Twelve Appalachian State players make the first and second team preseason All-Sun Belt team. The Mountaineers make their first ever visit to Amherst on October 28th.
Appalachian State also has Jalin Moore, the Sun Belt preseason player-of-the-year.
The Mountaineers are loaded this year and I'll pick them to be favored over their entire schedule except for the opener at Georgia.
CBS Local previews the Sun Belt including UMass opponents Appalachian State and Georgia Southern.
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Coastal Carolina's HC has surgery, but he won't miss the Chants opener against UMass.
Speaking of Coastal Carolina, Underdog Dynasty previews the Chants.
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Athlon Sports ranks Mississippi State's 2017 schedule and places UMass behind FCS Charleston Southern.
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Sports Illustrated ranks the college football conferences for 2017.
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BORN TO BE A BALLER
I watched a replay of 2016 meeting of Michigan and Iowa last evening. Iowa upset the previously undefeated Wolverines 14-13.
Michigan had a freshman WR named Eddie McDoom.
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