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Appalachian State To Open 2017 Season At Georgia

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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.