NEW ORLEANS -- Jemar Clark wasn't prepared for the question his coach recently asked him.
Earlier this summer, Arkansas State Coach Blake Anderson asked Clark, ASU's senior left tackle, to accompany him to New Orleans. Clark was fine with the trip, but there was a catch. It was for the Sun Belt Conference media day, which meant Clark was going to have to talk. A lot. For an entire day.
"He asked me, 'Are you comfortable with it?' " Clark said Monday at the Superdome. "And I said, 'Coach, not really. But I'll go.' "
Clark's willingness to help Anderson and safety Cody Brown represent ASU at the Sun Belt's annual function to kick off the season didn't come easily.