Heroes Day Preview: App State Faces Georgia State

BOONE, N.C. — App State's pursuit of another Sun Belt Conference title resumes Saturday during a Heroes Day visit from Georgia State, with college teammates are again in charge of division rivals.

First-year App State head coach Shawn Clark was a freshman offensive lineman for the Mountaineers in 1994 and a sophomore in 1995, when current Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott (just like former App State head coach Scott Satterfield) served as a senior captain for a team that enjoyed an 11-0 regular season before finishing 12-1.

The influence of Hall of Fame coach Jerry Moore is obvious in the schematic similarities between the Mountaineers (5-1, 3-0) and Panthers (3-3, 2-3). Kickoff at Kidd…