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This is a historic article and it should have it's own page. It's one of the biggest upsets in the history of college football.
Agreed. If any game deserves its own page, it's this game. EtriganZola 09:10, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
I would not consider many games to be worthy of their own article. But a I-AA team beating the 5th-best team in the country, on the road? This game deserves its own page, no question about it. Trvsdrlng 15:28, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
There are very few regular-season college sports games that I would argue should have a stand-alone article. The Michigan State-Notre Dame football game of 1966 would be one, another would be the 1971 "Game of the Century" (Oklahoma vs. Nebraska). Basically, it has to be something that will be talked about by casual fans for years afterwards, which rarely happens in regular-season games. This was that type of game. Jsc1973 (talk) 08:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
For the editors of this article, in addition to the AP article that is found everywhere:
Please mine these articles (and more, several on each major sports website) for content --Bobak 17:39, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Is this article properly named? First thing I noticed was that it requires the reader to understand that when Michigan is used in reference to a US college it means University of Michigan and not the state. The next thing was the reference to the unambiguated "football", which may be an issue for obvious reasons. I'm also a little unconvinced that the year is necessary as it is pre-disambiguating something that is unlikely to be an ambiguous name for an article on Wikipedia. Couple of thoughts that come to mind are Appalachian State University vs. University of Michigan, 2007 Appalachian State University vs. University of Michigan, and the first two with either "American football game" or "(American football)" tacked on to the end. Of course, if I'm the only one that sees a problem, that's fine with me. --Bobblehead (rants) 20:57, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Is there anything that can be said about the significance of this win for the Appalachian State team or the significance of the loss for the Michigan team? Obviously, it is a notable event, but are there also important consequences for the teams/players/coaches this season or next? Sancho 21:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
One of the more notable results is the AP changing its rules to allow D-IAA/FCS teams to be ranked in their poll. --Bobak 18:29, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
Does this game have any other name? "2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game" is terribly long and I dunno if anyone will reach this article via search. --Howard the Duck 04:30, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
I added a bit of information about the Oregon game, where Michigan lost 39-7, which led many to believe that the Wolverines really had fallen to the bottom of Division I-A. But I added it in an encyclopediac way, but the cite might need cleanup. I added this because there is a lot of info about Appalachian State's future but none about Michigan. The loss to Oregon is a signifficant part of the story. MVillani1985 (talk) 21:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
What was the point spread for this game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.163.66.50 (talk) 20:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
The article says 34-32 but the infobox says 33-22. I don't like editing FA's unless they are in an area of my expertise: can someone fix this please. Tigerboy1966 10:51, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
Should there be a mention of the tendency of "big time" college teams to schedule one or two early-season games against "doormat" teams to (1) run up their records and stats and (2) have another game they can sell tickets to, while not risking disappointing the fans with a loss? Or a link to an article on that subject (which I didn't find)? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 20:07, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
I found an [article] with an anonymous former Michigan player talking about the players having partied a lot in the week before the game. He even claimed that several starters smoked marijuana just before the game. I'm thinking some of the things in this article could serve as a paragraph in the Michigan pre-game session. I think the information is notable, but I'm wondering if it is a reliable soruce. Thoughts? Wall Screamer (talk) 20:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Nope, all information is accurate as far as i could tell. Lukecausby (talk) 19:19, 6 February 2018 (UTC)Luke Causby