Analysis of App St. Michigan Game

ESPN sports analysis of the michigan appalachian state game.

[@southnyourmind]

Lou Holtz gave them a little respect... "App state beat em today, and i want to tell you ladies and gentlemen, it won't no fluke, they just flat out got after them., and got after them good."

[@freebirdclark6349]

Fast forward to the 2019 season. Appalachian State is playing BCS ball. 5 consecutive Bowl wins and no losses. 3 consecutive Conference Championships , 13-1 and #19 in both final polls. Over 100 major college teams woukd like to trade for that. " Upset wins over North Carolina and South Carolina on their home fields. 'Nuff said !

[@mas5867]

Give us a break. Did not beat 1 ranked team at game time and broke the AP top 20, 1 time (19) after a bowl win over unranked UAB.

[@Raerofficial]

@@mas5867 better than Rice

[@JonesDylan874]

And THIS season... BEAT #6 TEXAS A&M ON THE ROAD.

[@joelirizarry4517]

Appalachian state has definitely evolved into big time game players and it’s been great to see them come up and while they’re not my team(LSU is)it’s great to see teams elevate their level!You go Mountaineers!

[@rahmadking4639]

Not in the BCS anymore FBS

[@ragingbull154]

I went to school at Appalachian State in the early 90s. Jerry Moore was just starting to build the program when I got there in 1990. That program has nothing but go up ever since. From the team to the facilities it's definitely a top notch program and continuing to improve.

[@41mavsrule]

3:01 Lou Holtz gave no shits

[@EuroTre1]

My favorite line- "If he thought that seat was hot before now he's sitting on the sun" LOL

[@etchosts8162]

😂

[@TheLastBiscuit]

I love seeing that these videos are still getting comments up to this day. :) I'm an Appstate grad and every year right around this time I go back and watch the game and the highlights.

[@jerryandrews3699]

Go Mountaineers! (ASU 01)

[@kaileyallen727]

TheLastBiscuit roll neers baby! I’ll be in Boone this fall 👌

[@HotSauce-mn1mp]

2024

[@Mark-xl1ze]

15 years and nine days later, they do it again. This time, #6 Texas A&M on the road.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Not to mention College Gameday broadcast from App St the Saturday 1 week after that Texas A&M upset

[@newbalancerun04]

This is a game that I will never forget. It serves as a reminder of never underestimating your opponent and always being humble when confronting the biggest and smallest of opponents. Michigan didn't have respect for App. St. that day and thought they were just going to walk all over them.

[@brettfavreify]

Whenever I want to shut up my Wolverine buddies, I say: Appalachian State. Endeth the argument.

[@vascobroma8907]

"BuT wE bEaT tHeM iN 2o14" (during the distractions of the FBS transition, and immediately following one of App's worst seasons in 30 years)

[@coryshannon3815]

@@vascobroma8907 as I've said to many Wolverines fans, no one remembers 52-14, everyone remembers 34-32.

[@vascobroma8907]

@@coryshannon3815 Yep. They can play 100 times and Michigan can win 99 of them... the first will still be the one everyone cares about.

[@joshroach8684]

My cousin Trey Elder was backup quarterback to Armanti Edwards that year and his brother Blake was on the team too. I was so happy for them I honestly had tears rolling down my face afterwards.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

As proud as you must be to be related to players on that team, I’d like to know what position Blake Elder played on that team. I don’t think Blake would have also been a backup QB if Trey already had one of those spots

[@hoganclay09]

Lou Holtz is the only one who actually showed Appalachian State any respect. Thankyou Lou Holtz!! While the other two, especially the guy on the right, couldn't and wouldn't realize we were the better team. And the thing that pissed me off the most, say the name right. Its appaLACHian, not appaLAICHan. Get it right

[@etchosts8162]

“Dexter Jackson was the 200 meter champion and he ran away from the Michigan defense”

[@schwisow9688]

Michigan has had 3 losing seasons after this game. This sent that program into a downward spiral that has been 8 years and counting.

