App State Keeps It In House

There seems to be this trend in sports regardless of what sport it is colleges like to pick their very own to be the next coach.  That's what Appalachian State has done in picking their new head football coach replacing the 24 year coach and three time National Champion Jerry Moore.

The Mountaineers have called on their only quarterback who lead them to their only undefeated season in the history 1995.  He also happened to be the offensive coordinator for Jerry Moore and also quarterbacks coach.  Today Scott Satterfield was named the new head coach in Boone.

Tonight Winston Salem State plays for the National Championship in D-2 football.  They will be trying to finish the season 15-0.  They meet Valdosta State a team that has won the title twice this century.

Jeff Lebo is taking his ECU Pirates to Chapel Hill tonight to meet the Tar Heels in basketball.  I don't think this is the first time that he has been to the Hill since he started coaching but I not quite sure about that.

Today for sure the seven Catholic schools of the Big East gave notice they would with draw from the Big East This will eliminate a big Chuck of the original members St Johns, Georgetown, Seton Hall.  Don't look like there is going to be much of a Big East for ECU to go join now.

Skip Holtz has already been hired as the new football coach at Louisiana Tech.  I think Skip was without a job 30 minutes maybe.

I took a look the other day at the RPI ratings for college basketball teams and Duke is #1.  N C State maybe #25 in the voting polls but are 13th in the RPI.  Carolina ranked 11th in the polls is 51st in RPI.  If the RPI which tells more than anything how tough your schedule has been to date and Duke at 9-0 you would think that tells us Duke is going to be near the top all year.

State fans are disappointed with a 6-2 record but just maybe it is a sign that down the road they just might be as good as fans hoped.  Carolina fans are not really excited about the team so far and if they don't look all that good playing a soft schedule what does that say for the whole season?    Don't get all excited this is only the first month of the season and the RPI will juggle as time goes on.