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Sun Belt shatters record, sends six teams to bowl games

Sun Belt shatters record, sends six teams to bowl games
NEW ORLEANS – Six Sun Belt Conference football programs accepted bowl invitations Sunday – a new record number for the conference.

The six postseason teams breaks the previous Sun Belt record of four set in 2012 and tied last season.

The R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl will feature the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, the Dollar General Bowl will have the Troy Trojans, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl will welcome back the Appalachian State Mountaineers, the AutoNation Cure Bowl will have the Arkansas State Red Wolves and, in its first game with a primary tie-in with the Sun Belt Conference, the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl will host the South Alabama Jaguars.