It’s now two years in a row that the App State football team has lost to the Georgia Southern Eagles on short week, Thursday night games, spoiling the Mountaineers’ national ranking and chance at an undefeated season.
We need to stop scheduling short week games against teams that have given us trouble in the name of getting the game on national TV. The exposure that comes along with being on ESPN turns into taunts and tweets about the program being overrated when you not only lose the game, but look totally inept while doing so.
Georgia Southern is not only App State’s main rival, it runs a triple option offense known for giving defenses trouble when they’re not used to seeing it.