NEW ORLEANS — With an App State-themed walkup song accompanying their entrance — Luke Combs sings about "cheering on the Mountaineers" in "The Way I Talk" — the Sun Belt Media Day press conference officially began Thursday for head coach Shawn Clark, offensive lineman Baer Hunter and linebacker D'Marco Jackson.
After a one-year interruption because of COVID-19, the return of an in-person Media Day gathering was welcomed by many and exciting for first-timers like Hunter, Jackson and even Clark, whose first full season as the Mountaineers' head coach occurred in 2020.