Arkansas State senior quarterback Justice Hansen talks to reporters during media day Thursday at the ASU football complex in Jonesboro. The Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year is back to lead the offense after a 2017 season in which he threw for 3,967 yards and 37 touchdowns and completed 62.6 percent of his passes. - Photo by Mitchell PE Masilun
NEW ORLEANS — The Sun Belt Conference is entering its final football season under the leadership of commissioner Karl Benson, who took over at a time of major transition and uncertainty for the league.
Benson — who at 66 has decided to step down next summer — expects the action on the field this fall to show how far the Sun Belt has come since his arrival in 2012, when everything from membership, facilities, TV contracts and bowl affiliations were different.