![]() ![]() ![]() ▪️□□□□□□□□ Nation's Longest Winning Streak /IHNqu3qOZlĪnd the commissioner? The buzz was still going in the Sun Belt office in New Orleans Monday with the media calling from hither and yon. Those are life-changing moments for them." I think it also validates the work of our CEOs and ADs in terms of how they have invested in their programs, and the coaches and players who actually do all that work on the field. "For us, it confirms what we already know that we can play with anyone. "When you think about the games, those games were nationally broadcast against traditional powers," Gill said. ![]() Three college football heavyweights were knocked out by Sun Belt teams they had never played before, in front of a combined live audience of 257,008 mostly-stunned partisans. "When I got back to my hotel and I’m watching 'College Football Final' on ESPN, they led with the Sun Belt. "It’s incredible when you think about it," he was saying Monday. There he was, racing back to his hotel room to try to put the amazing day in some perspective. There he was, munching on late dinner in a restaurant parking lot while trying to watch Georgia Southern finish off Nebraska on his phone. There he was, driving up Interstate 35 in Texas trying to find Appalachian State-Texas A&M on his car radio, and listening to play-by-play from Marshall-Notre Dame on his phone. If you thought the internet was on fire Saturday trying to keep up with all the Sun Belt upsets, you should have seen Keith Gill. Recapping Week 2: Alabama survives, while Notre Dame and TAMU fall Meanwhile, the commissioner of the Sun Belt has been having a grand time. Jimbo Fisher issuing painful mea culpas at Texas A&M, after the Aggies were taken down by Appalachian State. Notre Dame booted from the Top 25, after the Irish were shocked by Marshall. The coach at Nebraska fired, after the Cornhuskers fell to Georgia Southern. Just look at what the Sun Belt left in its wake following a remarkable football weekend. ![]()
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