Its Superbowl time, and the elite teams with the elite players are getting ready to square off on Sunday in Miami. Everyone assumes the big-name players like Peyton Manning, Rex Grossman, Brian Urlacher and Marvin Harrison will need to have big games on Sunday, but true football fans know that it's the unhealed players that decide Superbowls (IE Larry Brown).
So the question leading up to the game is, "Who is going to step up their game on the biggest stage." The answer very well could be one of the three former Sun Belt players in the game.
The Chicago Bears are the employer of all three and have two of the players in the starting line-up. Chris Harris from Louisiana Monroe is starting at safety, and Charles Tillman is a pro-bowl-caliber cornerback from Louisiana Lafayette. Finally, south Florida is represented with special teams player Nick Turnball from Florida International University.
This is a trend that is only going to continue with star players like tackle Nello Faulk and saftey Troy Pindell from FAU joining other Sun Belt standouts in this this year's NFL draft. So when you watch the game on Sunday and you're not a fan of either team, root for the Bears and their three Sun Belt alums, because soon you will be an alum of a Sun Belt school too...hopefully.
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