On Nov. 25, after winning six of its previous seven games, Shawn Elliott’s Georgia State football team lost 31-10 to Appalachian State.
Shortly, thereafter, Elliott got some hate mail. “Some” being the key word. Really, it was “a couple tweets,” but it was comforting in a way for the former South Carolina assistant coach and interim head coach.
“I said ‘Hey guys, we must be doing something right. They are starting to care. There are people who are starting to take notice and they are starting to vent. We want that because we want people to have that much passion for our football program,’ ” Elliott said.