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- Members from the 2007 Appalachian State football team reflect on upsetting the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines at “The Big House” in Ann Arbor.
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The App St fans ripping their own goal post down and taking it to the Chancellor's office after this game is the best thing ever.
I participated in this we smashed a few lamp posts out with it on the way...mob mentality..I was a freshman
I REMEMBER THAT SEEING IT CARRIED DOWNTOWN 👍
This might seem random but Jesus loves you and times aren’t good and we need to rely on Jesus to guide us because we see corruption everywhere and so much sin and corruption everywhere. Relationship over religion. Jesus is a prayer away and just because you haven’t had an experience with Him doesn’t mean He’s not real
We did it after the Furman game in 05 as well
Happy 34-32 Day Mountaineers!
Fun Fact it was the first ever sporting event televised on the then newly launched Big Ten Network
BTN wasn’t even on the two big Cable providers in Michigan (Comcast and Charter) so most fans weren’t able to see it 😂
@@NickCoppolaNFL That is interesting to hear
Lol
Nicholas Coppola even better I lived in Alabama at the time and I had it 😂
People in Michigan were blessed because the BTN was trash.
App State ended up winning the FCS National Title that year. They were a solid squad.
rolyrod14
It was their time to shine!
rolyrod14 now they're dominating their conference in the FCS.
So what? That's like a major league baseball team losing to a single-A minor league team even if that single-A team won a championship. There's a reason *ichigan went from #5 to unranked after this loss.
@@GreenDay1981 Don't know why something that is supposed to be for one specific week is used the other 51 weeks. It's unnecessary.
I guess saying "That team up North" takes too much time.
+Christopher C I use both.
This game set the Michigan program back 10 years
More. Even with a NFL coach (Harbaugh), they still can't get it done.
False. This effectively ended Michigan football
thewcrobinson naw the Big ten has never been this competitive . Ohio State got one but hasn’t done much since.
I hate big blue as much as n.d.
This marks when Michigan ceased to be relevant annual contenders for the national championship, something from which they have still not recovered
Fun fact; the QB, Armanti Edwards, is now one of the best WRs in the Canadian Football League
It's good to see him make it. He was dangling around the NFL for so long it seemed like his career was done at any time, glad he found a home at the CFL.
Now signed with the XFL
@Auburn Aggie 88 For the moment he's on their development squad, which they call "Team 9". They all share a practice squad, essentially.
This might seem random but Jesus loves you and times aren’t good and we need to rely on Jesus to guide us because we see corruption everywhere and so much sin and corruption everywhere. Relationship over religion. Jesus is a prayer away and just because you haven’t had an experience with Him doesn’t mean He’s not real
Had a stint with the panthers and smashed my ex 🙃🤷🏾♂️
This was not only huge for App State but for the entire town of Boone, NC. We partied for months after this and then won the title and partied some more! Its one of my proudest moments for my hometown.
How many batteries does it take to beat Michigan?.... 1 AA
LOLOL
This might seem random but Jesus loves you and times aren’t good and we need to rely on Jesus to guide us because we see corruption everywhere and so much sin and corruption everywhere. Relationship over religion. Jesus is a prayer away and just because you haven’t had an experience with Him doesn’t mean He’s not real
Michigans Been completely irrelevant for 20 years
@@MyNameIsFredFuchs Can you define relevant? Because all of a sudden, 9-10 win seasons don’t count in a sport as vast as CFB.
I’m not gonna lie that was pretty funny😂
This was considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history but make no mistake about it, App St. was a very good football team.
Roger Plott Jr they won the fcs national championship by I think 40
Roger Plott Oh Yeah Very Good.
It's not the greatest upset. I know way more games that had bigger upsets. This is not one. Michigan was not a top 4 team. If they were than different story.
@@brettfinlay7447 😂
@@bwahaduuude It's true.
This needs to be a movie
Naahh ..I'm pretty sure there's a few out already that's like it that in Hollywood already is bad enough that being too repetitive and not enough originality LOL
This might seem random but Jesus loves you and times aren’t good and we need to rely on Jesus to guide us because we see corruption everywhere and so much sin and corruption everywhere. Relationship over religion. Jesus is a prayer away and just because you haven’t had an experience with Him doesn’t mean He’s not real
@@gabrielrivas377 Good news message for sure!
It will
Yes it does. I would love to see one made if it were based on fact and not Hollywood fiction.
As a Buckeye Fan, this brings me nothing but joy
And Charles Woodson bent over and dominated the whole state of Ohio by himself for three years. That brings me immense joy
+Randy Randerson Wow. You have to go back that far to find something to brag about? Woodson doesn't even play football anymore!
