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2016 Sun Belt football previews, from ULM to Georgia Southern
Bill Connelly's 128-team preview series moves on to the Sun Belt. Tune in every weekday!
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August 15, 2016
Arkansas State is playing for keeps
Arkansas State and third-year head coach Blake Anderson are playing for keeps, with an aggressive, full-speed identity and a load of transfers that give the Red Wolves the most athletic team in the conference on paper.
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March 14, 2016
The Sun Belt should be a 3-way battle again
Sun Belt power rankings for the 2016 college football season. The list of teams atop the conference standings -- Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Arkansas State -- probably won't change this fall.
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March 11, 2016
Georgia Southern's October could define the SBC
The ever-transitioning Eagles always have high expectations, but one big roster question and one big schedule question will determine whether they meet them.
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March 10, 2016
Appalachian State is making this look easy
Appalachian State has won 17 of its last 19 games, and with a devastating offensive backfield and a wonderfully experienced defense, the Mountaineers return many of the reasons for their recent success. This could be another 10-win season in Boone.
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March 7, 2016
Troy's got energy again
Experience is off the charts for Neal Brown's Trojans, but does he have the playmakers?
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March 4, 2016
GSU's 2015 run was stunning. Now what?
Trent Miles' three years at Georgia State have mirrored his Indiana State tenure: zero wins in Year 1, one in Year 2, six in Year 3. ISU won six games in Year 4 too, FYI.
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March 3, 2016
Keeping South Alabama aloft is tricky
It doesn't take many ifs to make South Alabama a bowl team again in 2016: They just need a steady QB and a more disruptive presence in the defensive front, and they're golden. But those are pretty significant uncertainties.
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March 2, 2016
Hudspeth's Cajuns look for a bounce back
The Ragin' Cajuns' four-year run of success ended in 2015. Do they have another run in them?
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March 1, 2016
Idaho could go FCS. How about one more bowl first?
With Sun Belt membership expiring after 2017 and a likely trip back down into the FCS ranks on the near horizon, Idaho's future isn't particularly sunny. But the Vandals will need only a little bit of defense to make a run at 6 wins in 2016.
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February 29, 2016
Texas State has potential and imbalance
Texas State has tons of quarterbacks and no receivers, a legion of size on the offensive line and none whatsoever on defense, and a new head coach.
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February 26, 2016
New Mexico State's fighting for its future
Now would be a pretty good time for NMSU to break through for the first time in a while.
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February 25, 2016
ULM is a tough job
The ULM job is one of the hardest in FBS, but new head coach Matt Viator, formerly of McNeese State, understands the local landscape and has won a lot of games as a head coach. ULM might not win much in 2015 but has a sophomore class to build around.