NEW ORLEANS — As college football prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary, the Sun Belt Conference hailed the beginning of the 2019 season at its annual media day by both looking back at the past and, more importantly, looking ahead at what is to come.
The league’s recent history is encouraging and Sun Belt commissioner Keith Gill believes that will develop into his ambitious vision for the future of the league. Gill’s Sun Belt football goals, as stated in his opening remarks, are to have multiple teams ranked in preseason polls, to have a Sun Belt team earn a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl, to compile the best overall bowl winning percentage in the FBS and to be considered the best of the Group of Five conferences.