Lower league but high class

ISU coach Gene Chizik said he didn't watch the Appalachian State game, but he wasn't suprised by the outcome.
Appalachian State, who upset No.5 Michigan with a 34-32 victory, shocked many people but not Chizik.
"I think its a great eye opener for everyone to see what kind of talent they have in those other leagues," Chizik said.
Chizik's eyes were opened up wide as he watched another small conference team, Kent State of the MAC, defeat his Cyclones in week one of their season. Now he's preparing for another one in Gateway Conference runner up Northern Iowa.
Last year the Cyclone's slipped away with a 28-27 victory when Panther's kicker Brian Wingert missed a 51-yard field go attempt.
Regardless of the Michigan game, ISU quarterback Bret Meyer was already prepared for another small school matchup.
"If Michigan would have blown them out, it wouldn't have changed the way we thought about them anyways," Meyer said. "That's not going to change. I know based on the way they played last year, it wouldn't have taken another team to open my eyes."
As for Appalachian State, Meyer said he was impressed with quarterback Armanti Edwards who passed for 227 yards in the victory.
"They're a good team," he said. "Good quarterback, good receiever, and you saw speed. He was running away from Michigan like they were the Division IAA team."
Outside of Edwards, he said he was shocked more of the players weren't in bigger conferences.
"You watch those guys and wonder how they didn't get picked up by anyone else," he said.