As a rule, conference commissioners strive to put their league’s best foot forward when they make their annual “State of the Conference” addresses at football Media Days.
But rarely has a commissioner had as much to tout and brag about as Karl Benson had Monday at the Sun Belt Conference’s Media Day activities, which were held only a few steps away from the league’s offices in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
“This event has come a long, long way in four short years,” Benson said prior to the previews provided by the league’s 12 head football coaches. “It’s been instrumental in re-branding the Sun Belt.