Do you remember the team, Appalachian State , from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly Div. 1AA) who knocked off Michigan at the Big House to start the 2007 college football season? Just in case you’ve been wondering what happened to that bunch of Mountaineers from Boone, NC then wonder no more because tonight they play in the semi-finals of the FCS playoffs against the Richmond Spiders.
ASU, going for its third consecutive national championship, has been installed by oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com a -4.0 point favorite over the visiting Spiders of Richmond. The game will be broadcast by ESPN2.
ASU (11-2) has won 10 straight playoff games (eight of them at home) en route to back-to-back titles. The Mountaineers averages 41.3 ppg behind sophomore quarterback Armanti Edwards and senior running back Kevin Richardson, but its defense has given up some large numbers on occasion.
Richmond who averages almost 35 ppg , will probably be without defensive end Lawrence Sidbury (sprained ankle) but are expected to have strong safety Stephen Howell, who missed most of last week's game with a shoulder stinger. UR will rely heavily on Tim Hightower, its record-setting senior tailback, but sophomore Eric Ward needs to have an error-free game for the Spiders to win. The survivor of this game advances to the national championship next Friday in Chattanooga, Tenn., against either Delaware or Southern Illinois, who play Saturday in Carbondale, Ill.
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