On September 1, 2007, the Appalachian State Mountaineers beat the Michigan Wolverines, 34-32. Bettors were so confident that Michigan would win the game, there was no betting line issued, but the game has been known ever since as one of the greatest upsets in college football history.
15 years and two days later, the Mountaineers nearly performed an upset of similar… well, if not “impact” (the 2007 Wolverines came into the 2007 season as the fifth-ranked team in the nation), certainly degree of difficulty. Mack Brown’s North Carolina Tar Heels came into App State’s stadium, saw themselves down 21-7 early in the second quarter, then scored 27 unanswered points to go up, 41-21 by the start of the fourth quarter, and then, watched the Mountaineers score six touchdowns in the fourth quarter to almost pull off the upset. Had the Mountaineers not missed two-point conversions on their final two touchdowns, App State may have won the game, or at the very least, tied it.
