2013 Sun Belt Conference football season explained

2013 Sun Belt Conference football season
Color:	003087
Color Text:	F2A900
League:	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport:	football
Pixels:	170
Duration:	August 31, 2013–January 5, 2014
No Of Teams:	8
Tv:	ESPN, CSS/CST
Draft:	2014 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2014 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	DT Ryan Carrethers, Arkansas State
Picked By:	San Diego Chargers, 165th overall
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Louisiana-Lafayette & Arkansas State
Second Place:	WKU, Troy, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama
Mvp:	Antonio Andrews
Top Scorer:	Antonio Andrews (96 points)
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2012
Nextseason Year:	2014

The 2013 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 13th college football season for the Sun Belt Conference. During the 2013 season, Sun Belt football consisted of eight members: Arkansas State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, Troy, and Western Kentucky.

This was the first season for two teams in Sun Belt football; and the final season of Sun Belt play for a third. Georgia State was one of the six charter members of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976, but left the league in 1981, 20 years before the conference began sponsoring football in 2001 and nearly 30 years before the school started its football program in 2010. The Panthers returned to the Sun Belt in 2013 during a major wave of realignment that dramatically affected the conference. Also joining the Sun Belt in 2013 was Texas State, which left the WAC after only one season in that league. WKU was in its last season of Sun Belt play, as it will join Conference USA in 2014.

Due to NCAA transitional rules, Georgia State, coming from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association, was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play. South Alabama and Texas State, which both began transitions from FCS in 2011, were now eligible for postseason play and a conference championship.

Preseason

Award watch lists

The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:Walter Camp Award

^[1]

• Antonio Andrews – WKU
• Kolton Browning – Louisiana-Monroe

Doak Walker Award

^[2]

• Antonio Andrews – WKU
• David Oku – Arkansas State

Davey O'Brien Award

^[3]

• Kolton Browning – Louisiana-Monroe
• Terrance Broadway – Louisiana–Lafayette

Outland Trophy

^[4]

• Ryan Carrethers – Arkansas State

Bronko Nagurski Trophy

^[5]

• Andrew Jackson – Western Kentucky

Lou Groza Award

^[6]

• Brian Davis – Arkansas State
• Will Scott – Troy

Rimington Trophy

^[7]

• Andre Huval – Louisiana-Lafayette
• Bryce Giddens – Arkansas State
• Sean Conway – WKU

Bednarik Award

^[8]

• Ryan Carrethers – Arkansas State
• Andrew Jackson – WKU

Paul Hornung Award

^[9]

• Antonio Andrews – WKU

Sun Belt Media Day

• Sun Belt Conference Media Days was held on July 15, 2013 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Pre-Season Offensive Player of the Year - Kolton Browning (QB, Louisiana-Monroe)
• Pre-Season Defensive Player of the Year - Andrew Jackson (LB, WKU)

Coaches Poll

1. Louisiana-Lafayette - 57 (4)
2. Louisiana-Monroe - 57 (2)
3. Arkansas State - 45 (2)
4. WKU - 44
5. Troy - 35
6. Texas State - 23
7. South Alabama - 19
8. Georgia State -8

Louisiana-Lafayette & ULM tied for conference pre-season champions. Louisiana-Lafayette is listed as #1 because of 1st place votes.

Preseason All–Conference Team

Offense

QB Kolton Browning (Louisiana-Monroe)

RB David Oku (Arkansas State)

RB Antonio Andrews (WKU)

WR J. D. McKissic (Arkansas State)

WR Je’Ron Hamm (Louisiana-Monroe)

WR Eric Thomas (Troy)

TE Wes Saxton (South Alabama)

OL Bryce Giddens (Arkansas State)

OL Andre Huval (Louisiana-Lafayette)

OL Josh Allen (Louisiana-Monroe)

OL Terrence Jones (Troy)

OL Sean Conway (WKU)Defense

DL Ryan Carrethers (Arkansas State)

DL Christian Ringo (Louisiana-Lafayette)

DL Kentarius Caldwell (Louisiana-Monroe)

DL Alex Page (South Alabama)

LB Qushaun Lee (Arkansas State)

LB Justin Anderson (Louisiana-Lafayette)

