Zack Kuntz and R'Tarriun Johnson exchanged a knowing glance before the question was even finished, as if to wonder what took so long. What effect, the Old Dominion football players were asked, does being picked to finish dead last in the Sun Belt's East Division even have? Kuntz, a junior tight end, spoke first. "With the transfer portal and how things are different, it honestly makes an analyst's job harder and harder, because it's hard to see how if a kid were to transfer from one place to another, how their impact's going to be," he said. "If anything, it puts a larger chip on our shoulder, and we'll take that going into the season."In the end, it was a classic answer to a tired but obligatory preseason question. The Monarchs this week were indeed picked to finish seventh in the new seven-team division despite last season's appearance in the Myrtle Beach Bowl. Appalachian State, a Sun Belt powerhouse, was picked to win the division, which Monarchs coach Ricky Rahne called "the toughest Group of Five division in college football." Even James Madison, which is making the jump from FCS to FBS this season, was picked a spot ahead of ODU. - The Virginian Pilot