Arkansas State defensive end Ja’Von Rolland-Jones (right) has a team-leading nine sacks this season for the Red Wolves, who will be trying to win the ...
NEW ORLEANS -- It first was brought up three weeks ago by Arkansas State Coach Blake Anderson, without solicitation from the media.
A few days before the Red Wolves' regular-season finale, Anderson revealed the driving force for his team over the season's final month was a lack of respect from the outside.
Anderson's team had won seven games in a row at the time -- six by 13 points or more -- and was less than a week away from breaking the Sun Belt Conference's single-season scoring record it had set the previous year.