LB Andrew Jackson (WKU)

DB Sterling Young (Arkansas State)

DB Isaiah Newsome (Louisiana-Monroe)

DB Tyrell Pearson (South Alabama)

DB Jonathan Dowling (WKU)Specialists

K Brian Davis (Arkansas State)

P Will Scott (Troy)

RS Antonio Andrews (WKU)

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Sun Belt record
Arkansas State	Bryan Harsin	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Georgia State	Trent Miles	1	20–36	0–0	0–0
Louisiana–Lafayette	Mark Hudspeth	3	84–29	18-8	12-4
Louisiana–Monroe	Todd Berry	4	46–79	17-20	13-11
South Alabama	Joey Jones	4	28–21	25–14	1-7
Troy	Larry Blakeney	24	168-99-1	168-99-1	45-22
Texas State	Dennis Franchione	5	197-115-2	23-23	0-0
WKU	Bobby Petrino	1	75-26	0-0	0-0

Sun Belt vs. BCS AQ Conference matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Conference	Score	Notes
August 31	Louisiana-Monroe		Big 12	L 0-34
August 31	Louisiana-Lafayette			L 14-34
August 31		Western Kentucky	SEC	W 35-26	Game played at LP Field in Nashville
September 7	Arkansas State		SEC	L 9-38
September 7	Louisiana-Lafayette		Big 12	L 27-48
September 7	Western Kentucky		SEC	L 20-52
September 14	Georgia State	West Virginia	Big 12	L 7-41
September 14	Louisiana-Monroe	Wake Forest	ACC	W 21-19
September 21	Arkansas State	Memphis	American	L 7-31
September 21	Louisiana-Monroe	20 Baylor	Big 12	L 7-70
September 21	Texas State	25 Texas Tech	Big 12	L 7-33
September 21	Troy	Mississippi State	SEC	L 7-62
September 28	Arkansas State	Missouri	SEC	L 19-41
September 28	South Alabama	Tennessee	SEC	L 24-31
September 28	Troy	Duke	ACC	L 31-38
October 1	Georgia State	Alabama	SEC	L 3-45
November 6	Troy		SEC	L 21-51

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Sun Belt member won
Sun Belt member lost
Sun Belt teams in bold

All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

All Sun Belt teams are located in the Central Time Zone except for Georgia State, which is in the Eastern Time Zone. Start times for non-conference games are local for the Sun Belt team; for conference games, starting times are local for the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:30 p.m.		South Alabama			L 21–22	15,240
August 30	6:00 p.m.		Georgia State			L 21–31	17,606
August 31	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette				L 14–34	69,801
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Texas State				W 22–15	25,729
August 31	6:00 p.m.		Troy			W 34–31 (OT)	21,398
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe				L 0–34	84,991
August 31	6:00 p.m.		Western Kentucky			W 35–26	46,723
August 31	6:00 p.m.		Arkansas State			W 62–11	30,451

Players of the Week^[10]

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	11:21 a.m.	Western Kentucky	Tennessee			L 20-52	86,783
September 7	1:00 p.m.		Georgia State			L 14-42	14,952
September 7	2:30 p.m.	South Alabama				W 41-39	19,414
September 7	5:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Kansas State			L 27-48	53,073
September 7	6:00 p.m.		Texas State			W 28-3	20,136
September 7	6:00 p.m.		Louisiana-Monroe			W 48-14	23,600
September 7	6:00 p.m.		Troy			W 66-3	20,021
September 7	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas State				L 9-38	83,246

Players of the Week^[11]

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	6:30 p.m.	Troy	Arkansas State			ASU 41-34	26,012
September 14	11:00 a.m.	Georgia State			Mountaineers Network	L 7-41	57,440
September 14	11:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe				W 21-19	26,505
September 14	6:00 p.m.		Louisiana-Lafayette			W 70-7	28,871
September 14	6:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	South Alabama			USA 31-24	17,721

• Open this week: Texas State

Players of the Week^[12]

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	1:00 p.m.		Georgia State			L 26-32	15,425
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe				L 7-70	42,976
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas State				L 7-31	36,279
September 21	5:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette				W 35-30	18,809
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Texas State				L 7-33	60,997
September 21	6:00 p.m.		Western Kentucky			W 58-17	20,973
September 21	6:30 p.m.	Troy				L 7-62	55,096

