NEW ORLEANS -- Most players had never been here before last Monday. Following the annual Sun Belt Conference Football Media Day at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, they all want to be back soon.
Two players from each of the 10 football-playing schools in the Sun Belt visited the iconic venue for the media day event, which also is where the conference champion is scheduled to return Dec. 21 for the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
Appalachian State won the New Orleans Bowl in 2018 with a victory against Middle Tennessee State. The ambition for the Mountaineers is to make a return visit at the end of the 2019 season.