There will be football (college or NFL) every night this week. Tonight it's the game of the year for the Sun Belt conference, Troy vs Middle Tennessee State at 6:00 PM MDT on ESPN2. You might think that doesn't matter, and it probably doesn't. But this game has been exciting to watch recently, and both teams have surprised some BCS schools in the last few years. Both teams are 1-0 in conference play and this game will likely decide who wins the Sun Belt. They're the worst conference, but they're still a conference.
Tonight's game is especially interesting because it will be MTSU star QB Dwight Dasher's first game of the season. He was hit with a 4-game suspension at the beginning of the year and has been sitting out. Who's Dwight Dasher? He set the record for most rushing yards by a QB in a bowl game (201) last year in the New Orleans Bowl against Southern Miss. The Blue Raiders won the game 42-32 and brought them to 10-3, giving the Sun Belt their first ever 10-win season.
I thought last year that maybe the Sun Belt was closing the gap between them and the MAC and Conference-USA. But so far this year, Troy and MTSU are 0-2 against the C-USA and 1-0 against the MAC. Not very impressive. Not to mention that the three teams with the best overall records are 2-2, and everyone else is either 1-3, 1-4, or 0-4. It looks like they're sticking to their old terrible ways (ULM's only win so far was by 1 against Southeastern Louisiana, for example), but this should be a fun game to watch tonight anyway.
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