"This community is just a riot right now," Appalachian State safety Corey Lynch said the day after the Mountaineers' stunning 34-32 win at No. 5 Michigan.

"The pastor at my church was telling the congregation what an amazing thing it was and how it had never been done before (a I-AA team beating a nationally ranked I-A squad). It seemed like he wanted to talk about it the whole time but he finally got back to his sermon."

The day after one of the biggest upsets ever in college football found Boone in the national spotlight.

Coach Jerry Moore, shortly after speaking with a writer from Sports Illustrated, held an afternoon press conference with four players that was nationally televised live by ESPN News.

Lynch, who blocked the potential game-winning field goal, and Moore did individual interviews on ESPN, and the press conference included several television stations and reporters from the New York Times and Washington Post.

"It's still like a dream," said ASU quarterback Armanti Edwards, who threw for three touchdowns, ran for another and led a last-minute drive that set up the winning field goal with 26 seconds remaining.

"We just beat Michigan."

The players and Moore were bleary-eyed from the late night and celebration after the team returned to campus.

After flying into the airport at Johnson City, Tenn., the team bused back to Boone and arrived about 11 p.m. Saturday.

"It was the craziest atmosphere Saturday," said Lynch. "First you play in front of 109,000 people at "the Big House" and then you're met at the (Boone) city limit by all the fire trucks in town.

"There must have been 10,000 students waiting on us and they started banging on the bus."

Players crawled out of an emergency exit on top of the bus and began dancing on the roof.

Fans also tore down a goal post at Kidd Brewer Stadium and lugged it about a 1/2-mile up a hill before leaving it at the chancellor's home.

During the game yesterday a fire marshal, citing an overflow of occupancy, stopped allowing admittance to a bar in Boone that was televising the game.

Wide receiver Dexter Jackson, who scored two touchdowns, said he had 18 voice mails and 30 text messages waiting for him after the game.

Edwards said he has more than 100 e-mails of thanks and congratulations from Ohio State fans on his Facebook account.

Under the title "House Broken," Jackson's up-close photo adorned the cover of ESPN.com on Saturday and Sunday.

"I kept seeing Dexter's face on ESPN.com," laughed Lynch. "That just doesn't happen around here."

Moore was encouraging his players and staff to enjoy the moment and not worry about Saturday's home opener versus Lenoir-Rhyne.

"I'm not worried about Lenoir-Rhyne," said Moore. "I'll worry about that on Tuesday.

"There's a point where you should enjoy what you accomplished. We did something incredible and we should savor it.