The Liberty Flames at Appalachian State Mountaineers football game that was set for this weekend has been canceled, App State announced on Friday.
Appalachian State was previously scheduled to host Liberty at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The game was canceled due to “…severe impacts to App State, the town of Boone and surrounding areas caused by Hurricane Helene.”
The App State-Liberty game will not be rescheduled. The contest was the first game of a home-and-home series, with the second game currently slated for Sept. 13, 2031 in Lynchburg, Va.
Appalachian State is 2-2 so far this season, and Liberty would have been its final non-conference opponent of the season. The Mountaineers opened the season with a win over ETSU at home, 38-10, before falling on the road at Clemson, 66-20. App State then defeated East Carolina on the road, 21-19, and then dropped its Sun Belt Conference opener against South Alabama in Boone, 48-14.
Next up for App State is a Sun Belt contest at Marshall on Saturday, Oct. 5 (3:30pm ET, ESPN+).
Liberty is undefeated in 2024 after victories over Campbell at home, 41-24, New Mexico State on the road, 30-24 (CUSA), UTEP at home, 28-10 (CUSA), and East Carolina at home, 35-24. The Flames will return to the gridiron on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at home against FIU (7:00pm ET, CBSSN).
Liberty AD Ian McCaw told @ActionNetworkHQ the Flames will try to find a 12th game to replace Saturday’s canceled game at App State. If Liberty wins CUSA, it would be in contention for @CFBPlayoff bid & could be hurt if it only plays 11 regular season games
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 27, 2024
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God bless & please stay safe both Appalachian State & Liberty.
They both have a bye on October 19. Silly that they couldn’t reschedule this game on that date.
Liberty has a road game four days later on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The problem with October 19 is that Liberty has a game the following Wednesday. Teams will occasionally play the Thursday following a Saturday game, but I’ve never seen anyone play on Wednesday after having played the previous Saturday.
That’s the issue with these mid-week games in the MAC and CUSA. Your open dates really aren’t open, and you don’t much flexibility if something like this occurs. My guess is they aren’t able to work a 12th game into their schedule.
They couldn’t play the makeup date on a Thursday or Friday that weekend? I know it would be a short week for App St too since they play the previous Saturday but was this potentially influenced by ESPN not having the timeslots available?
ESPN is likely a strong player in this, yes.
Seems odd that they don’t reschedule for October 19th when both have an open date.
Liberty is OFF on Sat. Oct. 19.
However, they are scheduled to play Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Saturday to Wednesday (both on the road) would be challenging.
Not that challenging. They have already prepped for each other. If Liberty thinks they are playoff caliber they should do something worthy because frankly their schedule is weak anyway ,
Yes, trying to schedule @ Boise St on Oct. 17 via Hawaii exemption would be the move for them.
As crazy as this may sound, could be only thing that works UCLA can have an extra home game since went to Hawaii and are off Oct 26 but since Liberty plays on the 23rd, they play each other that Monday the 28th so both can have 5 days in between games Would be a tough game for Liberty to win and not much money for Fox to make even if it’s on FS1 with Gm 3 of World Series and Monday Night Football also on But if Liberty really thinks they can’t get to playoffs without that 12th game, that could be their best option
Forgot Liberty has a game Oct 30 so could play UNLV on Nov 4 instead
Could also play @ Boise St on Oct. 17 via Hawaii exemption.
If Liberty goes 11-0 perhaps they can get a co dictionary game with Boise/UNLV (Hawaii exemption) for a playoff play-in on Army-Navy weekend.
Both sides might prefer this to letting 11 old guys in Dallas flip a coin. Plus, TV may pay money for a game with those kinds of stakes.
This literally the silliest concern I have read about here in a long time. Of the current six undefeated Group-of-5 teams (Army, Navy, UNLV, JMU, Washington State and Liberty), only Liberty does not play a Power-4 school. Does one really believe that passing them over, after going undefeated against their schedule, by another Group-of-5 champion would even raise an eyebrow? Please!
@Spencer, the case is moreso if there is another potential champion with 1 or 2 losses who might not catch Liberty (like SMU last year). The additional game may be preferable to both teams over an arbitrary coin-toss selection by the committee. It is a highly specific scenario.
The point is that Liberty’s schedule content is utter waggery when compared that of the other contenders from the Group-of-5. A 1 or 2 loss team from the American, the Mountain West or (even) the Sun Belt would be a far superior candidate for the playoff bracket than a 12-0 Liberty.
If Liberty goes 11-0 perhaps they can get a conditional game with Boise/UNLV (Hawaii exemption) for a playoff play-in on Army-Navy weekend.
Both sides might prefer this to letting 11 old guys in Dallas flip a coin. Plus, TV may pay money for a game with those kinds of stakes.
I like that idea too if CFP committee willing to hold off determining G5 spot till then
@Nick, ya, they’d probably need conditional sign off from the CFP, a venue, a network, and both (all 3 if UNLV and Boise are in the same boat) athletic departments. But, we’ve seen from the Coastal-BYU game that it is certainly possible.
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