[@dentonyoung4314]

DarkKnight9688 It's all about the coach. if you don't have a coach who's a fit (RR) or you have a coach who isn't mentally strong enough to handle a big program (Choke) these things happen.

[@famguy218]

when you completely change the style of offense it'll take time, RR isn't a bad Coach but he wasn't fit for Michigan to begin with. one bad year affected the recruiting he got defensively. idk why anyone liked hoke or why he was even considered. they said that he's great with recruiting, it's Michigan, they'd get recruiting already! he really just said shit about how Michigan is great and everyone just ate it up. talking doesn't make up for terrible performance

[@alanzimmerman6011]

I’m an app fan from NC who went to the game and Michigan ended up beating defeating champions Tebow and Florida in a bowl game that year. Michigan was a good Team that year but then fell apart

[@RayzenIsHere]

*Harbaugh pops up* “oh rly m8”

[@musyarofah1]

it's 2020 and they're still in downward spiral

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

Best line in the video... "If he thought the seat was warm before, now he is sitting on the sun."

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Lloyd Carr definitely was sitting on the sun for the fans, but his long tenure coaching Michigan combined with the news of the 2007 season being Lloyd Carr’s final season before retirement explains why he was not fired

[@dwaynejones8372]

This wasn't an upset based on what I saw of those 2 teams. Appalachian State was the better team today! - Lou Holtz

[@kansasghosttownhunter9362]

Wow, I got a kick out of Lou Holtz saying "bitchin'" at 3:00. He looked PISSED, I mean if it was Notre Dame who did that I could understand (although ND doesn't play FCS teams). I don't understand why Holtz looked so mad.

[@game46312]

Probably had money on the game

[@RebelGuy10100]

thank you App. state for beating Michigan what a game that was i watched it from start to finish

[@mikewrasman5103]

He must be a Buckeye fan!

[@steveleid4060]

App State is a really program and this may always be their signature win. When I was little I put them into what I called my big 3 along with grand valley state in D2 and Mt Union in D3. These teams always seemed to be national champions again and again in the early part of the 2000s. I actually was a Michigan fan after at this time and feared something like this would happen because of Michigan's arrogance and they got a knuckle sandwich. 13 months later it happened again vs Toledo October 11 2008. It nearly happened a 3rd time vs army in 2019. Bottom line because of this nobody fears Michigan stadium or Michigan football anymore and the world especially teams roughly app states size have this group to thank for that.

[@kaileyallen727]

We’ve come full circle in just a bit over a decade, huh? App State’s back to serious relevance. People are taking this team seriously for the first time since this huge upset! I’m tellin y’all now... something big’s aboutta happen with App!

[@sethgreen2797]

Live outside of Boone. Northeast Tennessee and Western North Carolina went crazy. Appy Stare is such a great time and always has been.

[@krugcpa]

I turned on the new-fangled Big Ten network that afternoon just to see what it was about. I watched Michigan score right away and thought this game would be a rout. Then I saw Dexter Jackson convert a 6-yard pass into a 68-yard TD, saw that Michigan's safeties lacked the speed to stop the slants and Armani Edwards, and I settled in to watch. The rest of the first half was one-sided: Appl. State was a LOT better - faster on both sides of the ball. In the second half, Michigan finally took off the blinders, forgot who they were playing, and recovered. Still, Appl. State's speed led to the go-ahead drive. Only a miracle pitch-and-catch by Henne to Willingham gave Michigan a shot. Holtz was right about Appl. State - ignore who was wearing which uniform and just watch the game - was NOT an upset.

[@bryanmerritt853]

10 years My goodness how time just flows by. Appalachian State believed in themselves that very day that they can handle and hang with Michigan. If I thought the game was shocking to watch, the ESPN post game Analysis was crazy to watch. Lou Holtz went off script when he mentioned what happens to a team after they lose a game like this. Bitching and moaning I know its cold hard facts, but DAMMMMMMN!!!!!!

