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- App State can vary DJ Smith's base 4-2-5 with 4-3 looks on early downs and in the red zone, using Colton Phares' run-support and coverage versatility. The Maine game also showed the importance of rotation context: passing production rose from 5 of 13 for 44 yards in the first half to 13 of 19 for 154 after halftime as deeper reserves played; a tighter secondary rotation against ECU is the preview writer's expectation, not an announced snap plan. - In its 2026 opener, App State used quick throws and short rollouts, with Singleton's average completion traveling five yards before nearly nine yards after the catch. Lewis and Cross ran productively, and Kanye Roberts returned from his 2025 ACL injury on limited carries. ECU's quicker pressure will test whether the line and Singleton can repeat that efficiency against stronger opposition.

- QB/LB: Issue with the dump downs is that we've shown them in detaul and ECU can run with us better than Maine.

- GREENVILLE, N.C. — App State Football hits the road for its first away game of 2026, as the Mountaineers (1-0) will face East Carolina (0-1) on Saturday at noon in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

- Injury: I'll be speaking with Loggains after practice today, we'll talk mostly about the ECU matchup but I will catch-up on my Monday absence by asking about injuries.

- QB/DL: Was this a product of what I saw was a full blown effort to stop the run and he sacrificed coverage to do this.

- Pick/market: App goes 4-3 with Sloan at LB.

- QB/DL: Honestly, they should be favored, at home, with that defensive line….it will be a challenge keeping them off our Qb

- LB: Branch on jet sweep, LB just can't quite corral him and they were strung out at that point.