BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State knew heading into the 2016 college football season that it would be facing the toughest non-conference schedule in its history.
And while the Mountaineers have slogged through the most difficult part of that journey with differing levels of success — from the missed opportunity of an overtime loss at Tennessee, a solid, though inconsistent win over Old Dominion and last week’s disappointing blowout defeat against Miami at home — there is one more challenge ahead on Saturday.
ASU (1-2) travels to Akron for a 3:30 p.m. game on Saturday to face another team with high expectations, but uneven results thus far.