Ragin’ Cajuns football matchup at App State postponed
The biggest game of the season in the Sun Belt Conference will have to wait.
The matchup between Louisiana and Appalachian State scheduled for next Wednesday in Boone, N.C., has been postponed because of COVID-19 concerns within the Mountaineers program.
It will be rescheduled for the first weekend of December – either on Friday, Dec. 4 or Saturday, Dec. 5. That is usually the date for the league’s championship game, but was already likely to be pushed back because of other Sun Belt postponements.
“We are disappointed for our football program, but are certainly supportive and understanding of Appalachian State’s response to this situation,” Cajuns athletic director Bryan Maggard said in the school’s news release. “The health and safety of all involved is of the highest importance.”
Both teams have spent time in the national rankings this fall. The Cajuns vaulted into the top 25 in both The Associated Press and coaches’ polls off an upset victory at Iowa State, while App State, which last December became the first nationally ranked team to play in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, was ranked early this year before its loss at Marshall.
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