TROY, Ala. — It was probably the most important game of the Scott Satterfield coaching era, two years ago when Appalachian State played Troy at Veteran Memorial Stadium.
Coming off a 4-8 campaign in Satterfield’s first year as a head coach, the Mountaineers had dropped five of their first six games during the 2014 season and looked bad doing it.
App State’s lone win had been against a non-scholarship Football Championship Subdivision from Campbell University and the Mountaineers were coming off a disastrous 55-48 overtime loss at home against FCS Liberty.
Something needed to change and needed to improve fast in the seemingly bleak Appalachian program.