Sun Belt Archive

Spring football preview 2008

Now that we are past signing day and the NFL entry deadline, it’s time look forward to 2008. So it’s nice that Rivals.com has outlined every D-IA* team’s spring practice dates and their biggest question mark of the off-season. SC starts March 25th and ends with the Spring Game April 19th. According to Rivals, the [...]

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SEC apologist touts non-conference record

The Pac-10 vs. SEC feud rages unchecked over at Bleacher Reportbeta, where Leon Wynn crunches a few numbers and comes to the conclusion that the SEC is truly THE powerhouse in college football. One of the stats he pulls out is the SEC’s non-conference record: Since 2000, the SEC has the nation’s best nonconference record [...]

Posted in ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Eleven, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, SEC, Sun Belt, Troy, WAC, Western Carolina, Western Kentucky | 2 Comments »

Big 12 officials steal Arkansas State’s chance to join App State

Apparently Big 12 officials want to make up for Oklahoma getting screwed at Oregon last year: turns out the onside kick in the Arkansas State/Texas game that was ruled an illegal formation was a mistake by the homer officials. Arkansas State recovered near midfield and then would have had a shot to pull an App [...]

Posted in Appalachian State, Arkansas State, I-AA (we refuse to call it "FCS"), Texas | No Comments »