Appalachian State fans found out what happens when your team blow a 28-3 lead… jokes, embarrassment and lots of references to the Atlanta Falcons.
Despite wearing fancy helmets Saturday against James Madison, the Mountaineers went scoreless in the second half to the Dukes and lost 32-28.
App State had James Madison toasted, you guessed it, 28-3 in the first half before leading 28-10 at the break. Though, the Mountaineers, like the Atlanta Falcons who immortalized the 28-3 blown lead, forgot that you have to score points in the second half to win the game. James Madison certainly did not, rallying for a 22-point comeback to keep its perfect record.
Rock'd#GoDukes pic.twitter.com/viZ4yIuMKs
— JMU Football (@JMUFootball) September 24, 2022
The now 3-0 Dukes entered the day as a popular underdog at +6.5 on the betting lines, meaning that they covered the spread and then some.
With a 28-3 lead blown, fans on Twitter were out in full-force with the jokes.
Appalachian State blew a 28-3 lead to James Madison…
You can't spell Appalachian State without Atlanta 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YKqPcYExyH
— br_betting (@br_betting) September 24, 2022
Fans try to understand the significant of App State blowing a 28-3 lead on the way to a loss to James Madison: pic.twitter.com/xwXZqs2JRq
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 24, 2022
Peak #FunBelt
Appalachian State led James Madison 28-3 in the 2nd quarter
Dukes pull a Patriots to win in their Sun Belt debut https://t.co/L32M6r7IG4
— Chris Hudgison (@ChrisHudgison) September 24, 2022
“28-3 is a cursed score, you know that Dad?” -Tarnished Yosef at 4:30 today
— Yosef Man | Tarnished Yosef (@TarnishedYosef) September 24, 2022
Thanks for the 28-3 choke pic.twitter.com/p4LA93QS68
— Joe Schmoe (@Schmoe_Sports) September 24, 2022
Once you get up 28-3 you know trouble’s coming. They should’ve missed an extra point along the way or something. https://t.co/oteVqGOvRM
— Vinny Hardy (@VinnyHardy) September 24, 2022
App State continues to be the biggest roller coaster in CFB
They were leading 28-3, now trail 32-28 pic.twitter.com/l85t9BVC4r
— PFF College (@PFF_College) September 24, 2022
The “best” program in the state of NC just blew at 28-3 lead at home to a dead President.
— Josh Goodson (@joshwgoodson) September 24, 2022
Crazy, when you hear the score 28-3 you will always think of App state
Unfortunate they have to be known as this https://t.co/sStIlse2H9
— Cole Wilcox (@ColeWilcox11) September 24, 2022
APP STATE HAS BLOWN A 28-3 LEAD. JMU LEADS 32-28!! pic.twitter.com/s9AAvemsnH
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 24, 2022
@AppState_FB meet the @AtlantaFalcons. You all will be great friends
28-3 #SBC #collegegameday
— Sell The Team (@FinsupGarcia) September 24, 2022
And the jokes didn't stop at 28-3...
In case anyone was wondering what @CollegeGameDay thought about JMU and App State this morning: pic.twitter.com/IIByRJFiPL
— Noah Fleischman (@fleischman_noah) September 24, 2022
James Madison watching his own university make a 28-3 comeback. Unreal. https://t.co/3IV3Tg4JmR
— Hugh Janus, PhD (@HughJanusPhD) September 24, 2022
James Madison is undefeated, they beat Middle Tennessee State 44-7 and just scored 29 straight to beat App State
long story short they could have beaten either team in last week's A&M-Miami game by at least 100 points
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 24, 2022
You could call the first half of the App State game the Articles of Confederation by the way James Madison is rewriting the script
— Steve Helwick (@s_helwick) September 24, 2022
Sorry, App State fans. The football gods giveth, and they sure as hell know how to taketh away.
