While it remains to be seen whether any conference would pull the trigger on filling a Sunday void created by the NFL’s labor squabbles, we now know that there will be at least on Div. 1-A game played on the Sabbath in 2011.
West Virginia confirmed via press release Friday that their Friends of the Coal Bowl rivalry game with Marshall has been moved to Sunday, Sept. 4, at 3:30 p.m. The game, originally scheduled for the day before, will be played at the Mountaineers’ Milan Puskar Stadium and nationally televised by ESPN.
The shifted game falls on Labor Day weekend, as well as one week before the NFL is scheduled -- scheduled -- to open their 2011 season.
West Virginia leads the series, which was first played in 1911, 10-0. This year’s game will mark the second time it’s been played on a day other than Saturday.
In addition to the shift in the Marshall game, WVU also announced that their game with Syracuse has been changed to Friday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. No word yet on whether “Beers for ‘Eers” will be in full effect for either of those non-traditional start times.
