The most unusual matchup of the 2018 college football season was born of desperation, facilitated by a longtime ESPN executive and announced to the world during a speech by the President of the United States.
On Oct. 6, New Mexico State will host Liberty in Las Cruces for the Aggies’ Homecoming game. Seven weeks later, on Nov. 24, Liberty will host New Mexico State in Lynchburg, Va., the season finale for both teams. As far as any of the parties involved can recall, it’s the first time two Division I football teams have played twice in the regular season since 1998, when UMass and UConn met on Oct.