texas St, right?



And I like Texas St. But damn at the missed chances

Marshall....Southern........same difference. They both suck.

(10-29-2019 02:38 PM)App75 Wrote:  Marshall....Southern........same difference. They both suck.

Amen

(10-29-2019 02:38 PM)App75 Wrote:  Marshall....Southern........same difference. They both suck.

Agreed and I hate ANY team that wears purple be it WCU, Furman, JMU etc.

(10-29-2019 09:48 AM)boonegoon Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 09:16 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 08:55 AM)boonegoon Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 08:37 AM)AppinSC Wrote:  For our young fan base, I totally get unc-charlotte being considered for a rivalry but to me, they are more like some gum that you stepped in that won't totally come off of your shoe.
For me, Appalachian class of '84, our rivals will always be more like Marshall and Georgia Southern.

Young?? I agree with Marshall as well but we just don’t play them. Same with ECU.
I will also say, it’s not all about football, to me, with rivalries. It spans all competitions. GS is the only current school we have any real history with that we play against. Other than UNCC

Wat? App doesn't really have a history with UNCC. Especially nothing like App/Marshall or App/ECU. App has 2 games with Marshall and 4 games with ECU coming between now and 2026. The next time App plays UNCC is 2026.

I attempted an edit but I guess I didn't save changes. But, you would be correct if rivalries were defined only by football from long ago. I attended electric games in Kidd Brewer and at Marshall in the 90s and I can attest to the rivalry. Current students have no relationship to that rivalry as it will be 20 years since our last meeting. The question was " who do we consider rivals now that we don't have Western anymore?" and I think UNCC fills that hole for many reasons.

Except we are talking about football rivalries. GS is the only true rivalry we have for the foreseeable future. We have played UNCC twice, in history, and both games were within the past two years. It isn't even close to being a rivalry.

(10-30-2019 01:25 PM)SpeedkingATL Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 02:38 PM)App75 Wrote:  Marshall....Southern........same difference. They both suck.

Agreed and I hate ANY team that wears purple be it WCU, Furman, JMU etc.

Don't forget ECU

(10-30-2019 02:23 PM)APPrising Wrote:  

(10-30-2019 01:25 PM)SpeedkingATL Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 02:38 PM)App75 Wrote:  Marshall....Southern........same difference. They both suck.

Agreed and I hate ANY team that wears purple be it WCU, Furman, JMU etc.

Don't forget ECU

They go under etc.

Georgia Southern can define this rivalry with three “hits”

1. We hit App in the face
2. App hits the ground
3. Apps mom asks us to hit it from behind again

(10-30-2019 03:33 PM)StatesboroBluesman Wrote:  Georgia Southern can define this rivalry with three “hits”

1. We hit App in the face
2. App hits the ground
3. Apps mom asks us to hit it from behind again

Nah, here are the three hits:

We hit Southern
Southern hits the ground
Kidd Rock's Bawitdaba playing in the background

(10-30-2019 03:42 PM)DrGonzo Wrote:  

(10-30-2019 03:33 PM)StatesboroBluesman Wrote:  Georgia Southern can define this rivalry with three “hits”

1. We hit App in the face
2. App hits the ground
3. Apps mom asks us to hit it from behind again

Nah, here are the three hits:

We hit Southern
Southern hits the ground
Kidd Rock's Bawitdaba playing in the background

Nah here are the three hits:

1. We hit App State in the mouth
2.App State hits the floor
3. The ambulance hits 80

Defining the App/GS rivalry? One aspect is the interest it generates on both sides... .heck the Game thread is 30 pages long and we still have another 9+ hours until kickoff!

(10-29-2019 08:37 AM)AppinSC Wrote:  For our young fan base, I totally get unc-charlotte being considered for a rivalry but to me, they are more like some gum that you stepped in that won't totally come off of your shoe.
For me, Appalachian class of '84, our rivals will always be more like Marshall and Georgia Southern.

Here here.

Oh wait....I forgot I can't be nice in this thread or this week......

Screw you too!

3 hits!

1. We hit you in the mouth

2. You hit the floor

3. The Ambulance hits 90

(10-30-2019 03:42 PM)DrGonzo Wrote:  Nah, here are the three hits:

We hit Southern
Southern hits the ground
Kidd Rock's Bawitdaba playing in the background

@OldTakesExposed

I believe in FBS the series is now 3-3

It’s midnight and app state still sucks

Number of times each Sun Belt team has beaten App since 2014:

South Alabama 1
Ark State 1
ULM 1
Troy 1
Georgia Southern 3

GS played GOOOOOOD! Hate this rivalry so much right now, why couldn’t they have just laid down so we could have a perfect season