[@WillRolltide]

ESPN showed no respect to App State when... Michigan didn't just lose the game... App State BEAT them. With two blocked FGs in the 4th, that usually means a WIN

[@redsox258]

this was a great analysis of the game. thanks for keeping this posted all this time :D

[@dentonyoung4314]

Granted, that was the best App St team ever. Armanti Edwards, Dexter Jackson, Coco Hillary... they had a bunch of guys especially on offense who could have started for I-A schools. But still... a GOOD Michigan team. Not the joke version perpetrated by RichRod and Brady Choke. A team that had an 8 game winning streak, held Ohio St to 14 points and less than 150 yards of total offense and beat defending national champion Florida in their bowl game. And yet they lost to Appalachian State.

[@JoeD10]

Chris Wells ran for over 200 yards himself in that game...

[@beaz3784]

It was 2007 man, basically everything happened that year.

[@famguy218]

Beaz so many upsets that season it was my favorite and that was the first season I started watching college football lol

[@CraigMcGuinn]

@@beaz3784Let’s not forget that the January 2007 Boise St Fiesta Bowl upset win over Oklahoma kicked off the 2007 college football year! Plus Thom Brennan (one of the announcers for that Fiesta Bowl) also announced this App St vs Michigan game on the Big Ten Network

[@Nanu67-e9j]

App state was a good team so I dont blame Michigan for losing this one legit this app state team had some nfl talent.

[@okrajoe]

Amazing storyline.

[@TwitchyMovies]

Love how Holtz was the only one keeping it real and giving App State their props

[@joesakic91]

I'm from California and a huge fan of college football. There's no question that the SEC is the best conference or at least tied for first with the Pac-10. But the SEC, they showcased a lot of depth in their bowls and since the BCS was implemented, the SEC has won 3 National Titles with three different teams. That's a lot of depth there.

[@mynamelildarryl71]

They were pissed, Lou Holtz was the only one that kept it real lol. FCS is not a joke division and the only reason why the FBS versus FCS games be so lopsided is because FBS rarely schedule the good FCS schools because they don't want what happened on this day to happen. They often schedule lower-rated teams they know they're superior to, and definitely not trying to schedule a defending champion like Michigan did lol. The top schools in FCS are serious and it only shows that the only real difference between the two subdivisions is money.

[@THEChrisFarleyFAN]

big win for my App......we went fuckin nuts on campus that day - goal post taken from the stadium and to the Chancellors's House

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

Michigan went through a weird stretch of games over that 2-year stretch [2006 & 2007]. First 11 games of 2006: 11-0. Next 4 games: loss to Ohio St [42 points allowed], loss to Southern Cal [32 points allowed], loss to Appalachian State [34 points allowed], loss to Oregon [39 points allowed. Next 8 games: 8-0. It's like they forgot how to play defense for the 4 games in between the two winning streaks. What happened? And you can't say it was with different players. The same players who produced the 11-game winning streak gave up 74 points in their final 2 games of 2006. The same players who gave up 73 points in the first 2 games of 2007 produced an 8-game winning streak immediately afterwards.

[@NCISfanatic21]

ValPicinichFan4Life Michigan was overrated that year. They had a very young secondary. Appalachian State played great in the underground role

[@CraigMcGuinn]

You can’t overlook that Michigan only had 2 of their 11 defensive starters from 2006 return for the 2007 season

[@hogeboon19]

I am a huge Michigan fan but I give App. State a TON of credit. They were very impressive but in defense for my team they did make something out of a lost season in the end.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

As a Penn State fan: I have more respect for fans of conference opponents who choose to not live in denial for cases that don’t favor their own teams

[@OfThisNot]

This game still shocks me, the Michigan players must have got drunk the night before this game and the hangover was too much.

[@Brian211978]

At the time, they were the two-time DEFENDING 1-AA champs...I can't believe Michigan was favored as much as they were...

[@mynamelildarryl71]

Elitist mindsets due to Michigan being highly ranked and ignorance looking at App State, they even called 1-AA the lower division on this clip. Real college football fans know the only difference between a good FCS team and most FBS is resources and not talent. FCS is still D1 at the end of the day.

