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NEW ORLEANS -- While Appalachian State will always be remembered for its stunning upset of Michigan in the Big House in 2007, the Mountaineers are setting a new standard now.Since moving to the Sun Belt Conference in 2014, Appalachian State has proved it was primed for a quick transition up to the NCAAs top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision.Last season, Scott Satterfield coached the Mountaineers to the first 11-win season in Sun Belt history, capped by a Camelia Bowl victory over Ohio. The two losses came against Clemson, the 2015 national runner-up, and Arkansas State, which won the Sun Belt by virtue of that victory.This season, conference coaches have picked Appalachian State as the preseason favorite, surprising no one -- especially not the Mountaineers.There are a lot of high expectations, but for us at Appalachian State we have always had high expectations, Satterfield said. When we first arrived (in the Sun Belt) a few years ago, there were questions as to whether or not we could compete in this league and compete at the FBS level. We have been able to answer those questions over the last year and a half. So our guys expect to win every game.That means the Mountaineers expect to win at Tennessee and also to beat what will arguably be the most prominent program to visit Appalachian States Kidd Brewer Stadium, the Miami Hurricanes.Certainly, victories in either of those games raise the profile of the Sun Belt, which has enjoyed steady increases in bowl tie-ins (now up to five) and television revenues in recent seasons.But the 16-year-old league still has yet to see one of its members qualify for an elite New Years Day bowl game.All our indicators are trending upward, Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson said recently. Why not 2016 becoming the year that the Sun Belt champion plays in Dallas (on) Jan. 2 in the Cotton Bowl?THE FAVORITESIn addition to Appalachian State, defending champion Arkansas State could have a say in who wins the league. However, the Red Wolves lost their starting quarterback, making it tougher to project how effective their offense will be this season.We have never been picked to win the league, but we have found a way to win it in four out of the last five years, said third-year Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson, who is 13-3 in the league through his first wo seasons. However, the conference schedule doesnt match Arkansas State against Appalachian State.Georgia Southern, meanwhile, was picked to finish third in the preseason coaches poll, but is adjusting to a new coaching staff after Willie Fritzs departure for Tulane.TOP PLAYERSAppalachian State junior Taylor Lamb has been named preseason all-conference quarterback and could be one of the Sun Belts most prolific players, given hell be running a spread option offense. Last season, he passed for 2,387 yards and 31 TDs while rushing for 436 yards and five scores. The league also has a slew of productive running backs including Georgia Southerns Matt Breida, Appalachian States Marcus Cox, Louisiana-Lafayettes Elijah McGuire and New Mexico States Larry Rose III. On defense, Arkansas State lineman JaVon Rolland-Jones is coming off a nine-sack season, while defensive backs Savion Brown of Louisiana-Lafayette and Cody Brown of Arkansas State were both among the league leaders in pass breakups and interceptions in 2015.NEW FACESAnthony Jennings, who was LSUs starting quarterback in 2014, is a graduate transfer to Louisiana-Lafayette, meaning he could start immediately for a Ragin Cajuns squad looking to bounce back from a 2015 campaign that saw them post their first losing record in five years. Louisiana-Monroe has a new coach in Matt Viator, who has enjoyed a long run of success in the second-tier Football Championship Subdivision with McNeese State. Tyson Summers is Georgia Southerns third new coach in four seasons. Summers also is in his first season as a Division I coach after serving as Colorado States defensive coordinator the past two seasons. He takes over an experience-laden squad that has gone 18-7 in its first two years at the FBS level.ON THE HOT SEAT?Idaho coach Paul Petrino?, the brother of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino, is 6-29 in three seasons with the Vandals. New Mexico State coach Doug Martin is 7-29 in three seasons.PICKSAppalachian State wins its first Sun Belt crown. Arkansas State winds up with a bowl bid, as do Georgia Southern, Louisiana-Lafayette and Georgia State.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org Wholesale Jerseys 2020 . The 20-year-old Pelicans big man glanced up and smiled widely at the well-wishers -- a fitting end to a day he wont soon forget. Davis responded to his selection earlier in the day as a Western Conference All-Star with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Pelicans overcame a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves 98-91 on Friday night. 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His comments came in the wake of Sri Lankas limited-overs capitulation to Australia Women at home; they lost the ODIs 4-0, and the one-off T20 by 10-wickets in what was a record win for the visitors.How can you compete with countries like Australia, England and New Zealand when you play so little cricket? Where is the exposure and the experience? de Silva said.One of the main reasons for Sri Lankas ODI losses to Australia was their batsmens inability to bat long periods or build an innings. They batted out the full quota of 50 overs only once in the four matches. Sri Lankas hasty approach cost them, de Silva said.The difference between Australia and us was that we were quite content hitting boundaries rather than running the singles, de Silva, a former wicketkeeper/batsman who played three Tests and 11 ODIs in the late 1990s, said. If you run the singles and twos only can you build an innings and occupy the crease, thats what Australia did. They would score a fifty but it would comprise only two or three fours, whereas our women would make a quick 30 with six fours and get out.It all came down to Sri Lankas relative inexperience, he reiterated.dddddddddddd This happens due to our women cricketers inexperience and that can be countered by playing more matches. There are eight teams in the domestic tournament and they play in two groups. If you are lucky to reach the final, you will get a maximum of five matches. If not, only three for the entire season.There are moves to make the domestic tournament matches two-day affairs, the sooner it is done the better for our cricket. Our women cricketers have the skill and the talent, what they lack is match experience.Another obstacle for the womens team, de Silva said, was the age at which the players take to the game, but he was hopeful of that changing with the current efforts being made in schools in a drive led by the wife of former Sri Lanka Test captain Hashan Tillakaratne.On an average they start by the age of 18 and by the time they mature, they are almost 30, he said. It is not an age to start teaching the basics of cricket.[But] there are moves to get schools to start playing [womens] cricket and, at the moment, there are about 30 schools playing fifty-over cricket in a competition. Mrs Apsari Tillakaratne is spearheading the drive. ' ' '