Michigan went on to beat Mark Dantonio in Lansing and beat Urban Meyer in Florida after this hahahah
+Matthew But you didn't beat Ohio State that year, did you? No, you didn't. You really gonna brag about beating an MSU team that finished 7-6? Tell me, how have you done against Urban Meyer since that fluke bowl win?
@@GreenDay1981 Fluke bowl win? Lmao Tim Tebow got exposed 😂
The radio call on this is legendary!
Leroy Tyler best radio announcer we’ve ever had
ITS A YARD SALE IN THE BIG HOUSE!!!
Leroy Tyler genuine joy and excitement
Michigan payed App State 450,000 dollars to play them in the season opener and lost
Has to be the worst half a mil ever spent
Imagine being a player in a double A team beating one of the top football programs in the country and becoming apart of the greatest upset in sports history......wow
Dill Berger *one of the greatest, not necessarily the greatest
This isn't the greatest upset in sports history. Not even the biggest upset in NCAA history.
Well I said it became apart of the greatest I wasn’t trying to say the greatest I should’ve worded that differently
@@wc6046 This is the biggest upset in sports history.
Ty Calvert there were 8 college football games with bigger point spread upsets in the past 25 years alone lol. Just because you want to believe something doesn't mean it's true
Dexter Jackson looks like a lightskin Kobe😂😂
THEKID6 on God!!!!! Lol
THEKID6 omg I thought you were exaggerating
THEKID6 you must be white.
TempeSoldier123 yeah what does that have to do with it
THEKID6 because only a white would say something like that.
The game that made me fall in love with college football
675gilly the season that made me fall further in love with college ball
@@jondough7777777 This season was on drugs man. 😂😂😂😂
Mine was 1995 nebraska vs florida NC
Ty Calvert bro honestly, 2007 literally needs to be branded as the year of the upsets 😂😂
The season of the upset.
"I could watch this a million times and still enjoy watching it again."
-Lansing, Iowa City, and the entire state of Ohio
I'm at least on 27 watches and ahhh, not tired of it yet! Still remember where I was. GO BUCKS!
go notre dame and Iowa
Don’t leave out State College, Pennsylvania
Oh Chad Henne throwing a pick in the clutch... never seen that.
I pray Mahomes doesnt get hurt everyday of my life lol
In my friend group hes called " Chad Sippin on some henny" get it , cause he plays like he's drunk 😃
Who would win? A college football powerhouse or one Appalachian boi?
Thing is, App State had been an FCS powerhouse before making their move up.
Johnson Thicc reel it in
@@kylescott6698 About 4 miles in. This dude way to hype lol.
One Appy Boi!
I remember watching this like it was yesterday. As an Ohio State fan, this is the greatest upset I have ever seen! Still makes me happy thinking about it!
As a Buckeye, still one of my favorite sports upsets of all time.
I went to App and one side of my family is from Columbus. I was a Rockstar at Thanksgiving.
as a mountaineer, still one of my favorite sports upsets of all time.
I live in Toledo, Ohio. My App St. Football t-shirt gets me the most comments & high 5s still to this day
That season was the season of upsets.
I loved that year every week there was an upset. I love when the standings get all thrown outta wack everyone loses their minds it's great!!
Best season ever
Erick Reyes exactly
So many upsets we had our only unanimous national champion with 2 losses
LSU
PHX Master USC lost to UCLA in their last game to miss the BCS championship. It was a wild season but a great season!
Erick Reyes Matt Flynn started one year in college and won the national title ... 2007 LSU tigers
I was a freshman in highschooll when this happened. I will never forget this. Ever. Inspiration
Same
Austin Oldfield now you’re a depressed middle age over weight man reveling glory days
@DJ Tanner but what about that mouth do tho DJ
I was in elementary school and this was the 2nd season of football I ever watched.
I actually saw this happen live on TV back in 2007! It was quite a spectacle!
I was there for this game. It was almost silent when the clock stopped, like everyone was in disbelief of what just occurred
To see these guys glowing now. The feeling then after that huge win had to have been otherworldly. One of my favorite CFB games ever!
“We gonna live!” After Jackson scored the first touchdown.....😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣Proud of our App State Boys!!!
I am a Buckeye big time. Thank you Appy State for one of the best football days of my life. That was so great.
I remember Michigan dropped out the rankings after that lost
Rightly so....
@smoothcollected naw it was right after this loss. They wasn't even ranked Monday.
@AsSeenOnTV losing to a D2 school for the world to see and you was ranked 5th in the nation. They had no business being ranked the next week
@@latravisgriffin not D2, FCS, very different
Jabrony Lin fun fact, app state was ranked number 25 after this win. First and only d2 team ranked in d1 polls . Amazing
I've been to well over 50 Oregon Duck games in my life, when the PA announcer said the score of this game it was one of the loudest cheers I ever heard in that stadium. No one could believe it, and we hardly even had a stake in the game it was just crazy.