[@Lex5576]

Lou Holtz pretty much sums it up. ASU took it to Michigan's ass from the first play from scrimmage, all the way to the last blocked field goal. The score was close, but Michigan was soundly beaten in just about every category. Their guys were roughed up because ASU was lean and mean up front.....Henne heard footsteps all game long because he kept getting the shit knocked out of him....lousy blocking. Michigan played in panic mode for the better of 3 quarters, and for that they lost.

[@MattSmith-iq1ld]

App State has been a massive, big winning football program for years. The team they put on the field that day was probably like an upper trier MAC team. This wasn't the biggest upset in the college football history.

[@judynichols2904]

I agree they think here's mighty Michigan and lowly ASU. ASU was as talented ,and more determined ,smarter and a had lot more heart .Michigan was schooled by a better team !

[@CraigMcGuinn]

If this wasn’t the biggest upset in college football history, then what other game was?

[@ljohnson4185]

Appalachian State: Nothing like this will ever happen again. 12 years later… Georgia State: hold my beer…

[@ljohnson4185]

@@brav3hearthalo189 True. Both are amazing. Appalachian State did beat 5th ranked Michigan in the big house. Georgia State football started in 2010 and they beat Tennessee, an SEC school, in their own stadium.

[@joshroach8684]

Amen brother

[@ittiejamess1623]

Lou Holtz saying that locker room is gonna be bitchin n moanin about the loss was worth clicking on this video lmao

[@JonesDylan874]

I still think this is the greatest upset in college football history. I'll never stop watching them upset Michigan and Texas A&M.

[@coyletj]

I go to App State, and let me just say something. People from Boone/App State cringe when people say app-uh-lay-chun. APP-UH-LATCH-EN

[@haydengriffin8684]

App state > Michigan

[@MatthewHackett]

Hayden Griffin LMFAO no remember 2014 when Michigan beat down Appalachian State it was 52-14 or 59-14

[@tigerbait2617]

Always root for the underdogs.

[@toddknaperek8225]

Whooptie do, Michigan did what they were supposed to against a team with a new coach and in the middle of FBS transition. Michigan can beat App 100 more times and they’ll still never live this loss down.

[@zachbrown8704]

Matthew michigans a joke, just like you

[@ChristopherSaindon]

Story-line of the "day?!" DAY? *DAY?!* Like saying Buster Douglas was a "bit of a surprise in a close match-up." Pfft..

[@stevestewart4187]

Still a story line 13 years later

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

What's really weird about that season: Michigan held Ohio St. to 14 points and under 150 yds. of total offense. But they gave up 34 points and 400+ yds of total offense to Appalachian St. I have *no* explanation for that. Michigan had an 8-game winning streak after they got over the shock of the App St loss and beat defending national champion Florida in a bowl game. So I can only conclude that App St was a lot better than everyone thought...

[@JohnHillRSNStudios]

Strangely enough, considering how 2007 turned out, had Michigan won out after losing to App State, they probably would have won the national championship.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Michigan would have needed to have every team ahead of them (Michigan had 33 teams ahead of them before week 2) either lose two games or lose one game by double digits in addition to not losing another regular season game to have a chance. Plus only the top 2 ranked teams made the national title game in the 2007 season

[@famguy218]

I miss this college football final show. Also since this game Michigan hasn’t recovered on a national level: haven’t won a big ten championship, only beaten Ohio state once, won only one big five bowl game.

[@AspireGMD]

Now they're in the semifinals, we'll see where they go but I'm expecting georgia to flatten them.

[@famguy218]

@@AspireGMD just saw this comment now; yes they were incredibly flattened

[@mrblujet]

The fact that we are three years removed from Michigan's loss to App. St. and UM's inability to rebound from that loss is almost sad................almost. : )

[@charlestoon4638]

APPALACHIA STATE WAS RUNNING AROUND MICHIGAN ALL DAY. ALSO FACTOR IN THE BIG TEN THAT YEAR WAS FULL OF BIG BACKS. APPALACHIA STATE SPREAD THEM OUT AND MICHIGAN NEVER MADE ADJUSTMENTS TILL 5 MINUTES IN THE 4TH QUARTER

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

Incidentally, Michigan would have an 8-game winning streak and beat defending nat'l champion Florida in a bowl game after suffering the haymaker from App St. That was a darn good team the Mountaineers beat, not the joke Michigan became under RR.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

You left out Michigan lost to Oregon in week 2 as well

[@mmt2853]

great game go app state!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joesakic91]

The SEC and the Pac-10 are the two best conferences in college football. Sure, the Pac-10 had a great non-conference resume going 7-7 against bowl teams, but the SEC has the toughest in-conference schedule in the nation.

