Apples to Oranges. UNT won plenty of Conference Championships pre-FBS. Their stadium was old and had a track around it.
Then there’s this:
“ Fouts Field was in notoriously poor condition for FBS football in its final years; most notably, one of the power outlets in the press box would cause the entire venue to lose power if used.”
And
“Despite the addition of artificial turf in 2005, the electric wiring throughout the venue was often faulty, mold easily grew in the weight room and press boxes, and old plumbing pipes that ran under the playing field often created a horrible stench on the North Texas sideline during hot August and September games.”
Can you find similar instances that ever described the Sun Bowl that way?