Well, Brad Nessler said it best on the EA NCAA Football 2002 intro: "BECAUSE EVERY GAME COUNTS IN NCAA FOOTBALL!"
Nobody will ever have more fun watching their own highlights tgan these guys did. 😆😂
Thumbnail having this looking like this took place in the 80s
Fr. I was like what is this old shit
imagine looking at it every time you’re in your cafeteria
panic ! Kevin Richardson deserves it
I’m a Michigan fan and I can’t do anything but feel happy for these guys
A small university from down south doing big things to a major program from the north. Love it!
I remember watching my roommate during this game and seeing him completely loose his shirt during this game. Even to this day when I mention this game he breaks down. Hard to believe it’s been over 10 years!
Pierre Banks yelling at the crowd “are you not entertained” after the Mountaineers went up 28-14 was absolute perfection.
What a lot of people don’t know, is at the end, the kid that’s standing beside Coach Moore in the white t shirt went on later to now currently be a QB at App State.
At 5:44?
Yep. Zeb Spier. His dad is now the coach at WCU. There were 3 future D1 head coaches on that staff. Mark Spier, Western Carolina current, Shawn Elliott Georgi State current, and the HMIC himself Scott Satterfield. Mark was D-backs coach and recruiting coordinator, Shawn was o line coach, and Satt was the QB coach. I think it was his last year there until he came back in 2011 or 2012 as the OC.
Jordan Pope my buddy went to high school with him lol. I worked at app state also. Cool stuff!!!
Jordan Pope WCU guy sucks tho lol
I was so happy to see the team up north take a fat L that Day. Iconic football game frfr
"I'm gon handle his ass...." LOVE IT. Amazing moment. Amazing last minute both teams.
23 people that disliked this video are probably michigan fans.
I’m a Michigan fan and this brought me joy. These guys seemed down to earth and I’m glad they experienced this
I am from Sweden this is the game when I fell in love with College football when I moved to the States. Never give up. Any given day the underdog can beat the elites. Crazy thing is Michigan has the most wins all time still in College Football History.
Robert Lind who's your favorite team.
Robert very cool, yeah that's why people love college football. I have been watching all my life and still see new things.
Because they were really good. Used to be really good. They've yet to appear in the Big Ten championship game even when the division alignment had their rival Ohio State in a different division.
In the words of Chris Berman, THATS WHY THEY PLAY THE GAME
Today marks the 11 year anniversary of this amazing upset!
I remember watching their highlights on sport center before going to school their team was amazing!
Michigan in 2007: I can't believe we lost to these guys! How embarrassing!
Michigan in 2021: I can't believe we almost beat these guys! That would have been amazing!
I'm a two time Michigan grad, 40 year season ticket holder and have been a fan for 55 years. I was home on the day of this game recuperating from an illness. Glad I missed this one! Hats off to Appalachian State on this win! In retrospect it was an exciting game and as a college football fan, the Appalachian State team played the game of their lives! I loved the reactions of former players and the joy they had in rewatching the game.
Honestly this video gives me chills, the way they describe it is poetic
Gives me chills just watching it
They could and should have done the same thing to Penn State. Such a great game. It would have been a great upset.
To be fair: Penn State had better overall coaching in 2018 compared to 2007 Michigan. The better Penn State coaching is the biggest reason they stopped App St when Michigan didn’t
Any given Saturday. This was an amazing win and it gives me chills just watching it. Good for them!
App state beat Michigan Saturday, September 1,2007
App state is playing Penn State Saturday, September 1, 2018
WILL THE FOOTBALL GODS LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN?
I hope the beat Rape State
I don't know about the football gods, but Penn State didn't let it happen.
So clooose 45-38 PSU. Oh god my favorite team (BADGERS!) have to play App State in 2020
Auburn vs Appalachian State 19 years ago on September 4, 1999.
Shut the hell up
When he said “we’re #1 in the nation” I died
They were, in FCS
@@mannymm25 who says they werent in FBS?
Yes! Thanks so much for doing this!
I was just talking about this the other day. One of the best games ever played
I still get teary eyed
Mountaineer Actual I do too
At the time I was a sophomore in high school. But this game. Watching this. I was so shocked and stunned. Still remember it like it was yesterday
These guys went into The Big House with so much confidence. Heck of a win!
This was such a huge deal back when it happened and just like the coach said, history was made!