[@zxcv1234vcxz]

Lou Dolt talks about Michigan "regrouping". Fat chance of that. 2008 was over before it began.

[@Chrispbacon99]

That was the biggest choke of all time. It was great

[@dennissmathers898]

All these comments and no one mentions the possibility that APP State was better, player for player than Michigan was.(and is) App St is geared to play a modern SEC ACC style game, while Michigan is geared to an outdated big white slow Big 10 approach. It was plain to see that UM was just no match for this type of game. (and still are not.) If it werent for careful non conference scheduling Big10 teams are known for, Michigan would have found this out a long time ago. The Toledos, the Eastern Michigans the Western Kentuckys will not prepare a team that has aspirations at the national level. The modern game is DOWN HERE in the South, not in the rust belt.

[@Kayocean2]

Dynamic nothing personal, your missing one game on the roster, (App St-34 Michigan-32). There no way around it, the game did occur, it was seen on t.v, newspaper, txt msg, Internet, on the jumbo screen of (Ohio St,)

[@shunscott7575]

Appalachian St would be them now 2018

[@ericfrondorf]

Hey what kind of battery does it take to beat Michigan? 1-AA battery

[@mikewrasman5103]

Now, Appalachian State football is in ESPN. Listen to the ESPN announcer (not Lou Holtz) make excuses for Michigan!

[@Chrisfeb68]

The Michigan football program still hasn’t recovered from that loss.

[@TheViolinKid]

Lou Holtz said "bitchin" on national television....WIN!!

[@Etronoxz]

FCS teams are actually very good in 2022 all those top 5 schools are definitely scared to play any top 5 in fcs!

[@mrblujet]

What did he say that makes him an idiot? Did you not hear his analysis? He was spot-on. You must be a Michigan fan.

[@N8veJay]

I like how they say how embarrass michigan should be. But what if the 1-AA team Is better?

[@lootar63]

Craziest thing about this is that WVU was ranked number 3 lmao

[@aaron3348]

@jbmasongator LOL, im a michigan fan(just sayin) but when holtz said Bitchen and Moanin on ESPN LOL!!! classic ESPN Moment there !!!

[@violenceteacher6669]

today we salute u app. st thank u for shuting up the wolverines OH...IO

[@dudetazerd]

that was awesome; he should do it more often

[@Pr3ct]

Michigan is App. State's little brother.

[@SantosPhillipCarlo]

I think so - and I don't blame him for it. If ever there was a time and place that even someone in his position could use it, this is it, after the biggest upset in college football history.

[@vladtech]

Go Big Blue!!! Way to represent the Big Ten... Go Gators!!!

[@mikewrasman5103]

Now, Appalachian State football is on ESPN2.0 Listen to the ESPN commentator (not Lou Holtz) make excuses for UM!

[@profoak1]

@TheChucky4664 add virginia tech losing to james madison to this discussion if you wish ;)

[@TheChucky4664]

you know the BCS rankings are a joke when this michigan team somehow made it back to #13 in the rankings

[@AlabamaElevators]

Benjamin the other teams were getting beat by lower ranked or unranked teams

[@michaeldavisnj88]

And Michigan after getting blown out next game against Oregon did win 8 in a row. They were in fact back in the rankings when the streak was 5.

[@user-ne6gp4gn6x]

A great victory for App state

[@mrblujet]

It seems like these guys are making excuses for Michigan as opposed to giving due credit to App St. for a great performance.

[@Kram808]

In my opinion this is the case of how At any time at during any game Anything can happen. I think it's the case of taking the other team not to serious and have it bite u on the ass.

