(01-01-2018 08:50 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  I'm sitting here watching the Rose bowl at 3426 feet near beautiful Boone and it finally dawned on me..... I think I love the Sun Belt. In a few years I already love to hate many more of you than I anticipated; and I am honestly more proud to be a fan of this conference than had we gone coosa, mac, or some other G6 conference (see what I did there?).... I think there's a potential with collective OOC wins to be great together. I was more into the USA Troy game than this "semifinal". Screw that cliche "together we rise" fecal matter. Let's make 2018 the year of the by Gawd Sun Belt. Let's all become solid teams, and shake up this bizarre money grab known as FBS football. And, as always, Go Apps, Kick Ass!

With Idaho and NMSU leaving, we should have a good group of programs that can do well.

Don't get me wrong... Idaho scored some good OOC wins for the SBC last season, and NMSU has gotten some good OOC wins two years in a row... but with both of those programs losing key players, they would've stunk up the Sun Belt in 2018.