Appalachian State’s Defense

Appalachian State has seen only two defenses that statistically rank better than the one they’ll line up against in Saturday’s quarterfinal and one of those was when the Mountaineers squared off with the nation’s top defense three weeks ago at Elon.

The Spiders, who bring a Top 15 defense into Saturday’s matchup themselves, will be without Lawrence Sidbury, Jr. and Sherman Logan at the two respective defensive end positions this season, however, the defense the Spiders will field in Saturday’s matchup against the Mountaineers is not far from being as talented as the one the Spiders fielded in las...

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