[@MotorcityMadman1984]

I never saw this...because I didn't turn on ESPN for a few weeks

[@MotorcityMadman1984]

Wow 10 years 😢

[@TheLoreNetwork413]

lmao lou said bitchin and moanin lmao lou is the shit

[@joesakic91]

Michigan also lost to Toledo yesterday.

[@Gookin52]

Hahahaha. At 3:00 Lou says bitchin... classic

[@_pimes_]

“Everybody’s bitchin’…”

[@mikewrasman5103]

Too bad, so sad! Michigan got beat by a better team! I'll bet OSU fans in Columbus and the rest of the Western Conference were happy about UM's defeat at the hands of Appalachian State!

[@pureathlete89]

even though they blew balls in recent years this was the only time i heard mark may say anything semi-decent about ND usually he just insults and says whatver bad thing he can about Notre Dame. This was a terrific game though.

[@Antbeast23]

Give some credit to app st. Back to back national champs and had one hell of a team. Mark may doesn't get it.

[@RandysRacingPlace633]

*DOES ANYBODY HAVE THE FULL GAME OF THIS TO UL???? I NEVER SAW THIS GAME LIVE B/C STUPID FUCKING COMCAST HAD A BLAZING ROW WITH BTN AND THEREFORE DIDN'T HAVE THE NETWORK THE VERY FIRST YEAR IT WAS ON!!!!* (BTW, it was on here at one point by thornsx2, but it was deleted. ;-()

[@aidenaldridge5622]

I do go to my liked videos

[@joesakic91]

I thought Lou Holtz was going at 100 MPH with that rant.

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

Think Michigan will be ready to play in that one? Nothig will ever erase what happened, of course, but perhaps a win over ASU would provide some small measure of solace for UM. And if App St should happen to win AGAIN... well, it will be a cold day in he!! before a team from a power conference schedules them again.

[@joesakic91]

And Jim Tressel has been involved in three of those nine losses.

[@themike95]

How'd that go again?

[@dknights411]

He DID!!! @ 3:02!!!

[@BillyBong05]

Did Lou Holtz say "Bitchin"? Apparently with the comments below!

[@bradleygarrett1999]

Do they play them again?

[@DeAngeloStevens]

Coming off of a DARK Summer in the WWE.

[@OnePlaneSpartan329]

I think I felt Lou Holtz spit on me.

[@donkyconger]

i thought the same thing, Lou said "bitching". Can he do that?

[@DeAngeloStevens]

2007 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON OF HELL

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

This wasn't even the biggest upset that year. Michigan was "only" favored by 28 points. Later on that year the University of Spoiled Children, playing at home against a Stanford team that was missing it's starting QB and coming off a 1-11 season, twice had a 2-possession lead in the second half but folded like a cheap tent in the 4th quarter, falling 24-23 to a 41-point underdog.

[@1VC4U]

this was a bigger upset, favored teams lose to underdog teams in conference play all the time, this was the only time in history a school from the lower division beat a top 10 fbs school, and Vegas never put an official line on the game so I'm not sure where you got 28 points from

[@cforgione100]

1VC4U they absolutely put a line on this game and it was around the 28 mark. The lines on games tell me more about how big an upset. Hes right, stanford was plus 41

[@1VC4U]

chris forgione www.si.com/longform/appstate/ according to Sports Illustrated, there wasn't an official line set on the Vegas sports books

[@daydreamersink992]

You are wrong, Chris: There was NO line on this game as I was ready to bet the HOUSE

[@ValPicinichFan4Life]

@hollabackitsobi So how do you explain Ohio State, who went to the Rose Bowl as conference champs, doing absolutely nothing against them? What's OSU's excuse? BTW, Florida played pretty well for a team that didn't show up. They had 35 points and over 400 yards of offense, they just couldn't stop Michigan.

[@thomasdevine3716]

I Miss Mark May and Lou Holtz

[@brandonmorris92]

"Well, maybe scheduling those teams from the lower division may not be such a bad idea after all." North Dakota State would like to have a say about that.

[@NelsonAssassin]

I don't think Lou understood the magnitude of this upset.