Special Guest Schedule (available on YouTube):
8:30 AM: State of the Conference from Commissioner Karl Benson
9:20 AM: Alan Gooch, Cure Bowl Executive Director
9:40 AM: College Football Playoff Chief Operating Officer Michael Kelly
10:45 AM: New Orleans Bowl Executive Director Billy Ferrante
11:00 AM: Dollar General Bowl President Jerry Silverstein
11:15 AM: NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl Executive Director Alan Young
11:30 AM: Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Assistant Executive Director Will Pope
1:15 PM: Interview with Commissioner Karl Benson
3:00 PM: Coordinator of Football Officials Steve Shaw
All times are approximate and Central Time

ESPN3 Interview segments schedule (available on WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN App)
1:05 PM: Commissioner Benson
1:14 PM: Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State
1:23 PM: Shawn Elliott, Georgia State
1:31 PM: Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina
1:39 PM: Everett Withers, Texas State
1:47 PM: Mark Hudspeth, Louisiana
1:55 PM: Neal Brown, Troy
2:04 PM: Tyson Summers, Georgia Southern
2;12 PM: Paul Petrino, Idaho
2:21 PM: Blake Anderson, Arkansas State
2:30 PM: Doug Martin, New Mexico State
2:38 PM: Mike Collins, ULM
2:46 PM: Joey Jones, South Alabama
All times are approximate and Central Time

Here's a link to the YouTube stream:
https://www.youtube.com/user/SunBeltSports/live

Am I the only one who thinks King Karl needs to work on his public speaking skills?

(07-24-2017 09:00 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  Am I the only one who thinks King Karl needs to work on his public speaking skills?

He's always been like that, might have even improved, not sure I can even say that with a straight face.

$20 mil growth in SBC revenue in just 3 years! Go Karl Go!

(07-24-2017 09:00 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  Am I the only one who thinks King Karl needs to work on his public speaking skills?

Coach Neal Brown is the only one to bring two Offensive Players to Media Day. Neal did you short change your defense when it comes to leadership!

King Karl predicts 2 SBC teams will play in a NY6 bowl within the next 5 years

My two biggest takeaways....

-Stated that despite being in separate divisions, both Troy and South Al will play one another every year as "cross rivals." This definitely makes me think we will see everybody get a permanent cross divisional rival

-The conference is happy being a future 10 member leagues and isn't looking to add anyone at this time; HOWEVER, he did confirm there is a member school "looking to add CFB" and if they do, they will be grandfathered into the conference (I didn't realize there was a grandfather clause).

(07-24-2017 09:48 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  My two biggest takeaways....

-Stated that despite being in separate divisions, both Troy and South Al will play one another every year as "cross rivals." This definitely makes me think we will see everybody get a permanent cross divisional rival

-The conference is happy being a future 10 member leagues and isn't looking to add anyone at this time; HOWEVER, he did confirm there is a member school "looking to add CFB" and if they do, they will be grandfathered into the conference (I didn't realize there was a grandfather clause).

Basically Sun Belt Bylaws---er Guidelines state that UALR and UTA are automatically granted entry to the conference should they start an FBS Football program.

Now, admittedly, Benson could password protect these things and pretend they never existed. But we let South Alabama in, so I guess if UALR really wanted to, they could get in.

(07-24-2017 10:21 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(07-24-2017 09:48 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  My two biggest takeaways....

-Stated that despite being in separate divisions, both Troy and South Al will play one another every year as "cross rivals." This definitely makes me think we will see everybody get a permanent cross divisional rival

-The conference is happy being a future 10 member leagues and isn't looking to add anyone at this time; HOWEVER, he did confirm there is a member school "looking to add CFB" and if they do, they will be grandfathered into the conference (I didn't realize there was a grandfather clause).

Basically Sun Belt Bylaws---er Guidelines state that UALR and UTA are automatically granted entry to the conference should they start an FBS Football program.

Now, admittedly, Benson could password protect these things and pretend they never existed. But we let South Alabama in, so I guess if UALR really wanted to, they could get in.

Somehow I'm thinking this is really not going to be an issue.

Jonesboro radio goes live from 11-2 and 3-6 CT Today. Here is their guest schedule for the first half of their coverage.

11am Allen Gooch (Autonation Cure Bowl)
11:15 Michael Kelly (College Football Playoff Representative)
11:30 Steve Shaw (Director of Officials)
11:45 Idaho Head Coach Paul Petrino
12:00 SBC Commissioner Karl Benson
12:15 Georgia Southern Head Coach Tyson Summers
12:30 Texas State Head Coach Everett Withers
12:45 UL Head Coach Mark Hudspeth
1:00 AState Head Coach Blake Anderson
1:15 AState Player Rep Justice Hansen
1:30 AState Player Rep Blaise Taylor
1:45 ULM Head Coach Matt Viator


2nd Half of Show from 3-6 will be announced as guests are lined up.

Listen Live: http://953theticket.com/

So apparently King Karl called out certain teams during his state of the conference address? Did anyone catch this?

(07-24-2017 10:32 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So apparently King Karl called out certain teams during his state of the conference address? Did anyone catch this?

I didn't hear him call out any schools but he did answer a question about Little Rock's football study in which he basically made it sound like the SBC is happy without Trojan football.

I guess he did call out some big money donors from Georgia State and ULL who he asked if they had any questions for him because he knew he was getting emails and middle of the night phone calls from them all the time.

(07-24-2017 10:32 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So apparently King Karl called out certain teams during his state of the conference address? Did anyone catch this?

I don't recall him calling any teams out. he did mention the boosters of 3 schools that were allowed to take part of the media events as a test program.

(07-24-2017 10:32 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So apparently King Karl called out certain teams during his state of the conference address? Did anyone catch this?

Called them out in a good way or a bad way?

state fans should enjoy hearing coach Blake sounded like he was going to take OCC games more important.

After the heat he took for losing to UCA at home last season I would certainly hope so

(07-24-2017 10:42 AM)theultimateaggie Wrote:  

(07-24-2017 10:32 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So apparently King Karl called out certain teams during his state of the conference address? Did anyone catch this?

Called them out in a good way or a bad way?

I only listened to his state of the conference speech and not his predictions or Q&A but the only schools I heard him specifically "call out" were schools who've beaten P5 teams.

(07-24-2017 09:31 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  King Karl predicts 2 SBC teams will play in a NY6 bowl within the next 5 years

That's really, really bold. We're 0 for 3 and he's predicting 2 for the next 5?