When West Virginia coach Neil Brown gathered his coaches and players for practice on Dec. 21, they were preparing for a Liberty Bowl matchup with Tennessee on New Year's Eve in Memphis.
Then 2020 intervened.
"We started the day preparing for one opponent and will end it preparing for another, but that's how crazy 2020 has been," Brown said.
Tennessee pulled out of the bowl game after coach Jeremy Pruitt and multiple players tested positive for COVID-19. Luckily enough for the Liberty Bowl, it had a better team ready to step in.
Army went from being an outrageous snub to being an attractive catch at 9-2.