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Sun Belt Conference Weekly Release 2011 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL For Immediate Release: Monday, October 3, 2011 • Week 6 Contact: John McElwain ([email protected]) 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2355, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 • www.sunbeltsports.org.org • 504.299.9066, ext. 215 2011 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL RECORD SUN BELT IN THE BCS W L For Opp Pct W L For Opp Pct The Sun Belt Conference is a BCS Conference. Louisiana-Lafayette 2 0 73 65 1.000 4 1 165 159 .800 In fact, the Sun Belt Conference is one of just Arkansas State 1 0 26 22 1.000 3 2 148 108 .600 11 BCS Conferences. The Sun Belt Confer- Troy 1 0 38 35 1.000 2 2 109 139 .500 ence champion will earn an automatic berth FIU 1 1 72 52 .500 3 2 140 110 .600 Louisiana-Monroe 0 0 0 0 .000 1 3 69 124 .250 in a BCS bowl game if that team is ranked in Middle Tennessee 0 1 35 38 .000 1 3 118 145 .250 the top 12 of the fi nal BCS standings or if that North Texas 0 1 16 41 .000 1 4 87 192 .200 team is ranked in the top 16 of the fi nal BCS Florida Atlantic 0 1 34 37 .000 0 4 51 152 .000 standings and its ranking is higher than that of WKU 0 1 22 26 .000 0 4 55 124 .000 a champion of a conference that has an annual UPCOMING GAMES RECENT RESULTS automatic berth in one of the of BCS bowls. In the fi rst 10 years of the BCS arrangement, more October 6 September 24 * Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee - 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Iowa 45, Louisiana-Monroe 17 - 11 a.m. (Big Ten Network) than $100 million was distributed to confer- * Troy 38, Middle Tennessee 35 - 3:30 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) October 8 * Louisiana-Lafayette 36, FIU 31 - 5 p.m. (ESPN3) ences that do not have an annual automatic FIU at Akron - 2 p.m. North Texas 24, Indiana 21 - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) berth to one of the BCS bowls. Nine percent of * Florida Atlantic at North Texas - 6:30 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) Auburn 30, Florida Atlantic 14 - 6 p.m. (Fox Sports Net) * Arkansas State at Louisiana-Monroe - 6 p.m. Arkansas State 53, Central Arkansas 24 - 7 p.m. (ESPN3/KATV) the net revenues from the BCS arrangement is * Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN3) - 6 p.m. October 1 guaranteed in aggregate to Conference USA, October 15 * Arkansas State 26, WKU 22 - 3 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) * Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic - 3 p.m. Duke 31, FIU 27 - 5 p.m. (ESPNU) the Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, * North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette - 4 p.m. (Cox4) Middle Tennessee 38, Memphis 31 - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) and Western Athletic Conferences for their * Louisiana-Monroe at Troy - 6 p.m. (Sun Belt Network) Tulsa 41, North Texas 24 - 6 p.m. * Louisiana-Lafayette 37, Florida Atlantic 34 - 6 p.m. (Cox4) participation in the BCS arrangement. When a Troy 24, UAB 23 - 6 p.m. All times Central (CT) and subject to change; * denotes team from one of those fi ve conferences plays Sun Belt Conference game; TV carrier in parenthesis in BCS bowl game, those conferences receive an additional nine percent of net revenues. When more than one team from those confer- ences play in a BCS bowl game, those confer- ences will receive an additional $4.5 million for each additional team. CAJUNS MOVE TO 4-1, TROY AND MT TOP INSTATE FOES With its win over Florida Atlantic, Louisiana- Cajuns. Lafayette improved its record to 4-1. The 4-1 Troy is coming off of a win over in-state start to the season for the Ragin’ Cajuns is the rival UAB. Troy improved to 31-6 all-time under best start to the season for a Sun Belt team since Coach Blakeney against in-state opponents with Middle Tennessee opened the 2001 season with the win over UAB. In similar fashion, Middle an undefeated 5-0 record. Tennessee defeated in-state rival Memphis on Having already defeated the preseason Sun Saturday. The Blue Raiders moved their record Belt favorite in FIU, the Cajuns now turn their to 10-2 against in-state opponents with tonight’s attention to the Troy Trojans who have won at triumph, including a 5-1 mark under head coach least a share of the Sun Belt Championship for Rick Stockstill. fi ve consecutive seasons. The Cajuns play host The Blue Raiders will face Western Kentucky to Troy in a Saturday ESPN3 clash, but the Trojans in a short week turnaround as ESPNU will televise have won the last fi ve meetings against the Thursday night’s rivalry meeting. 