Appalachian State To Open 2017 Season At Georgia
For the next two seasons, the Mountaineers will open their football slate at an SEC opponent. After the Apps travel to Rocky Top to open 2016, the previously-known App State at Georgia game for 2017 now has a date. According to a records request by the Athens Banner-Herald, the date is September 2nd, 2017, the season opener. The Mountaineers will receiver a 1.25 million-dollar guarantee for the game, above the 1 million originally reporterd. The two teams met in App State's final FCS season in November 2013, a game Georgia won 45-6.