• Open this week: South Alabama

Players of the Week^[13]

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 28	11:21 a.m.	South Alabama				L 24-31	87,266
September 28	1:00 p.m.		Western Kentucky			W 19-7	19,813
September 28	2:00 p.m.	Troy				L 31-38	30,126
September 28	6:00 p.m.		Louisiana-Monroe			L 14-31	20,476
September 28	6:00 p.m.		Texas State			W 42-21	22,150
September 28	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas State				L 19-41	62,468

• Open this week: Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette

Players of the Week^[14]

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 3	6:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Louisiana-Monroe			WKU 31-10	16,317
October 5	12:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Troy		Sun Belt Network	Troy 34-33	23,024
October 5	12:21 p.m.	Georgia State				L 3-45	101,254
October 5	6:00 p.m.	Texas State	Louisiana-Lafayette			ULL 48-24	23,108

• Open this week: Arkansas State

Players of the Week^[15]

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 12	2:30 p.m.	Troy	Georgia State		Sun Belt Network	Troy 35-28	17,732
October 12	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Texas State			ULM 21-14	15,210
October 12	6:00 p.m.		Arkansas State			W 48-24	26,781

• Open this week: South Alabama, Louisiana-Lafayette, Western Kentucky

Players of the Week^[16]

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 15	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Western Kentucky			ULL 37-20	16,359
October 19	6:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Texas State		Sun Belt Network	TXST 24-17	15,684
October 19	6:00 p.m.		South Alabama			W 38-21	14,351

• Open this week: Arkansas State, Troy, Louisiana-Monroe

Players of the Week^[17]

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 22	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Arkansas State			ULL 23-7	24,578
October 26	3:00 p.m.	Troy	Western Kentucky			Troy 32-26	20,110
October 26	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Texas State			TXST 33-31	18,140
October 26	6:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Louisiana-Monroe			ULM 38-10	11,357

Players of the Week^[18]

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 31	6:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Troy			ULM 49-37	17,013
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Georgia State		Sun Belt Network	WKU 44-28	15,212
November 2	4:00 p.m.		Louisiana-Lafayette			W 49-35	30,028
November 2	4:00 p.m.	Texas State				W 37-21	15,088
November 2	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	South Alabama			ASU 17-16	18,228

Players of the Week^[19]

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 7	6:30 p.m.	Troy	Louisiana-Lafayette			ULL 41-36	22,562
November 9	11:00 a.m.	Western Kentucky				W 21-17	36,276
November 9	6:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Louisiana-Monroe		ESPN3	ASU 42-14	13,427

• Open this week: Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas State

Players of the Week^[20]

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 16	11:00 a.m.	Troy			ESPNU	L 51-21	52,931
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Georgia State		ESPN3	ULL 35-21	14,415
November 16	2:30 p.m.	South Alabama				L 42-14	33,086
November 16	6:30 p.m.	Texas State	Arkansas State		Sun Belt Network	ASU 38-21	23,143

• Open this week: Louisiana-Monroe, Western Kentucky

Players of the Week^[21]

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 23	6:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Texas State		LHN	WKU 38-7	17,051
November 23	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	South Alabama		Sun Belt Network	USA 36-14	13,891
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Arkansas State		ESPN3	ASU 35-33	18,512

• Open this week : Troy, Louisiana-Lafayette

Players of the Week^[22]

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 29	1:00 p.m.	Texas State	Troy			Troy 28-42	13,073
November 30	1:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Georgia State			USA 38-17	13,697
November 30	3:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Western Kentucky			WKU 31-34	14,417
November 30	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Louisiana-Lafayette			ULM 31-28	25,309

Players of the Week^[23]

Week 15

Players of the Week^[23]

Bowl games

In 2013, the SBC placed 2 teams in bowl games, while 5 other teams were bowl-eligible but not selected for bowl games. The conference went 2-0 with Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette both winning.

