Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Stars are stars for a reason. Sometimes you just have to let those guys cook. Football is a team sport. Depth is imperative to maintain to success over the rigors of a season. Oftentimes, it is […]
Statesboro Showcase
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Even for a regular season game in September, Georgia Southern vs Arkansas State awaits as a big-time clash. x9c I do think the progress of the team is right where it needs to be right now. Obviously it’s a big […]
Stingy, Opportunistic Jags Upset Troy
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Seemingly no team in the country vacillates between giant killer and dwarf like South Alabama. South Alabama may not have started the season the way it would have wanted, but it started the season, largely, the […]
Sun Belt Weekend Recap
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Looking back at all the Sun Belt action from week six. New Mexico State 3, Ole Miss 52 The Aggies moved to 0-5 on the year, following their loss to 14th ranked Ole Miss. NMSU was […]
Summers at Home in Statesboro
Back To Sun Belt By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Red clay to true blue, Tyson Summers and the Eagles have walked the same paths. x9c “It’s football season in Statesboro, so you know there is excitement.” ~Tyson Summers A Tifton-native, Tyson Summers grew up with […]
Sun Belt Weekend Recap
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Looking back at week three in the Sun Belt. Georgia State 28, Oregon 61 Georgia State travelled across the country to play Oregon, on Saturday, where the home team was favored by more than six touchdowns. […]
Sun Belt 2019 NFL Draft Board 1.0
Back To Sun Belt By Southern Pigskin StaffSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Southern Pigskin’s 2019 NFL Draft big board of eligible SBC prospects. 1. Justice Hansen, QB, Arkansas State 2. Blace Brown, CB, Troy 3. Penny Hart, WR, Georgia State 4. Clifton Duck, CB, App State 5. […]
Sun Belt Championship Game a Showcase
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Beyond any Group of Five distinction, Coastal Carolina and Louisiana have been two of the most impressive teams in the country. Period. Saturday’s Sun Belt Championship Game will feature two of the best teams in the game in Coastal Carolina […]
Sun Belt Class Rankings
Back To Sun Belt By Kenzie StanfordSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Ranking the 2015 recruiting classes in the Sun Belt. It has been a long National Signing Day in college football, and some of the most elite prospects have landed in the Sun Belt Conference. The results […]
Sun Belt Hot Seat Ratings
Back To Sun Belt By Kenzie StanfordSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Taking a look at the head coaches of the Sun Belt Conference and the temperature of their hot seats for the 2015 college football season. For some head coaches, the security of their job is not […]
Sun Belt Players Prepare for NFL Combine
Back To Sun Belt By Kenzie StanfordSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Five players from the Sun Belt will participate in the 2015 NFL Combine. Signing Day is finally in the rearview mirror. Now next up on the list is the 2015 NFL Combine. The bigger stories from […]
Sun Belt Preseason Power Rankings
By Christian GoeckelSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page A loaded Sun Belt is in for a historic 2022 1. App State (10-4) Chase Brice (Yes, the same Chase Brice that once backed up Trevor Lawrence at Clemson) is back for another season with the Mountaineers. The return of […]
Sun Belt Primer
Back To Sun Belt By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page A week one look at the Sun Belt Conference. The new-look Sun Belt Conference is ready to debut with a fascinating collection of games in late August. By adding Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Idaho and New […]
Sun Belt Primer
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Previewing week four in the Sun Belt conference. Appalachian State at Old Dominion — 3:30 PM This feels like it has the potential to be the Sun Belt’s most compelling matchup, this weekend. The Mountaineers and […]
Panthers Head Home With History
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Not long after the start of football at Georgia State, the Panthers have made powerful progress. The final moments of Georgia State’s Cure Bowl victory over Western Kentucky were over a decade in the making. Prior to a debut season […]
Panthers Persevere
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page When Sean Jeppesen tackled Wildcat return man De’Andre Brown as time expired, two seasons of frustration came tumbling down. x9c There are going to be times when were down against the ropes and we believe no matter what until the […]
Panthers Poised for Banner Season
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Week one, for any team, is always key. Georgia State wants to set the tone for a banner year right away. x9c I think our program is now ready to go compete and play for a conference championship. I think […]
Penny Hart’s Historic Success
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Penny Hart, with 42 receiving yards in his last game, moved into the top ten in the Sun Belt all-time. In Georgia State’s 46-14 victory over Louisiana-Monroe, the Panthers, team-wide, made a statement in their Sun Belt opener. Star wide […]
Penny Hart’s Path to the Pros
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page A two-star prospect out of Kings Ridge Christian School in Alpharetta, Georgia, about to enroll at Georgia State, not many people expected Penny Hart to be preparing for the NFL Draft just a few short years […]
Peoples Makes History for Mountaineers
By BJ BennettSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Camrun Peoples sets a new NCAA bowl game record with 317 yards rushing. Appalachian State’s Camerun Peoples just had one of the best individual performances in college football history: 22 carries for 317 yards and five touchdowns in the Mountaineers’ […]
Plan, Process, & Persistence
Back To Sun Belt By Emory HuntSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page What people ought to understand is that Summers is a man with a plan. Georgia Southern has definitely seen better days. The Eagles have a 67% winning percentage all-time. Theyve won 11 conference titles, 6 national […]
Post 2017 Sun Belt Top 100
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Ranking the best 100 players in the Sun Belt Conference based only on their play throughout the 2017-18 season For the past two years, I’ve ranked the top 100 players from each of Southern Pigskin’s three […]
Post-2019 Sun Belt Top 100
Back To Sun Belt By Jim JohnsonSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Ranking the Top 100 players from the 2019 Sun Belt season. 100. Shadell Bell, TE, Coastal Carolina 99. Reynard Ellis, LB, Georgia Southern 98. Chandler Kryst, CB, Coastal Carolina 97. Ty Phillips, DL, Georgia Southern 96. […]
Pre-Spring Sun Belt Power Rankings
Back To Sun Belt By Kenzie StanfordSouthernPigskin.com Follow us at Twitter.com/SouthernPigskin. Become a fan at the SouthernPigskin.com Facebook Page Taking a look at the power rankings in the Sun Belt prior to most teams nationally starting up spring practice. After thinking long and hard about the 2014 season and what we know about the additions […]