ASU puts on rush to rout Texas State

ARKANSAS STATE 30, TEXAS STATE 12

JONESBORO -- Arkansas State University (6-3, 5-1 Sun Belt Conference) became eligible for its seventh consecutive bowl game Saturday afternoon in its 30-12 victory over Texas State (2-9, 1-6) as a 23-mph west wind blew away punts, passes and gameplans.

"I've never been in a game where it was that violent of a wind for four quarters," ASU Coach Blake Anderson said. "I thought we did the things we had to do to win that kind of game."

Those things included using the nation's 12th-ranked pass offense (320.3 yards per game) to run the ball 61 times for 164 yards and outgain Texas State in time of possession by 23 minutes at Centennial Bank Stadium.

It was the…