2020 FOOTBALL WEEKLY NEWS Mercedes-Benz Superdome For Immediate Release • Week 10 • November 3, 2020 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive • New Orleans, LA 70112 Contacts: Nancy Yasharoff ([email protected]) SunBeltSports.org Contacts: Travis Llewellyn ([email protected]) App State • Arkansas State • Coastal Carolina • Georgia Southern • Georgia State Louisiana • ULM • South Alabama • Texas State • Troy SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS Conference Overall EAST DIVISION W-L For Opp Pct W-L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Coastal Carolina 4-0 161 64 1.000 6-0 242 108 1.000 3-0 3-0 0-0 Won 6 App State 2-0 76 130 1.000 4-1 170 88 .800 3-0 1-1 0-0 Won 3 Troy 2-1 109 63 .667 4-2 194 154 .667 2-1 2-1 0-0 Won 1 Georgia Southern 2-2 91 95 .500 4-2 159 121 .667 3-0 1-2 0-0 Won 1 Georgia State 1-3 119 178 .333 2-3 168 207 .400 1-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 1 WEST DIVISION W-L For Opp Pct W-L For Opp Pct Home Away Neut Streak Louisiana 3-1 125 113 .750 5-1 180 147 .833 1-1 4-0 0-0 Won 2 South Alabama 2-1 85 58 .667 3-3 151 148 .500 2-2 1-1 0-0 Lost 1 Arkansas State 1-3 109 187 .250 3-4 218 282 .429 2-1 1-3 0-0 Lost 2 Texas State 1-3 109 128 .250 1-7 216 286 .125 0-3 1-4 0-0 Lost 5 ULM 0-4 74 142 .000 0-6 94 250 .000 0-4 0-3 0-0 Lost 7 SUN BELT CONFERENCE STATISTICS http://sunbelt.me/FootballStats THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE BE THE CHANGE QUICK HITS RING OF HONOR Saturday, November 7 - Former Arkansas State football All-America standout ULM at Georgia State * 11 a.m. Jerry Muckensturm is slated to become the newest member of the school’s prestigious Ring of Honor TV: ESPN3 when the Red Wolves host ULM on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Series: ULM leads, 3-2 Centennial Bank Stadium. Last Meeting: ULM, 45-31 (2019) IT’S GOOD! - South Alabama’s Diego Guajardo’s 54 yard field goal Arkansas State at Louisiana * 11 a.m. Sun Belt Conference teams will be wearing BE THE against Georgia Southern last week is the longest this TV: ESPNU CHANGE helmet decals and patches this season to season in the conference and ranks fourth all-time in promote the conference's racial equity initiative launched the Sun Belt. Series: Louisiana leads, 23-18 this summer. The Sun Belt believes one of the most effective ways to make progress is to educate people - Current SBC Top 5 Rankings - Longest Field Goal Last Meeting: Louisiana, 37-20 (2019) about the power of civic engagement. In partnership 57 Jason Ball, North Texas vs. Arkansas State, 10-20-01 Troy at Georgia Southern * 1 p.m. with its student-athletes, coaches and staff, the Sun Belt 56 Bobby Zalud, Arkansas State vs. Memphis, 9-10-11 is facilitating conversations that better educate those in 55 Alan Gendreau, Middle Tennessee at Louisiana, 9-25-10 TV: ESPN3 its membership about the electoral process, work to help 54 Diego Guajardo, South Alabama at Georgia Southern, 10-29-20 register voters and create meaningful dialogue with law Series: Troy leads, 13-6 53 12 tied/Most recent Nate Snyder, Louisiana at Georgia enforcement to build stronger community policing. Last Meeting: Troy, 49-28 (2019) Southern, 9-26-20. The Sun Belt understands it will be very difficult to CHANTS SHUTOUT App State at Texas State * 2 p.m. assuage the hurt and pain felt by so many. That is why, - Coastal Carolina’s shutout win over Georgia state was as an NCAA Division I FBS conference with over 4,000 TV: ESPN+ student-athletes, coaches and administrators from all its first shutout since 2015 when it defeated Alabama Series: App State leads, 2-0 backgrounds, the Sun Belt intends to lead by example. A&M, 55-0. The SBC is proud to be the first FBS conference to hire an Last Meeting: App State, 38-7 (2018) - The last SBC shutout in conference play was in Nov. 18, African American Commissioner. It supports the efforts 2017 when Georgia Southern defeated South Alabama, underway to help America improve our democracy with South Alabama at #15 Coastal Carolina * 7 p.m. equal justice for all. Together, we can build a better future 52-0 in Nov. 18, 2017 when Georgia Southern defeated TV: ESPNU for all of our citizens and communities. South Alabama, 52-0. Series: South Alabama leads, 1-0 MODERN ERA SERIES - Georgia Southern is 6-5 since 1984 in the “modern era” Last Meeting: