Southern Miss 27, ASU 24 FINAL

Such a disappointing loss for the Red Wolves tonight. It ended with an interception thrown by Leonard but it shouldn't have even come down to a last minute drive. Coach Roberts said in the press conference that there were 10 or 12 plays that had they been made we could have easily won that game. But what seems to be a reoccurring theme at ASU it just wasn't it the cards for the Red Wolves tonight.

Reggie Arnold had 84 yards on 15 carries and Leonard finished 69 yards on 12 carries. Leonard was 17-34, 256 yards and two touchdowns and an interception. Tight end Trevor Gillot was the leading receiver with 79 yards on five catches. M.D. Jennings had 13 total tackles and Ben Owens finished with eight total tackles. Remember to pick up this Thursday's issue of the Herald for the feature story of Ben Owens written by Austin.

"We are just going to have to take this game as it is and move on to next week," Coach Steve Roberts said. "Tomorrow we will start preparing for Middle Tennessee."

Southern Miss running back Fletcher had 87 yards on 23 carries. Quarterback Austin Davis was 18-31, 219 yards and two touchdowns. Southern Miss was probably the hardest team that ASU has faced all year. Not to take anything away from the win over Texas A&M but a win over Southern Miss and to be 3-0 would have made a huge statement to the state of Arkansas and college football alike. However, the Red Wolves fell just short. Typical.

For five years now me and several of the Red Wolf (or Indian) faithful have been on these roller coaster seasons. Its time for a change. This season, however, does seem different and I can only hope that this kind of season can continue. Next week is definitely going to be a challenge with conference foe Middle Tennessee.

MTSU, for four years now, has been kicking our butt all over the field. I still remember in 2005 when they destroyed ASU by racking up 49 points at Middle Tennessee. So if I remember that then I know the players and coaches do too. Middle Tennessee just barely loss to Kentucky. Kentucky is a mediocre team in the SEC but they are still a big school that has been doing well in football these last few years. I think we are going to have our hands full with Middle next week.