NEW ORLEANS — The sounds of a police escort, jazz musicians and cheering App State fans greeted the Mountaineers as they arrived to an energetic scene outside their team hotel Tuesday evening.
The Sun Belt champs are back in the Big Easy.
No. 20 App State (12-1) will face Conference USA runner-up UAB (9-4) on Saturday night in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, with kickoff for the ESPN game scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. at the Superdome).
The Mountaineers left Kidd Brewer Stadium before lunchtime on Tuesday morning, rolled past cheering fans on King Street and finally reaching the city of New Orleans at around 5:30 p.