It’s an interesting situation for both teams as they try to start anew. Appalachian State has known plenty of success at the FBS level – it’s the winningest program in the CFP era to not make the College Football Playoff – but it fell off last year with its first losing season since moving up to the big league in 2014.In comes longtime NFL assistant Dowell Loggains, with the task of ramping up the attack again. His Mountaineers get this, then a layup against Lindenwood, and then comes the Sun Belt opener at Southern Miss.Charlotte has just one winning season in its ten years as an FBS program, and it paid to be better by grabbing MAC Champion head man Tim Albin from Ohio. He won’t work miracles right away, but with this game in Charlotte, and with winnable home games against Monmouth and Rice after hosting North Carolina, there’s a chance to make a splashy start.
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