/r/sunbelt
Discussion of all Sun Belt Conference member universities.
School | Conference | Overall |
---|---|---|
EAST | ||
Old Dominion | 1-0 | 0-0 |
App State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Coastal Carolina | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Georgia State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Georgia Southern | 0-0 | 0-0 |
James Madison | 0-0 | 0-0 |
WEST | ||
Arkansas State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Louisiana | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Texas State | 0-0 | 0-0 |
South Alabama | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Southern Miss | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Troy | 0-0 | 0-0 |
ULM | 0-0 | 0-0 |
divisional champions
conference champions
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Round 1 of the Royal Rivalry goes to the Dukes of JMU!
Led by AJ Smith’s 21 points and 7 boards.
This is a RUMOR as relayed to me by a gentleman named Phil Paramore who was the preeminent sports writer in southeast Alabama during his time. Paramore has since passed away, but he was the voice of the Trojans for years, and a close confident of Coach Blakeney. Back in 2000, coming off the firing of Gerry DiNardo, LSU zeroed in on Michigan State coach Nick Saban to take over their program. There were concerns that Saban wouldn’t make the move to LSU, so LSU had a back up plan in place. That back up plan was Larry Blakeney.
Blakeney was coming off a run of seven 1-AA playoff appearances (including two semi-final appearances) at Troy. Blakeney’s albatross was a player payment scandal at Auburn under Pat Dye, but the NCAA sanctions on him had expired, and he was viewed as one of the best coaches in the country. According to Paramore, there was an agreement in place between LSU and Blakeney to take the head job should Saban decline.
Of course, Saban did eventually take the Michigan State job, and Coach Blakeney retired at Troy and became a hall of famer, winning 7 straight Sun Belt Titles and picking up win against Mississippi State, Missouri, and Oklahoma State along the way.
Thoughts?
Former Troy coach Larry Blakeney in the newest class of inductees along with Urban Meyer and Nick Saban
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