Sun Belt Conference "Moving In Right Direction"

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“What is going to happen next is anyone’s guess,” said athletic director Steve Dennis. “Everything that has been rumored (about other conferences) has come true.”

Naturally, followers of Sun Belt schools raised a collective eyebrow when Houston, Central Florida and Southern Methodist recently bolted Conference USA for the Big East in the conferences effort to replace Pittsburg and Syracuse. While the debate of whether the Sun Belt will be affected holds water, Dennis feels, in Troy’s case, its best remain focused on improving Trojan Nation and the Sun Belt Conference.

“I don’t foresee any changes in the future,” he said. “I think the conference is moving in the right direction.”

While the Sun Belt is an improving league, money talks and money could very well come calling on some of the conferences most promising institutions.

Rumored to be the “bell cow” of SBC schools being sighted by Conference USA is North Texas. With the coveted Dallas market just 42 miles southeast of UNT’s Denton headquarters, it would make complete sense for any expanding conference to put a target on the back of a Mean Green uniform. While nothing has been said publicly, it doesn’t take much effort to scan the terrain and pinpoint potential candidates ripened enough for extraction.

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