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NC State a 14-point favorite against App State

2025 JLab Birmingham Bowl - Georgia Southern v Appalachian State
2025 JLab Birmingham Bowl - Georgia Southern v Appalachian State
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - DECEMBER 29: Matthew Wilson #6 of the Appalachian State Mountaineers celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown in the second quarter of the JLab Birmingham Bowl against the Georgia Southern Eagles at Protective Stadium on December 29, 2025 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Jason Clark/Getty Images)
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I’m feeling slightly less annoyed with the universe with each passing day, but clearly it’s going to be a long week. Tough to move on when you’ve got to stew in your football team’s vomit for seven days. Anyway, onwards and forwards and onwards!

NC State will step back on the field Saturday as a two-touchdown favorite against App State, but watch at your own peril, apparently. SP+ has NC State by basically the same margin, and projects a 34-21 final score.

It’s a tricky matchup given how it’s sandwiched between Vanderbilt and Louisville, and of course given that it’s an in-state opponent that isn’t going to lack for motivation. But if there was one very pathetically small silver lining to come from what happened this past weekend, it’s that the Pack probably isn’t looking past what’s right in front of it.

App is 3-0 to begin this season, with a blowout win over Maine, a 27-24 win at ECU, and a 26-21 home win over Charlotte.

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