I remember watching it live. One of the most live experience I will never forget
I'm a Buckeye fan and watching this was a thing of beauty. I hauled steel out of Detroit area a lot going back down to Ohio and when I heard the team up north signing App State whom I've watched throughout the previous season, I knew it would be a great game. Alit of u of m fans never heard of App State and they thought it was gonna be a blowout and I would tell them about the Mountaineers. This was the start of a bad season for the big 10. Mudway through the season, Minnesota hosted a very little known North Dakota State team that just moved up to fcs from d2 and they we're running the show, and that year NDSU put everyone on notice as they beat Minnesota
dexter Jackson was in my madden franchise league for a couple years on xbox… what a cool and humble dude he was/is... so much respect
MSU fan here for my yearly watch. Rooting for a spot in the ACC for App State during the next realignment.
Who would win?
One of the biggest college teams in the entire US... Or some mountain bois
I swear I never get tired of watching this. Every time feels like the first time. Can’t imagine what it’s like for the players involved…
I remember trying to find this game on my cable system, on line, streaming, what have you.
App State’s coach prepared his squad well at the half, telling his players to expect what was coming and to be ready.
Im thankful I got to see it while it happened.
I’m a UNC fan at heart but I knew players the coaches and always support App. I love App State and man this game was insane and will beforever the best upset in college history
Elijah Shriner I now play under John Holt, as an offensive linemen for WCU. That man is the most ferocious coach I’ve ever met in my life.
App st just beat UNC
It won't be the greatest upset at all. It's an overrated win
As a Buckeye fan this was one of the best days of my life
I’m the biggest app fan and I rewatch this game and the three nattys all the time. Also the Tennessee and Wake game
Andrew Ingram I was at the Wake game. App got screwed. They actually made the game winning field goal, BUT the refs made them take an offside penalty on the make and the second got blocked.
First ever Michigan game I went to and never going to forget it.
Fell asleep on this game but woke up for the most important part.
just gave me goosebumps on a monday morning in the office in 2020
I was unaware of the quality of this football program until this past Saturday when the Mountaineers came into State College, and nearly beat Penn State. Well done App State. I am now a fan.
A lifelong Penn State fan
The App State football program has been a juggernaut for many, many years. Albeit it in AA.. but they're now in the FBS (Sunbelt conf) and doing just as well.
Thanks for the shared respect.
Samuel I we are still tearing things up even in the sun belt, and I am so excited to see what we do when football is played once again.
Still get chills watching
Classic moment. great video
I’m a Michigan fan but these guys brought me joy
Those are some pure country boys, love to see it
One of the greatest moments in sports history
“You ever see that much joy in a stadium before?” Yo my guy you know you was on the road right?
His point...the players and fans from little ole App State felt enough joy to fill the largest football stadium in the country. You win a big game like that...everything else going on around you becomes a complete blur. [Guess you never experienced that.]
@@ThomasFromTN Issa joke. Take it easy Thomas.
As a Georgia Southern fan that game didn't surprise me a lick.
That’s a bad ass stories love teams like this that no one thinks they have anything for a team like Michigan and they come in and fight harder then they do and come out with a W 👍🏻
It's stories like this that make me love college football
I remember watching this Game. Crazy Crazy Crazy
Dex’s explaining how it felt during that run haha love it
From buckeye nation we applaud and love u
I remember watching this game on TV and the college football nation was shocked. One of the greatest upsets in college football history!
This video and the game itself were both fun to watch.
Hands down, one of the GREATEST upsets I have ever seen in my lifetime!!!
Pause at 5:20 and just look at all the Michigan fans with their hands on their heads
A whole nest of surrender cobras in the wild...
lol. and the one ASU fan jumping up and down
I was at the Cleveland National Air Show when I heard about this. As a Buckeye fan, this was music to my ears :D
I was a month shy of turning *9* at the time! I was heartbroken to learn that my favorite college football team was beaten by some college football team I had never heard of until then. I'll never forget hearing the call, which was played at the end of this video, on SportsCenter.
Stuff like this is what makes sports so awesome.
I now the holt brothers they went to my high school these boys was the best
And THAT is why they play the game, folks!! Because on any given day, something miraculous can happen.
App state is a solid football school they produce draft picks constantly may not get all the recognition but definitely have a solid football program
They be ranked right now if they didn't have a bad Thursday Night on a short week last season.
As an Ohio State fan, I can watch this all day long. Love it.
Grew up in Boone and graduated from App (91). One of my buddies tried to get me to go to the game with him and a bunch of friends. Told him there was no way I was going all the way to Michigan to see App lose. He was the guy in the yellow striped coveralls. One of my biggest regrets.
This is why I love the game!
History Indeed💪🏽
I'll never forget this
I did. The school is irrelevant. Never heard it again.
Great footage that I haven’t seen before. I wonder why so many extra camera angles for what at the time wasn’t considered to be a very notable game.
I was like 11 at heinigate at osu and that place went absolutely NUTS. Thanks again fellas!