Furman collapses in front of full house 34-27
Inside a packed Paladin Stadium, the Mountaineers of Appalachian State showed everyone why the Paladins suck this year. A great afternoon for football manifested a Paladin offense that could not consistently get through the Mountaineers’ - a defense known as being weak. Perhaps the most frustrating illustration of Furman’s incompetence was their failure to score from ASU’s 3-yard line.
Offensively, the Mountaineers dominated. Nothing was able to stop them except for a small variety of penalties. Furman’s defense was in full “Swiss Cheese” mode, as they allowed the Mountaineers to move at-will down the field, even on 4th downs!
The Furman crowd, though large, was quiet for almost the entire game. The only time we heard from them was when a mini scuffle broke out between opposing players in the 3rd quarter. Other than that, the home crowd was motionless, quiet, and depressing. Even as the referees showed a clear bias towards ASU, the defeated fans started filing out of the stadium less than halfway through the 3rd quarter.
The ASU fans were completely different: they were enthusiastic, loud, motivated, and persistent - an asset that surely helped the Mountaineers play an upbeat game. The ASU band must have been 4-times the size of the Paladin Regiment and was so loud, they could drown out the PA announcer as they desired.
The result? A downtrodden, downcast, demoralized home team and home crowd. For them the game was even worse since they had to see and hear all the fun that was across the field as they wallowed in the despair of a disgraceful, pathetic embarrassing season put on by their team.
