The Cowboys travel to coastal Alabama this week to face a Sun Belt Conference team that has never finished the year with a winning record. South Alabama has only been an FBS program since 2012. If any team is aware of what can happen when you mess around with a lesser non-conference opponent, this group does. I don’t expect a Troy-like disaster.
So what could possibly be compelling about this game other than seeing how many different running backs get to play before halftime? Plenty. Oklahoma State housed Tulsa in its season opener but showed a couple small warts in the process.