I was sitting with two environmental economics (yet, oddly, I don't recall their names or even what they look like -- and my tailgating only consisted of a PB&J and an orange powerade) so forget about saying this is an off-topic post. I'll be at the stadium again this Saturday (I'm fairly sure, looking at the brackets) since Appstate improbably beat James Madison in the first round of the FCS playoffs:
James Madison had the Mountaineers -- yes, those Mountaineers that beat Michigan earlier in the year and are the defending national champions -- beat twice.
The Dukes, who had dominated time of possession for more than 40 minutes, was facing a 4th-and-1 on their own 32 with 2:35 to play. Bgame-winning field goal. On third down, many coaches would have elected to kick the field goal, but head football coach Mickey Matthews elected instead to run the football. Incredibly, the ball was forced out, and Appalachian State recovered, marking yet another extraordinary playoff win in their history of crazy wins in Boone.
It was an amazing ending. We sat behind the JMU bench and those guys looked like they had been betrayed by the someone they trusted the most. And they had.
First commenter to tell me to grow up because college football is a stupid sport (e.g., see ASU34UM32) receives a lifetime ban to the green economics blog.
