![]() ![]() In addition to these bowl games, the Sun Belt Conference is also part of a coalition that will send teams to the Miami Beach Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl on a rotating basis beginning in 2014. The Sun Belt also adds the Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fla., to its primary bowl tie-in list beginning in December 2015. The Sun Belt Conference holds primary bowl tie-ins with the R+L Carries New Orleans Bowl and GoDaddy Bowl while it adds the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., to its list of primary bowl tie-ins beginning in 2014. The Sun Belt Conference begins its new era with additional members as well as new bowl affiliations in 2014. Idaho was a football-only member from 2001-04 while New Mexico State was an all-sports member from 2000-05. Idaho and New Mexico State are familiar partners with the Sun Belt Conference as both begin their second affiliations with the league. This includes Appalachian State’s back-to-back-to-back national titles from 2005-07 and Georgia Southern’s back-to-back titles in 1985-86, 1989-2000. Appalachian State (3) and Georgia Southern (6) have won nine combined FCS national titles since 1985. Both schools feature rabid fanbases and a storied, rich and most importantly winning tradition surrounding their football programs. ![]() Appalachian State and Georgia Southern will be immediately eligible to compete for Sun Belt Conference championships in all sports but will not be eligible for bowl games until the 2015 season.įor Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, July 1 marks the completion of their first years in a two-year transition from the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The additions bring the Sun Belt Conference’s all-sports membership to 11 schools and its football membership also to 11 schools. “While Idaho and New Mexico State are both undergoing a rebuilding process, I am very confident it won’t be long before the Vandals and Aggies are going to bowl games and contending for the Sun Belt football championship,” Benson said.Īppalachian State and Georgia Southern join the Sun Belt Conference as full members while Idaho and New Mexico State join as football-only members. ![]()
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