by blackandgold | Sep 21, 2021 | Football
By Kempton Smith, BGP Contributor and App State Alumnus This rivalry developed in the early 1980s among the two universities in Appalachia of the Southern Conference. The rivalry fires grew in years when both teams had the talent to vie for a limited number of...
by blackandgold | Sep 16, 2021 | Football
The Rivalry That Wasn’t by Kempton Smith, BGP Contributor and Appalachian State Alumnus In the FCS championship years, Elon was the emerging program that really wanted to be a rival. They were not able to win enough to make it happen. University Background and...
by blackandgold | Sep 6, 2021 | Football
By Kempton Smith, BGP Contributor and App Alumnus The only thing App State and the University of Miami have in common centers around the phrase “The Rock.” Kidd Brewer Stadium has been affectionately known as The Rock since the late 1990s and arguably the most famous...
by blackandgold | Aug 31, 2021 | Football
BGP listener and contributor, Kempton Smith, has done some extra homework on some of our opponents this season. This is the first of many future pieces analyzing App State football opponents. Rivalry Renewed As conference mates in the 1970s, East Carolina and App...
by blackandgold | Nov 12, 2019 | Basketball
This is an open letter for every App State student who pulls for App State first in college football and second in college basketball. Let’s start off with being honest with one another. App State basketball has been B-A-D since 2011. We’ve dedicated dozens of...
