The 2010 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 10th season of

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play for the

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. The season began September 2, 2010 and concluded January 6, 2011 as part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The

consists of 9 football members:

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, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe,

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, and

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Previous season

(9-4) was the Sun Belt champions and lost to

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in the

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44-41 in overtime. Although Troy was the conference champion, the team decided to accept an invitation to play in the GMAC Bowl, giving another Sun Belt team the privilege of playing in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. That team was

(10-3), who became the Sun Belt's first ever 10 win team since the league began playing FBS football in 2001. The 10-3 record earned Middle Tennessee a trip to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl where they faced

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and won 42-32. One other Sun Belt team, Louisiana-Monroe, was bowl eligible with record of 6-6 but was not invited to a bowl game.

Preseason

Sun Belt Coaches Poll

The 2010 Sun Belt coaches preseason poll was announced during a two-day media web-based event on July 19 and 20. Middle Tennessee was selected as the favorite to win the conference. First Place Votes in Parentheses #

– 75 (5) #

– 73 (3) #

– 53 # Louisiana-Lafayette – 49 (1) # Florida Atlantic - 45 # Florida International – 42 # Louisiana-Monroe – 32 #

– 27 #

- 9

Pre-Season All-Sun Belt Team

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team
SunBeltSports.org Offense *Dwight Dasher (MT, Sr., QB) *Alfred Morris (FAU, Jr., RB) *

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(NT, Jr., RB) *

T. Y. Hilton Eugene Marquis "T. Y." Hilton (born November 14, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the FIU Panthers and was selected by the Indi ...

(FIU, Jr., WR) *

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(Troy, Sr., WR) *

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(ULL, Jr., TE) *Derek Newton (ASU, Sr., OL) *Brad Serirni (FIU, Sr., OL) *Mark Fisher (MT, Sr., OL) *Esteban Santiago (NT, Sr., OL) *Tyler Clark (Troy, Sr., OL) Defense *Bryan Hall (ASU, Sr., DL) *Troy Evans (ULM, Jr., DL) *

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(MT, Sr., DL) *Brandon Akpunku (NT, Jr., DL) *Demario Davis (ASU, Jr., LB) *Grant Fleming (ULL, Sr., LB) *Craig Robertson (NT, Sr., LB) *Tavious Polo (FAU, Sr., DB) *

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(FIU, Sr., DB) *Jeremy Kellem (MT, Sr., DB) *Bryan Willis (Troy, So., DB) Special teams *

Alan Gendreau Alan Scott Gendreau (born May 27, 1989) is an American former college football player for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. The placekicker was openly gay to his teammates. He ended his college career as the leading scorer in Sun Belt Conferenc ...

(MT, Jr., Place Kicker) *Spencer Ortego (ULL, Sr., Punter) *T. Y. Hilton (FIU, Jr., Return Specialist) Offensive Player of the Year *Dwight Dasher (MT, Sr., QB) Defensive Player of the Year *Bryan Hall (ASU, Sr., DL)

Postseason

All three bowl-eligible Sun Belt teams were invited to participate in bowl games. These teams compiled a 2-1 record in postseason play.

Players of the Year

2010 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards

All-Sun Belt Team

Coaches All-Conference Selections

References

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