NOTE: All times are local

Bowl	Date	Time	SBC team (Record)	Opponent (Record)	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
	December 21	8:00 p.m.					ULL 24-21	54,728
	January 5	8:00 p.m.					ASU 23-20	36,119

Players of the Year

2013 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards^[24]

Award	Player	School
Player of the Year	Antonio Andrews	Western Kentucky
Offensive Player of the Year	Antonio Andrews	Western Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year	Xavius Boyd	Western Kentucky
Freshman of the Year	Elijah McGuire	Louisiana-Lafayette
Coach of the Year	Joey Jones	South Alabama

All-Sun Belt/American Team

Coaches All-Conference Selections^[24]

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Corey Robinson	SR	Troy
RB	Alonzo Harris	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
RB	Elijah McGuire	FR	Louisiana-Lafayette
RB	Antonio Andrews	SR	Western Kentucky
WR	J. D. McKissic	SO	Arkansas State
WR	Albert Wilson	SR	Georgia State
WR	Eric Thomas	SR	Troy
TE	Wes Saxton	JR	South Alabama
OL	Andre Huval	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
OL	Josh Allen	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
OL	Chris May	SO	South Alabama
OL	Terrence Jones	JR	Troy
OL	Luis Polanco	SR	Western Kentucky
First Team Defense
DL	Ryan Carrethers	SR	Arkansas State
DL	Romelle Jones	SR	South Alabama
DL	Alex Page	SR	South Alabama
DL	Bar’ee Boyd	SR	Western Kentucky
LB	Qushaun Lee	JR	Arkansas State
LB	Justin Alexander	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
LB	Xavius Boyd	SR	Western Kentucky
DB	Isaiah Newsome	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
DB	Camren Hudson	SR	Troy
DB	Jonathan Dowling	JR	Western Kentucky
DB	Cam Thomas	JR	Western Kentucky
First Team Special Teams
PK	Brian Davis	SR	Arkansas State
P	Justin Manton	JR	Louisiana-Monroe
RS	Darryl Surgent	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
AP	J. D. McKissic	SO	Arkansas State

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Ross Metheny	SR	South Alabama
RB	Michael Gordon	SO	Arkansas State
RB	Robert Lowe	SO	Texas State
WR	Jamal Robinson	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
WR	Rashon Ceaser	SO	Louisiana-Monroe
WR	Shavarez Smith	JR	South Alabama
TE	Darion Griswold	SO	Arkansas State
OL	Bryce Giddens	SO	Arkansas State
OL	Steven Haunga	SR	Arkansas State
OL	Daniel Quave	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
OL	Ucambre Williams	SR	South Alabama
OL	Evan McKissack	SR	Troy
Second Team Defense
DL	Justin Hamilton	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
DL	Gerrand Johnson	SO	Louisiana-Monroe
DL	Antonio Gillespie	SR	Troy
DL	Tyler Roberts	SO	Troy
LB	Cameron Blakes	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
LB	Enrique Williams	SR	South Alabama
LB	Andrew Jackson	SR	Western Kentucky
DB	Rocky Hayes	SO	Arkansas State
DB	Sterling Young	JR	Arkansas State
DB	Trevence Patt	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
DB	Justin Iwuji	SR	Texas State
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Will Scott	SR	Troy
P	Will Scott	SR	Troy
RS	J. D. McKissic	SO	Arkansas State
AP	Albert Wilson	SR	Georgia State

Honorable Mention: Arkansas State: Adam Kennedy, Chris Stone; Georgia State: Ulrick John, Joseph Peterson; Louisiana-Lafayette: Jacob Maxwell, Dominique Tovell; Louisiana-Monroe: Kolton Browning, Centarius Donald; South Alabama Jay Jones, Aleem Sunanon ; Texas State: David Mayo, Mike Orakpo; Troy: Jordan Chunn, Bryan Holmes; Western Kentucky: Willie McNeal, Forrest Lamp.

All-Americans

Western Kentucky's Antonio Andrews was named 1st team All-American by SI for All-Purpose team.

