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Appalachian State Mountaineers
Head coach: Scott Satterfield (41-22, sixth year)
2017 record and S&P+ ranking: 9-4 (18th)
Projected 2018 record and S&P+ ranking: 8-4 (63rd)
Five key points:
You still need a QB, though, and Zac Thomas gets first crack at the job. The sophomore led a garbage-time field goal drive against Georgia last year, but that’s about the extent of his experience. He appears to be pretty mobile, and co-coordinators Shawn Clark and Frank Ponce don’t appear to be changing much of the system.
If Thomas can’t cut it, there are other options. Sophomore Jacob Huesman and redshirt freshman Peyton Derrick have good size, and incoming three-star freshman Stephon Brown, at 6’5, 220, has great size. But the best-case scenario is probably that the third-year Thomas figures things out.
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Head coach: Scott Satterfield (41-22, sixth year)
2017 record and S&P+ ranking: 9-4 (18th)
Projected 2018 record and S&P+ ranking: 8-4 (63rd)
Five key points:
- It looked like App State had messed up the timing of its jump from FCS to FBS, but the Mountaineers stuck the landing as well as anyone since Marshall.
- Satterfield must account for a key loss on the coaching staff: defensive coordinator Nate Woody.
- He must also face life without Taylor Lamb, four-year starting quarterback.
- If the offense has a decent QB, it certainly has everything else. This might be Satterfield’s deepest collection of skill position talent.
- The remarkable depth of the 2017 defense should pay off now that a few front-seven starters have to be replaced. The secondary could be phenomenal.
You still need a QB, though, and Zac Thomas gets first crack at the job. The sophomore led a garbage-time field goal drive against Georgia last year, but that’s about the extent of his experience. He appears to be pretty mobile, and co-coordinators Shawn Clark and Frank Ponce don’t appear to be changing much of the system.
If Thomas can’t cut it, there are other options. Sophomore Jacob Huesman and redshirt freshman Peyton Derrick have good size, and incoming three-star freshman Stephon Brown, at 6’5, 220, has great size. But the best-case scenario is probably that the third-year Thomas figures things out.