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Greg's Game Day Breakdown

East Carolina vs. Appalachian State

Sept. 1, 2012

By Greg Vacek

HARD REALITY: Appalachian State, a Football Championship Subdivision member with aspirations of moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision, has an established track record of deflating the egos of cocky FBS opponents. Ironically, today's season opener
falls on the fifth anniversary of the Mountaineers� most recent and notable victory over an FBS opponent, a 34-32 triumph at No. 5 (AP) Michigan on Sept. 1, 2007.
ASU TALE OF THE TAPE* ECU
55th/155.8 Rushing Offense 105th/109.1
37th/234.4 Passing Offense 20th/286.1
38th/390.3 Total Offense 50th/395.2
38th/28.7 Scoring Offense 66th/26.2
56th/149.4 Rushing Defense 81st/174.2
58th/126.8 Passing Defense 33rd/202.2
53rd/353.3 Total Defense 56th/376.3
41st/23.8 Scoring Defense 97th/32.2
56th/2 Sacks 59th/1.9
34th/1.4 Sacks Allowed 92nd/2.5

*2011 National ranking in the school's FBS or FCS division.

TOP RETURNING PERFORMERS AT A GLANCE

PASSING CMP. ATT. INT. YDS. TD
ASU -  Jamal Jackson 161 262 8 2,001 15
ECU - Rio Johnson 20 29 1 157 0

RUSHING ATT. YDS. AVG. TD
ASU - Steven Miller 76 380 5.0 3
ECU - Torrance Hunt 109 489 4.5 2

RECEIVING NO. YDS. AVG. TD
ASU - Andrew Peacock 48 564 11.8 3
ECU - Justin Hardy 64 658 10.3 6

TACKLES UT AT TT TFL SACKS
ASU - Jeremy Kimbrough 43 62 105 12.0 4.0
ECU - Jeremy Grove 45 77 122 3.5 1.0

WORTH NOTING
� Appalachian leads the all-time series with its former Southern Conference rival, 19-11, but has not defeated ECU since 1975 (five-straight losses) and has not won in Greenville since 1959 (six straight losses).  ECU has won 21-straight games against FCS members
� East Carolina is led by a pair of former Mountaineers. ECU head coach Ruffin McNeill was an assistant coach under Jerry Moore at Appalachian State for seven seasons (1989-91, 1993-96) and associate head coach John Wiley was a member of Moore�s Appalachian staff for 19 years (1989-90, 1993-2009).
� ECU has won 31 of the last 36 games when scoring 30 or more points...has lost 11-straight games when scoring 20 or less points ...has won three-straight season openers played at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium  ...has won 15 of the last 16 games when converting third downs at 50% or higher ...has won 13 of the last 15 games when recording three or more sacks.
� Suspended for a violation of team policy, ECU Receivers Dayon Arrington, Antonio Cannon, Danny Webster will miss today's game
 

Read Greg Vacek's Complete Analysis of Today's Opponent on Boneyard Banter.

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Check the animated radar and scientific forecast for Greenville.

GAME DAY WEATHER NOTES

The National Weather Service is calling for a high of 93 degrees during the Appalachian State-East Carolina game today with 45 percent humidity, a 10 percent chance of precipitation and winds north-northwest at six miles per hour. The warm weather could mean depth and conditioning will be factors. That could favor the Pirates, who have more scholarships. It's the kind of weather that will give a read on what kind of summer ECU had under strength and conditioning guru Jeff Connors. There's a 20 percent chance of a thunderstorm at 5 p.m., which could alter postgame tailgating plans. (Filed by Al Myatt)
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