A winless nonconference season with a loss to an NCAA FCS opponent might spell disaster tonight for Georgia Southern against Arkansas State University, if it hadn’t happened exactly the opposite when the two teams met last year in a nationally televised Wednesday night game.
At the time, ASU was 0-4 and had just lost to FCS-member Central Arkansas, and Georgia Southern was 3-1 with two victories in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Eagles had just lost to eventual-Group of 5 representative Western Michigan and was prepared to make a run for its second Sun Belt title since it became a full-time member in 2014.