BOONE, N.C. — Another season opener. Another highly ranked opponent.
Appalachian State begins the 2018 regular season Saturday with a 3:30 p.m. game at No. 9 Penn State in 106,572-seat Beaver Stadium. The Mountaineers' appearance in Happy Valley will be shown on the Big Ten Network.
Scott Satterfield is entering his sixth year as the head coach at his alma mater, and App State will be opening with a road game against a top-15 foe for the third consecutive year. It lost in overtime at No. 9 Tennessee in 2016 and was handed a loss at eventual national runner-up Georgia in 2017.