The monumental Arkansas State football season of 2006 had everything. And then, it had nothing.
TRUE CONFESSION: By January of 2006, my fandom with Arkansas State was on life support. The Indians (we were the Indians then) had recently earned a share of the Sun Belt in 2005 and received an invitation to its first bowl of the modern era. That would be the New Orleans Bowl, which in 2005 wasn't even played in New Orleans, thanks to Hurricane Katrina. Instead, it was played in Lafayette, where the Southern Miss Golden Eagles unceremoniously defeated an overmatched Steve Roberts' led team 31-19.