Appalachian State Fans

To anyone who happens upon this posting who is not familiar with the state of North Carolina, I feel I must clarify something. If you saw the end of the Appalachian State v. Delaware football game for the Football Bowl Subdivision title tonight, you saw something really ugly moments. App's fans all decided to storm the field - with 3:30 left in the game. The whole scene looked extremely unsafe, and I know I wouldn't want to play in that environment. At one point, a Delaware player made it into the end zone and slung the ball at a group of App fans, accidentally hitting a police officer in the process. Then you see an ASU fan enter the field on the corner of the screen and shoot the Delaware player two middle fingers. And you know what, I don't blame the Delaware player. Fans have no place on the playing surface or sideline with time left on the clock. It is completely dumb, and I am embarrassed that these fans represent a state I live in. I saw the state flag of North Carolina being waved at the game, and then people who grew up in the state were making complete fools of themselves in the next frame. Yes, you should celebrate like there is not tomorrow because you just won your third straight D-II championship. But have some class. Players can't come up in the stands, you can't come down on the field.

So, anyone from around the world who reads this, don't let App State fans sway you opinion of this fine state called North Carolina. I have many friends who did go or still go to Appalachian, and I've heard mostly good things about the school. I hope no one I knew was one of the idiots on the field. Apparently this is a newly developed tradition at ASU home games, and the school officials/football staff condone it. That sounds like the first problem to me. The other thing is this: App State fans, act like you've been there before, because you have. I know high school athletics have little in common with collegiate athletics, but when I was in high school we had an equally successful baseball team that the community lived and died with. Our baseball teams and fans were the classiest of each kind every single year. It reflects on your organization in a much better light if you act like you have some common sense, and decency to go along with it.

Here is a video of App State fans rushing the field in a similar manner from a home game this year. Imagine tons more people than this video, and you have what happened tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBoNQ9nmI8