ESPN gives ASU some credit...

Arkansas State is ranked number seven on ESPN's Independents/Others power rankings.

"Quietly the Red Wolves are gaining momentum and looking more and more like a team that could challenge for the Sun Belt. Scoring 83 points on any team is pretty impressive," ESPN said.

Number one on the list is East Carolina who is now ranked 17th in the nation because of their wins over Virginia Tech and West Virginia. ECU was described as "With two ranked wins under their belt, the schedule gets a little easier with Tulane and NC State in the next two weeks. It will be interesting if ECU can keep up the same level of enthusiasm."

For Arkansas State, the next true test will be this weekend against Southern Miss of Conference USA. But I think that if ASU played as well as they did against Texas A&M then they will have no problem against Southern Miss.

On defense, the Red Wolves are going to have to rely on linebacker Ben Owens who has a interception and a forced fumbled in the first game. He is a beast and is definitely scary to any opposing offense. Look for a feature on Mr. Owens in Monday's issue of the Herald.

Offensively there is no doubt that Corey and Reggie will have to lead this team which means they will have to play flawlessly. We cannot expect the same kind of offensive explosion that we saw in Saturday's game against Texas Southern but I have no doubt that will be able to carry the Red Wolves to victory. Also look to Derek Lawson to complete the one-two punch as the back up running back. He had nearly 230 yards against Texas Southern.

I think as long as we prepare like we did for A&M, Southern Miss will not stand a chance against the Red Wolves. So come on ASU, don't go home this weekend, go to a football game. Its going to be awesome.
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