BOONE, N.C. — App State's much-anticipated return to competition coincides with more history being made by the Mountaineers' football program.
After a lengthy break, App State opens its league schedule Thursday night with its first regular-season Sun Belt Conference game on the primary ESPN channel. When the Mountaineers (2-1, 0-0) face Arkansas State (3-2, 1-1) at 7:30 p.m. with 2,100 fans in Kidd Brewer Stadium, it will be a meeting of the two programs with the most overall wins and most Sun Belt wins since App State joined the league as an FBS newcomer in 2014.