Boone

My name is Dalton George.

I also happen to be the mayor of Boone, North Carolina.

I'm here with my buddy, Preston Blakely, the mayor of Fletcher, also the recipient of the Young Alumni Award from UNCG, I've heard.

It's been pretty low key.

That's where I'm currently going to school.

So that's my new college town.

Boone was my first college town.

And when did you head to North Carolina or I guess Durham from Queens, Jade?

Although App State has had the best of this rivalry since about 2003, Georgia Southern has won three in a row overall over the Mountaineers and five of the last eight when the game is played in Statesboro, where this contest will be contested on Saturday night.

The even bigger reason this game is so important is that App State, thanks to its thrilling overtime victory over previously 7-0 JMU last Thursday night in Boone.

More on that one later because we were there with our tailgate tour at Kid Brewer.

App State can maintain its pole position in the Sun Belt's East Division only if they get this victory over the Eagles.

Entering week nine, he ranks fourth nationally with one sack per game, and he's third in the ACC with 1.4 tackles for loss per game as well.

Shout out to second year Appalachian State head coach Dowell Loggins.

When James Madison came to Boone last Thursday night with a 7-0 record and on the verge of a top 25 national ranking, everyone knew that it would take a special performance from the Mountaineers to throw that runaway JMU freight train off the tracks.

The Dukes had become a dominant FCS program about a decade ago, first under coach Mike Houston and then under coach Kurt Cignetti.

But it's still one of the best venues in college football.

That stadium they got up there in the mountains in Boone, North Carolina.

And they're a good team again this year.

They're very good.

I've seen them myself and it's definitely worth the trip.

These spots can be accessed via North Carolina 105 South or North Carolina 181 near Asheville and Boone.

Regardless of the time of day, these overlooks provide breathtaking scenic views, if nothing else.

Now we have the story of the Mothman.

And, Coach, why don't you lead it off? We got a big upset with our first one.

Yeah, the Appalachian State, App State Mountaineers in Boone defeat James Madison.

You know anything about James Madison in his last couple years? Coach is there.

It's been a hotbed.

And looking forward to them committing to that program, getting better.

And, again, we talk about the change, blink of an eye, of college football.

And that's a contrasting location, Campbell and Boone's Creek, Maine.

That tells you how big college – I can't imagine how much that trip costs, but it tells you the commitment of football and high-level sports in this state.

They usually do it in West Virginia, but they're doing like a roadshow version of it.

So we did it in Boone, North Carolina, which was kind of fun to do it in a different place.

I did it with them in Charleston, West Virginia a couple years ago.

And it's a fun show because you only have to play like a 25-minute set or 20-minute set depending on where you are in the lineup because it's like five or six different acts.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I do remember the first time I went to IBMA was, um, was kind of on a whim and is with, um, with my buddy, Troy Boone.

We did this a couple of festivals where it was the first time we went and had like no plan, but we went and, uh, you know, you hang out and jam all night and then our friends had a hotel so we went and slept in the car in the parking lot of their hotel and then you know it's like you go to the continental breakfast in the morning and it's like yeah anyone can kind of kind of walk in and out of these places and and uh i think the first like three days we were there that was the move and it you know i can't imagine doing that now but uh

Dow Loggins...

It's turning it on in Boone, North Carolina right now.

They're 5-2, App State is.

They're rocking and rolling.