There's no way around it: Arkansas State University's 34-30 loss to South Alabama on Friday was a gut-wrenching way to close out a regular season.
What was expected to be an eighth victory for the Red Wolves instead turned into one of the worst losses of Coach Blake Anderson's tenure at ASU.
South Alabama, which had entered winless in Sun Belt play, had statistically the worst offense in the league and was a double-digit underdog at home. But you wouldn't have been able to tell the way quarterback Desmond Trotter and wide receiver Jalen Tolbert kept connecting on touchdown passes, their fourth of the night serving as the game-winner with 1:18 remaining.