According to multiple sources including the official university football feed, the 2017 season opener against the Virginia Tech Hokies will now be played on Sunday September 3rd at 7:30 PM in primetime. The game will also now be broadcast on ABC.
Fans traveling to Landover, Maryland for the game will now need to use Labor Day to recover from what will hopefully be a Mountaineer win over their long-time rivals. The last time the two teams met was twelve years ago, back in 2005. Both teams entered the game undefeated but the Hokies left Morgantown with a win, 34-17.