Offseason Vibe Checks 2025: The Sun Belt

From Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner

Split Zone Duo’s “Offseason Vibe Check” series rolls on with the Sun Belt. It's not a 2024 recap, and it's not a 2025 preview. It's a check-in with every team in every FBS conference about what's been happening since Thanksgiving. How was the postseason? How was the coach carousel? How was signing day? How was the transfer portal window? And is anything else going on around your program? In this week’s Sun Belt episode, Alex Kirshner and Richard Johnson discuss:

* Louisiana’s sour ending after being the most low-key playoff contender until the final days of the season

* Marshall’s tumultuous end of the season and coaching change

* App State’s Dowell Loggains era starts with winning hearts and minds

* Coastal Carolina cleans house … except for the head coach

* Butch Jones and Arkansas State are in it for the long haul

* Charles Huff finds his life raft at a downtrodden Southern Miss

* Texas State hangs onto GJ Kinne after it didn’t look likely

* Georgia Southern gives Clay Helton a contract extension that isn’t outrageous but doesn’t make a lot of sense

* James Madison tries a bespoke approach in the portal, and it should lead to the Dukes being favorites in the league

* Georgia State’s recruiting blitz under Dell McGee picks up

* A snippet from friend of the program Justin Ferguson of the Auburn Observer, talking about the situations at Troy and South Alabama

Offseason Vibe Checks so far