COMING OFF A TRIP TO THE SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP LAST SEASON, ACTION IS BACK IN BOONE THIS WEEKEND AS A VETERAN GROUP OF MOUNTAINEERS WELCOME IN EAST TENNESSEE STATE. OUR FAVORITE APP STATE ALUM CHRIS PETERSEN JOINS US FROM THE ROCK WITH OUR OPENING GAME RECAP APP. STATE QUARTERBACK JOEY CALIFORNIA SHOWED EVERYONE WHY HE WAS VOTED SUN BELT CONFERENCE PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR. JOEY AGUILAR'S FIRST PASS OF THE SEASON WAS A 32 YARD TOUCHDOWN. THIS YEAR, HE DID IT AGAIN, 83 YARDS ON HIS FIRST PASS OF THE SEASON TO CHRISTIAN HORN AND AN EARLY MOUNTAINEER LEAD. THIRD QUARTER 1710. APP STATE AND AGUILAR FINDS ELI WILSON OVER THE MIDDLE. HE'S GOING TO BE RUDELY ESCORTED INTO THE END ZONE AND APP STATE GOES UP 24 TO 10. FOURTH QUARTER AGUILAR IS GOING TO GIVE THE BALL TO MAKAI JACKSON ON THE END AROUND AND THE SPEEDSTER IS GOING TO TAKE OFF. LOOK AT HIM GO. 47 YARDS LATER. THAT'S A MOUNTAINEER TOUCHDOWN AND A 31 TO 10 LEAD. LATER IN THE FOURTH, AGUILAR BACK TO PASS. LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE THROWS A DART TO KADEN ROBINSON AND LOOK AT THIS CATCH. IN BETWEEN TWO BUCCANEERS DEFENDERS. AGUILAR WOULD FINISH THE DAY WITH TWO PASSING AND TWO R RUSHG TOUCHDOWNS. MOUNTAINEERS WIN 38 TO 10. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HE'S HERE AND JOEY BECAME A VERY GOOD LEADER FOR OUR FOOTBALL TEAM. AND YOU LOOK THROUGHOUT THAT LOCKER ROOM, EVERYONE GRAVITATES TOWARD JOEY. WE TRUST JOEY WITH THE FOOTBALL. WE TOLD JOEY, ANYTIME YOU HAVE THE FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE THE PROGRAM IN YOUR HANDS AND YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. HE HANDLED IT VERY WELL TODAY. NOW, THE MOUNTAINEERS DID HAVE PENALTIES IN THE FIRST HALF AT KEY TIMES THAT STALLED THE OFFENSE. THEY'LL HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP BEFORE NEXT WEEK'S MATCHUP AT