Sun Belt Conference Week Two Review:

Another week is in the books for the 2015 college football season with the Sun Belt going 6-5 with only one conference game (Ga. St-NMSU) taking place. Let's take a look at the good, bad, and ugly of week two Sun Belt football.




Week Two Scoreboard:

• Clemson 41, Appalachian State 10
• Georgia Southern 43, Western Michigan 17
• Louisiana 44, Northwestern State 17
• Louisiana Monroe 47, Nicholls State 0
• Texas State 63, Prairie View A&M 24
• Troy 44, Charleston Southern 16
• Missouri 27, Arkansas State 20
• Georgia State 34, New Mexico State 32
• USC 59, Idaho 9
• Nebraska 48, South Alabama 9

Who/What Looked Good:

• Georgia Southern: The Eagles, coming off of a disappointing opening game loss to West Virginia, completely outclassed the Western Michigan Broncos in what many expected to be a close G5-G5 game. Matt Breida rushed for 176 yards in the 43-17 win.
• Elijah McGuire: The reigning conference player of the year was dominant versus Northwestern State with 162 yards on only 14 carries. The junior running back also scored five touchdowns in the win.
• Josh Magee: The UAB transfer had a career day with six catches for 147 yards and a touchdown versus Nebraska. 
• Passing in the Georgia State-New Mexico State Game: Georgia State's  Nick Arbuckle (32-43/372/2TD) and New Mexico State Tyler Rogers (31-55/445/3TD) combined for 817 yards in the air during the Sun Belt Conference opener. FunBelt is alive and well this fall
• Arkansas State Defense: The Red Wolves defense showed up versus Missouri in holding the Tigers to only 282 overall yards in the loss. Khari Lain (12 tkl, 2 tfl) led a defense that made eight tackles for loss.

Who/What Looked Bad:

• Idaho: The Vandals were not expected to compete versus USC but giving up 737 total yards, 35 first downs, 12.2 yards per pass, and 7.7 yards per rush, along with 59 points was not good at all.
• South Alabama Run Game: The only way the Jaguars would be able to pull the upset over Nebraska would be to run the ball. Instead, the Jaguars were held to 19 total rushing yards on 24 carries. 
• Defense in the Georgia State-NMSU game: Over 800 yards passing and 1,100 total yards were given up in this game. If not for four overall turnovers, this game could have easily seen both teams score 40+.
• Appalachian State Turnovers: Interceptions on three straight first half possessions doomed the Mountaineers. 

Week Three Schedule:

• Georgia State at Oregon
• Troy at Wisconsin
• Wofford at Idaho
• The Citadel at Georgia Southern
• Missouri State at Arkansas State
• Southern Mississippi at Texas State
• South Alabama at San Diego State
• UTEP at New Mexico State