No, not my alma mater- I am talking about Appalachian State University in North Carolina. First, on Saturday September 1 2007 they pulled off the athletic feat of the century (or maybe two centuries) when they beat the University of Michigan on its home turf in the college football opener. We were more stunned than usual, given that we were in the vicinity when it happened. We were installing our daughter in her dorm and helping her transition into life as a wolverine. After that tragic event Doug ran around screaming “We are going to pull her!!!!”
Meanwhile, the now infamous Youtube video clip of the Miss Teen USA contestant who could not string two coherent words together in response to the question about why most Americans cannot locate the U.S. on a map was making the rounds. Turns out she is also headed for the hallowed halls of Appalachian State.
Just two days after the miserable defeat in Ann Arbor, Hootie and the Blowfish played a date at the DTE venue in the Detroit metro area. Turns out two members of the band were alum of-- you guessed it-- Appalachian State!
The latest revelation is the goofy advertisement for the school also making the rounds on the Youtube that has been the subject of copious snickering critique. For more on that see Doug MacEachern’s unsigned editorial “A Toast to the Other ASU” at http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0906thur1-06.html://
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