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Florida Atlantic
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Florida International
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MTSU
North Texas
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Troy
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UL Lafayette
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UL Monroe
Sun Belt Game of the Week
Arkansas State 31 ... North Texas 27
Arkansas State QB Corey Leonard connected with Brandon
Thompkins on a 27-yard touchdown pass with two seconds to play for
the win. North Texas held a 27-17 lead late into the fourth helped
by two Jamario Thomas touchdown runs and a two-yard Micah Mosley
score, but ASU came back with touchdown runs from Preston Brown and
Reggie Arnold, and started the fourth quarter comeback with a
six-yard T.J. Jordan touchdown catch. The vaunted UNT passing game
was held to 160 yards.
Sun Belt
Player of the Week
Arkansas State QB
Corey Leonard completed 25 of 50 passes for 305 yards and two
touchdowns with two interceptions and ran 11 times for 52 yards.
Conference Roundup
Arkansas State
… Corey Leonard means everything to the
ASU offense. The way he was able to lead
the comeback against North Texas showed
just how much he's worth to the team.
Now the problem is how the Indians got
down in the first place. In the final
home game of the year, this will be a
very nice way to go into the off-season
if ASU loses to Southern Miss next week.
To have any chance of winning, the
running game will have to be stronger
than it was next week.
FIU … FIU finally came up with a
big-time offensive performance with
Wayne Younger having his best game as a
starter and Amod Ned running wild, but
the defense couldn't stop the UL
Lafayette running game. Even in yet
another loss, the team played well and
showed improvement. Defensively, Michael
Dominguez had a whale of a game, while
Lionel Singleton was all over the place
making plays. If the offense plays like
this, FIU will come up with a win either
against Florida Atlantic or North Texas.
Florida Atlantic … The Owls were
never going to beat Florida, but they
did come up with a nice second quarter
when the offense got moving and Rusty
Smith got on a roll. Even in the
blowout, the receiving corps,
particularly Cortez Gent, had a nice
day. The second half was all Florida
with the FAU defense unable to handle
the Gator speed, but there won't be that
problem against FIU or Troy to close
out.
Middle Tennessee … Didn’t Play
This Week
North Texas … Can North Texas
ever get a break? It lost to Navy in an
epic shootout last week, and now it
can't hold on to a ten-point lead
against Arkansas State. The run defense
did a terrific job a week after getting
steamrolled over by Navy, while the
running game provided as much balance as
it's had all year. As ugly as things
have gotten, the team has had its
moments where it looks terrific. If the
Mean Green can ever put it all together
and get everything working at once, this
will be a tough team to stop. That might
not happen until next year.
Troy … Didn’t Play This Week
UL Lafayette … The loss of
Michael Desormeaux to a bruised clavicle
would be a killer against UL Monroe next
week unless Connor Morel can do what he
did against FIU. While not the runner
Desormeaux is, Morel threw extremely
well and was a strong complement to
Tyrell Fenroy. The problem was a
defense, outside fo Antwyn Zanders, that
made FIU look good for the first time
all season long. Even so, on a two-game
winning streak, the Ragin' Cajuns have a
shot to end the season on a major high
note by beating the rivals next week.
UL Monroe … The ULM defense
pulled off an absolute stunner against
Alabama with great plays on every key
down in the second half, and just enough
offense to get by. Last year ULM came
within an eyelash of beating Kentucky,
but that was in a shootout. This time
around against an SEC team, the defense
came up with a gem to make up for an
average day from the offense that only
got 121 rushing yards and averaged 2.8
yards per carry. Now, after this
stunner, a win over UL Lafayette would
mean a tremendous comeback winning five
of the final six games.
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Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
| Troy |
5 |
0 |
178 |
61 |
7 |
3 |
331 |
250 |
W1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
| Florida Atlantic |
4 |
1 |
160 |
130 |
5 |
5 |
268 |
350 |
L1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Middle Tennessee |
4 |
2 |
200 |
142 |
5 |
6 |
301 |
294 |
L1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| UL Monroe |
3 |
3 |
159 |
155 |
5 |
6 |
265 |
321 |
W2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Arkansas State |
3 |
4 |
161 |
187 |
5 |
6 |
281 |
315 |
W1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| UL Lafayette |
3 |
3 |
194 |
220 |
3 |
8 |
274 |
413 |
W2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
| North Texas |
1 |
5 |
142 |
213 |
1 |
9 |
252 |
477 |
L4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| Florida International |
0 |
5 |
88 |
174 |
0 |
10 |
120 |
395 |
L10 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
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Thursday, November 15 |
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7:00 PM |
at Arkansas State 31 ... North Texas 27
CFN Prediction: Arkansas State 41-30 ASU -14 |
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Saturday, November 17 |
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12:00 PM |
at Florida 59 ... Florida Atlantic 20
CFN Prediction: Florida 45-17 Florida -33 |
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2:00
PM |
UL
Monroe 21 ... at
Alabama 14
CFN Prediction: Alabama 34-17 Bama -24 |
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7:00 PM |
UL Lafayette 38 ... at Florida International
28
CFN Prediction: UL Lafayette 23-17 ULL -4 |
Past
Sun Belt Games of the Week
Sept. 1 -
Florida
Atlantic 27 ... Middle
Tennessee 14
Sept. 8 -
SMU 45 ... North Texas 31
Sept. 15 - Florida Atlantic 42
... Minnesota 39
Sept. 22 - Western
Kentucky
20 ... at Middle Tenn. 17
Sept. 29 - Arkansas State
35 ... Memphis
31
Oct. 6 - Virginia
23 ... at Middle Tennessee 21
Oct. 13 - North Texas 31 ... UL Monroe
21
Oct. 20 - Florida
Atlantic 39 ... at UL Lafayette
32 OT
Oct. 27 - UL Monroe 33 ... at Florida Atlantic
30 2OT
Nov. 3 - Middle Tennessee 43
... at UL
Monroe 40
Nov. 10 -
Navy 74 ... at
North Texas
62
Nov. 17 -
at Arkansas State 31 ... North
Texas 27
Past Sun Belt Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Florida Atlantic RB Charles Pierre
Sept. 8 - North Texas QB Daniel Meager &
WR Casey Fitzgerald
Sept. 15 - Arkansas State QB Corey
Leonard
Sept. 22 - Troy RB Kenny Cattouse
Sept. 29 - Middle Tennessee QB Dwight
Dasher
Oct. 6 - UL Lafayette QB Michael
Desormeaux
Oct. 13 - Arkansas State QB Corey
Leonard
Oct. 20 - Florida Atlantic QB Rusty
Smith
Oct. 27 - UL Monroe RB Calvin Dawson
Nov. 3 - Middle Tennessee QB Joe
Craddock
Nov. 10 -
North Texas QB Giovanni Vizza
Nov. 17 - Arkansas State QB Corey
Leonard