Scheduling - A Challenge For The Sun Belt

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Scheduling is a challenge for the Sun Belt

By MONTE HALE Jr.

hale@dnj.com

From a football perspective, the Sun Belt Conference has become less geographically challenged in that it no longer encompasses three time zones.

The days of making trips to Idaho and New Mexico State are over, which certainly has eased travel pains for its member schools.

Nevertheless, the league has a long way to go in terms of putting together a schedule that makes sense and is more conducive to teams having success.

Considering the Sun Belt football league is now made up of two teams from Florida (Florida International and Florida Atlantic), one from Tennessee (MTSU), one from Alabama (Troy), two from Louisiana (UL-Lafayette and UL-Monroe), one from Arkansas (Arkansas State) and one from Texas (North Texas), putting together a fair schedule would seem pretty easy.

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