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New Arkansas State football coach Gus Malzahn and returning senior quarterback Ryan Aplin made the media rounds in Little Rock on Tuesday, ostensibly to promote Saturday's Red-Black Game in Jonesboro but to also talk about the overall program now that it's under Malzahn's direction. Accompanying them was a videographer, Nathan Brooks. ASU is taking fans inside the Malzahn program through a YouTube-based video series entitled "Red Wolves Revival." read more >

Hugh Freeze says he didn't text, but he knows the area of the country where it came from and probably who sent it. The text message report that surfaced in a rather humorous story Saturday in the Memphis Commercial Appeal about coaches texting what they thought was still Archie Manning's former cell phone including one that supposedly came from Freeze, but he said Saturday after ASU's 45-14 romp over Troy that it wasn't from him. He also didn't say that Ole Miss wouldn't be his next destination either. read more >

While the Red Wolves' offense took a while to get rolling, the opportunistic defense took control of the game with a 60-yard fumble return for a score by Darryl Feemster and a blocked punt recovery by Don Jones to stake ASU to a 17-0 lead. Troy never was closer than 10 points the rest of the way, as the ASU offense found a good mix of Ryan Aplin's scrambles and his pin-point accuracy on sideline routes to gain 283 yards in the second half while the defense clamped down on Troy, allowing just 98 total yards in the second half. Aplin connected on 25 of 37 passes for 356 yards and three touchdowns. Senior receiver Dwayne Frampton had 10 catches for 153 yards and a score, breaking the ASU record for career receptions. Besides a 30-yard scoring strike to Frampton, Aplin passed for a 10-yard touchdown to Taylor Stockemer and a 9-yard shovel pass to Rod Hall. read more >

An opportunistic Arkansas State defense staked the Red Wolves to a 17-0 lead, and junior quarterback Ryan Aplin and the ASU offense then put the game in cruise control with Aplin's running and passing in a 45-14 win over Troy on Saturday at ASU Stadium. read more >

First-year head coach Hugh Freeze and his Arkansas State Red Wolves used a 21st century offensive look to play a throwback style of football and whip preseason Sun Belt Conference favorite Florida International on Tuesday night. For a half, it not only wasn't pretty, it was downright ugly. But then the Red Wolves took away FIU's run completely while running it down the Golden Panthers throats — with the quarterback. read more >