South Alabama, 31-28 (2018) against Troy. From 1934-1983, Troy’s longest win streak was nine against the Eagles. SUN BELT NATIONALLY CAREER’S AFTER FOOTBALL All Times Central are Subject to Change - Troy Director of Athletics Brent Jones spent five years Coastal Carolina is now ranked higher in the Top 25 than * Conference Game at GS, first as the Director of Eagle Sports Marketing any Sun Belt team this season. In the Associated Press and then as the Assistant AD of Eagle Sports Marketing Poll the CCU ranks No. 15 and is No. 16 in the USA Today … Georgia Southern General Manager of Athletic Ticket Coaches Poll. Louisiana and App State are both receiving Sales Ryan Kay was Troy’s starting punter from 2014- votes this week in each poll. Louisiana was ranked as high 2016, averaging 40.8 yards on 195 punts in his career. as No. 19 in the AP Poll back on Week 4 this season. @SunBelt SunBelt #SunBeltFB SUN BELT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEK 10 WEEKLY AWARDS - NOV. 2 BETWEEN THE HASH MARKS OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK CAROLINAS STAND STRONG Grayson McCall • Coastal Carolina • QB • Fr. - App State and Coastal Carolina rank first in the conference and Top 15 in the country in Scoring Defense. App State’s After missing last week due to a shoulder injury, Grayson McCall 17.6 puts them 13th and CCU’s 18.0 places them 15th nationally. looked more than 100 percent in his return in the 51-0 win over Georgia State. The redshirt freshman quarterback was 18-of-24 for SBC’S SCORING OFFENSE 254 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran six times for 15 yards - No. 15 Coastal Carolina ranks first in the Sun Belt and 11th national in Scoring Offense. The Chants are the only SBC team and a score. In just his fifth career start, he was responsible for five th th touchdowns, which matched the five first downs by the Panthers for to break into the top 15 national and 1.7 points behind Florida for 10 . Coastal is joined by App State (tied 27 ) and Georgia the whole game. In his five games this year, he has thrown for two State (30th) who round out the Top 30 nationally. touchdowns or more in all five games, including a career-high four touchdowns twice. He has also thrown for 250 yards or more three Teams Gms Points Avg/G times and has thrown for over 1,000 career yards just this season, 1. Coastal Carolina 6 242 40.3 which ranks 10th all-time in CCU history. 2. App State 5 170 34.0 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 3. Georgia State 5 168 33.6 Tarron Jackson • Coastal Carolina • LB • Sr. 4. Troy 6 194 32.3 Defensive end Tarron Jackson set the tone for the Chanticleers in the 5. Arkansas State 7 218 31.1 51-0 win over Georgia State last week. Jackson was second on the 6. Louisiana 6 180 30.0 team with four tackles. He also had 1.0 sack, a quarterback hurry that led to an interception, and forced two fumbles. The defense, which 7. Texas State 8 216 27.0 was only on the field for 40 total plays in the win, held GSU to just 8. Georgia Southern 6 159 26.5 106 total yards, 76 rushing and 30 passing, posted six three-and-outs, 9. South Alabama 6 151 25.2 forced six punts, and caused two turnovers. In fact, GSU had negative 10. ULM 7 94 13.4 yards for four of its 11 offensive series in the contest. The Panthers entered the game atop of the Sun Belt with an average of 42.0 points IT ALL APPlies IN THE END per game and ranked 23rd nationally in total offense at 466.5 yards - App State’s 482.4 Total Offense ranks first in the conference and 14th nationally. The Mountaineers rank with teams per game. from some of the top conferences in the Top 15: SEC (3 teams), AAC (3 teams), ACC (2 teams), Mount West (2 teams), Big SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK 12 (1 team), Big 10 (1 team), C-USA (1 team) and Independent (1 team). Seth Keller • Texas State • K • So. Scored 10 points for Texas State against Louisiana. Keller scored Teams Gms Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G Texas State’s first seven points in the game with a touchdown run 1. App State 5 1441 971 358 2412 6.7 23 482.4 and extra point. The sophomore’s touchdown came on a fake field 2. Arkansas State 7 740 2487 538 3227 6.0 28 461.0 goal when he ran 12 yards around the left end into the end zone and made all four of his extra-point attempts.