When Arkansas State players, staff, and fans look back on 2016 it will be remembered as the year of 2 halves. Well, not quite 2 halves, actually the first four games and then the last nine games. After a turbulent 0-4 start, including a loss to an in-state FCS foe, the Red Wolves used a physical defense and an opportunistic special teams unit to win eight out of the last nine enroute to a Sun Belt title and a Cure Bowl championship.
THE HIGHS
- When the fans and probably the players started to believe that all was not lost in 2016 began on an October Wednesday night in Jonesboro.