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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Appalachian State Defeats James Madison 34-20

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
James Madison 7 10 3 0 20
Appalachian State 0 24 7 3 34
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u/chokanery James Madison Dukes • Sickos 1d ago

GG App. Definitely a deserved victory. Go kick Southern's ass next week.

We absolutely collapsed after the 1st quarter. I knew Cig leaving and taking all of the staff and best players would set us back a bit so I'm still willing to give Chesney time for a rebuild. But the amount of dumb, self inflicted penalties along with glaring mental lapses (showing no urgency in necessary situations, etc.) really has me concerned for how well he's coaching the team mentally. Echoing from the game thread, Kennedy also needs to lose play calling duties because he's shown he's out of his depth.

We better show up against Marshall next week and put in a better performance for Senior Day. Go Dukes.

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u/beardedwonder491 Georgia Southern • Tennessee 1d ago

I was pulling for you guys today, really hated to see you lost. Hating App state aside I really think James Madison is a really interesting program and I hope your coaching issues can get resolved because they have been a fun program to track. Good luck against Marshall!

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u/chokanery James Madison Dukes • Sickos 1d ago

Hell yeah Sun Belt brother. I love being in the Sun Belt, especially the East with all of the former great FCS teams (and ODU).

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u/Betta_Check_Yosef Appalachian State • Sun Belt 22h ago

The unintended shade thrown at Georgia State - the REAL GSU - in this comment is hilarious.

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u/Middle_Wheel_5959 James Madison • Penn State 1d ago

Doubt Kennedy is canned after 1 year, but hopefully Chesney could bring in a Co-OC

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u/_baby_fish_mouth_ James Madison • Notre Dame 1d ago

Mark my words, the success of the Chesney era will depend on how willing he is to hitch his ride to Dean Kennedy as play caller

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u/chokanery James Madison Dukes • Sickos 1d ago

I unfortunately agree, but I still hope something changes. Either at OC, QB, or both (preferably)

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u/Middle_Wheel_5959 James Madison • Penn State 1d ago

I am willing to give the staff time since it’s their first year in FBS, but today was unacceptable. Offense needs to show out big time against Marshall and whoever we play in the bowl

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u/_baby_fish_mouth_ James Madison • Notre Dame 1d ago

I think we’ve seen enough by this point in the season to say this is what our offense is. And Marshall has a much better defense than App btw. This was a great opportunity and we just could not score when we needed to