1 - WWW.SUNBELTSPORTS.ORG 2011 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Ryan Aplin (Arkansas State, Jr., QB) ASU junior quarterback Ryan Aplin set a new ASU record for completions in a game when he connected on 37 attempts Saturday in the Red Wolves’ 26-22 win at Western Kentucky. Aplin passed for a season-high 396 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions and also caught a touchdown pass against the Hilltoppers – his fi rst career reception. With 2:39 remaining in the game, Aplin led the Red Wolves on what proved to be the game-winning drive when he completed 5-of-6 passes on a 9-play drive that ended with ASU in the end zone with 43 seconds remaining. The drive included a key 18-yard completion on third-and-17 to give ASU a fi rst down at the WKU 11. For the game, Aplin completed passes to eight diff erent receivers, topped 300 yards Off ensive passing for the third time in his career and 200 yards for the 15th. He accounted for 424 yards of total off ense Player of the Week (September 26) and two TD’s in the game, his 37 completions are the ninth-most by any player in the nation this season, and he topped the 5,000-yard mark for career passing yardage with 5,213. Lance Kelley (Louisiana-Lafayette, LB) Linebacker Lance Kelley helped the Cajuns defeat Florida Atlantic with eight tackles, a tackle-for-loss and an interception…His tackle-for loss came with FAU facing a third-and-three at the Cajuns seven-yard line, which forced the Owls to settle for a fi eld goal…Kelley’s pick came with the Cajuns holding a slim 21-20 third quarter lead…He currently leads the Cajuns and ranks fourth in the Sun Belt Conference with 39 total tackles. Defensive Player of the Week (September 26) Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, K/P) Cajuns kicker/punter Brett Baer turned in an epic performance for the second straight week, scoring 13 points in the Cajuns 37-34 victory…He connected on fi eld goals of 47 yards and 46 yards, before hitting the game- winning 26-yard fi eld goal as time expired...It’s the fi rst win the for the Cajuns in the fi nal 10 seconds of regula- tion since 2003…Baer also added four punts for 160 yards, an average of 40.0 per punt…He currently leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring. Special Teams Player of the Week (September 26) Off ensive Player of the Week Defensive Player of the Week Special Teams Player of the Week Sept. 5: T.Y. Hilton (FIU, Sr., WR) Sept. 5: Eric Russell (Middle Tennessee, Sr., DB) Sept. 5: Hendrix Brakefi eld (WKU, So., P) Sept. 12: T.Y. Hilton (FIU, Sr., WR) Sept. 12: Winston Fraser (FIU, R-Jr., LB) Sept. 12: Brelan Chancellor (North Texas, So., KR) Sept. 19: Corey Robinson (Troy, So., QB) Sept. 19: LaDarrius Madden (Troy, Sr., DB) and Sept. 19: Melvin White (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., DB) Sept. 26: Blaine Gautier (Louisiana-Lafayette, QB) Isame Faciane (FIU, So., DT) Sept. 26: Brian David (Arkansas State, So., K) Oct. 3: Ryan Aplin (Arkansas State, Jr., QB) Sept. 26: Chris Pickett (Troy, So., DB) Oct. 3: Brett Baer (Louisiana-Lafayette, K/P) Oct. 10: Oct. 3: Lance Kelley (Louisiana-Lafayette, LB) Oct. 10: Oct. 17: Oct. 10: Oct. 17: Oct. 24: Oct. 17: Oct. 24: Oct. 31: Oct. 24: Oct. 31: Nov. 7: Oct. 31: Nov. 7: Nov. 14: Nov. 7: Nov. 14: Nov. 21: Nov. 14: Nov. 21: Nov. 28: Nov. 21: Nov. 28: Dec. 5: Nov. 28: Dec. 5: Dec. 5: 2 - WWW.SUNBELTSPORTS.ORG 2011 SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL AROUND THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEMBERSHIP The Sun Belt Conference is currently comprised of nine football playing members – Arkansas State (found- Sun Belt Conference ing football member in 2001), Florida Atlantic (joined league as football member in 2005), FIU (joined Coaches Teleconference Call league as football member in 2005), Louisiana-Lafayette (founding football member in 2001), Louisiana- Contact John McElwain Monroe (founding football member in 2001), Middle Tennessee (founding football member in 2001), North ([email protected]) for info Texas (founding football member in 2001), Troy (joined league as football member in 2004) and Western Conducted every Monday from Kentucky University (joined league as football member in 2009). The league will expand to 10 football August 29 to November 28 playing members when South Alabama enters in 2012. Schedule of Events (All times Central): SUN BELT CONFERENCE BOWL PARTNERS 10:30 a.m. -- Announcements The Sun Belt Conference is currently in the second year of four year partnerships with the GoDaddy.com 10:32 a.m.
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