Home attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arkansas State	Liberty Bank Stadium (30,406)	30,351	26,012	26,781	24,578	23,143	18,512		149,377	24,896	81.9%
Georgia State	Georgia Dome (28,155)	17,606	14,952	15,425	17,732	15,212	14,415	13,697	109,039	15,577	55.3%
Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field (31,000)	28,871	23,108	30,028	22,562	25,309			129,878	25,976	83.8%
Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium (30,427)	23,600	20,476	16,317	11,357	13,427			85,177	17,035	56.0%
South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium (33,471)	15,204	17,721	14,351	18,228	13,891			79,395	15,879	47.4%
Texas State	Bobcat Stadium (30,000)	20,136	22,150	15,210	15,684	18,140	17,051		108,371	18,062	60.2%
Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium (30,000)	21,398	20,021	23,024	17,013	13,073			94,529	18,906	63.0%
Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (22,113)	46,723†	20,973	19,813	16,359	20,110	14,417		91,672	18,334	82.9%

†Western Kentucky played first game at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee vs. Kentucky (Counted as home game). Total attendance, average attendance and percent of capacity figure calculated based only on games in L.T. Smith Stadium

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrews, Browning on Walter Camp Preseason List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-19 . 2013-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922001801/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20281/Andrews-Browning-on-Walter-Camp-Preseason-List.aspx . September 22, 2013 .
2. Web site: Andrews, Oku on Doak Walker List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-18 . 2013-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130922001740/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20280/Andrews-Oku-on-Doak-Walker-List.aspx . September 22, 2013 .
3. Web site: Broadway, Browning on O'Brien Preseason List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-17 . 2013-07-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130915165734/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20278/Broadway-Browning-on-O-Brien-Preseason-List.aspx . September 15, 2013 .
4. Web site: A-State’s Carrethers Adds Outland Trophy Watch List to Preseason Accolades . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-11 . 2013-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130915231154/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20274/A-State-s-Carrethers-Adds-Outland-Trophy-Watch-List-to-Preseason-Accolades.aspx . September 15, 2013 .
5. Web site: WKU's Jackson Named to Nagurski Trophy Watch List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-11 . 2013-07-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130916054535/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20273/WKU-s-Jackson-Named-to-Nagurski-Trophy-Watch-List.aspx . September 16, 2013 .
6. Web site: Troy's Scott, ASU's Davis Named to Groza Award Watch List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-10 . 2013-07-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130916061554/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20272/Troy-s-Scott-ASU-s-Davis-Named-to-Groza-Award-Watch-List.aspx . September 16, 2013 .
7. Web site: Three on Rimington Trophy Fall Watchlist . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-09 . 2013-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130916022803/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20271/Three-on-Rimington-Trophy-Fall-Watchlist.aspx . September 16, 2013 .
8. Web site: Carrethers, Jackson on Bednarik List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-08 . 2013-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130916032831/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20269/Carrethers-Jackson-on-Bednarik-List.aspx . September 16, 2013 .
9. Web site: WKU's Andrews Selected to 2013 Paul Hornung Award Watch List . sunbeltsports.org . 2013-07-05 . 2013-07-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130915214502/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20266/WKU-s-Andrews-Selected-to-2013-Paul-Hornung-Award-Watch-List.aspx . September 15, 2013 .
10. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20332/With-Season-Openers-in-the-Books-Second-Week-Next-for-Sun-Belt-Football.aspx With Season Openers in the Books Second Week Next for Sun Belt Football
11. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20351/USA-Tops-Tulane-Four-SBC-Teams-Win-Saturday-ASU-Troy-Face-off-Thursday.aspx USA Tops Tulane Four SBC Teams Win Saturday ASU Troy Face off Thursday
12. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20372/ULM-Takes-Out-Wake-Forest-USA-and-ASU-Start-Conference-Play-with-Wins.aspx ULM Takes Out Wake Forest USA and ASU Start Conference Play with Wins
13. Web site: Final Major Weekend of Non Conference Games on Tap . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927193610/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20387/Final-Major-Weekend-of-Non-Conference-Games-on-Tap.aspx . September 27, 2013 .
14. Web site: ULM WKU Set for ESPNU Showdown on Thursday as Conference Play Gears Up . Sunbeltsports.org . 2012-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233319/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/SPORTS/MensSports/Football/Article/tabid/740/article/20401/ULM-WKU-Set-for-ESPNU-Showdown-on-Thursday-as-Conference-Play-Gears-Up.aspx . October 4, 2013 .
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