The Panthers complete their tumultuous three game road trip and open Sun Belt conference play Oct. 1 versus the would-be giant killer Appalachian State Mountaineers.
The Mountaineers show no fear in scheduling Power Five competition. Just ask those fans wearing maize and blue up north when they earned their moniker of giant killer in 2007. App State played Georgia in 2013, Michigan in 2014 and Clemson in 2015. They lost all three of those games by an average of 36 points.
Appalachian State has 18-7 overall record and are 13-5 in conference play since joining the Sun Belt under head coach Scott Satterfield.