LAFAYETTE, La. — Appalachian State finds itself figuratively in the college football wasteland on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. when the Mountaineers meet Louisiana-Lafayette on the road in a Sun Belt Conference game that will be played on ESPN2.
When App State (3-2 overall, 1-0 in league) moved from the Southern Conference and the Football Championship Subdivision into the Sun Belt and the Football Bowl Subdivision ranks, the Mountaineers knew that jump would mean some unique scheduling demands and new challenges.
Last season, the Mountaineers played three games in the span of 15 days — a brutal stretch that included two Thursday night, nationally-televised games at Kidd Brewer Stadium and a triple-overtime Saturday thriller at home.