App State Announcers Absolutely Lose It After Miraculous Hail Mary: ‘Don’t You Give Up on These Mountaineers, Baby!’

Sarah RumpfSep 18th, 2022, 3:17 pm
 

Appalachian State’s announcers had an entertainingly enthusiastic reaction to their team’s victory over Troy after a dramatic Hail Mary pass in the final two seconds of the game.

ESPN’s College GameDay had traveled to Boone, NC for the first time to watch the much-hyped matchup with Troy, coming one week after the Mountaineers had upset then sixth-ranked Texas A&M, refusing to accept their role as a non-conference sacrificial lamb, but more than happy to cash the $1.5 million check the Aggies offered to lure them to College Station.

Local office supply stores ran out of pasteboard — fueled by App State offering a year scholarship to the student spotted on GameDay with the best sign.

To say the crowd was hyped up before the game is the definition of understatement…

…but that would pale in comparison to the atmosphere in Kidd Brewer Stadium — including in the announcers’ booth — during the final moments of the game.

The Trojans were up 28 – 26 with only two seconds left on the clock, and Mountaineer quarterback Chase Brice had the ball at 4th-and-10 on their own 47.

Brice heaved the ball downfield but it was about 5 yards short of the end zone. The ball bobbled off the hands of a Trojan defender and right into the waiting hands of wide receiver Christian Horn, who darted in for the score as the stadium erupted in cheers.

The above video, posted by App State play-by-play announcer Adam Witten, shows the electric end of the game along with an inset video from the announcers’ booth. All four leapt to their feet as Brice’s pass found Horn, screaming incoherently over each other, “He got it! It’s a touchdown!” and so on, dubbing the play the “Miracle on the Mountain Part Two.”

“Don’t you do it! Don’t you give up on these Mountaineers, baby!” yelled one of Witten’s colleagues. “Yes, sir!”

“Deflected into the arms of Christian Horn!” called Witten. “They storm the field! App State wins on Miracle on the Mountain Part Two! Final score, App State 32, Troy 28! It is GREAT to be a Mountaineer! WOOOO!”

Watch the video above via Adam Witten on Twitter.

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Sarah Rumpf joined Mediaite in 2020 and is a Contributing Editor focusing on politics, law, and the media. A native Floridian, Sarah attended the University of Florida, graduating with a double major in Political Science and German, and earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the UF College of Law. Sarah's writing has been featured at National Review, The Daily Beast, Reason, Law & Crime, Independent Journal Review, Texas Monthly, The Capitolist, Breitbart Texas, Townhall, RedState, The Orlando Sentinel, and the Austin-American Statesman, and her political commentary has led to appearances on the BBC, MSNBC, NewsNation, Fox 35 Orlando, Fox 7 Austin, The Young Turks, The Dean Obeidallah Show, and other television, radio, and podcast programs across the globe.