A&T's victory over Appalachian State shakes up Aggie Nation

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- The echoes of N.C. A&T’s victory on a football field in Boone continue to roll down the mountain.

Four days later, there remained a joyful noise on and around the A&T campus. The sound waves rippled outward to Aggies enclaves as far away as Washington and Atlanta.

Bottom line: Beating Appalachian State 24-21 on Saturday night was a pretty big deal.

For the casual football fan, know this:

From 2005-2007, Appalachian won three consecutive FCS national championships. Those same three seasons, A&T went 3-30 and suffered through a 27-game losing streak.

The last time the two teams played, in 2011, Appalachian won 58-6.

That was then. This is now.

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