The national spotlight will shine brightly on Boone and App State this season.
ESPN on Tuesday announced that, in addition to App State’s season-opening home game against Charlotte airing on ESPN2 at noon, the Mountaineers will have three midweek Sun Belt Conference games that are shown on the primary ESPN channel with 7:30 p.m. kickoff times. That means five of App State’s first six games in 2020 will be on national television.
The trio of ESPN conference games includes Wednesday matchups against Louisiana in Boone on Oct. 7 and at Georgia Southern on Oct. 14. The home game previously scheduled for Oct.