Earlier in the week, first-year head coach Chad Lunsford asked his players to raise their hands if they had ever beaten Appalachian State. Only a handful were eligible able to do so.
After Thursday night’s 34-14 pummeling of their rivals, all of the Eagles will be able to raise their hands high.
The game began as a defensive standstill, but on the second play of the second quarter, everything that redshirt-sophomore quarterback Shai Werts had been hoping for began to fall into place.
Werts stood in the pocket and launched a 57 yard bomb that went to a wide-open Darion Anderson for a touchdown, Anderson’s second of the season.