Arkansas State's head football coach had just watched the Red Wolves' defense shine and the offense sputter one more time this season, survived having a bucket of water dumped over his head and listened as his players bumped music that burst through the concrete walls of their Camping World Stadium locker room.
It was about 11 p.m. Eastern time when ASU's coach sat at a table sopping wet, talking to reporters about his team's 31-13 victory over Central Florida in the Cure Bowl, one that gave Anderson his first bowl victory and capped an up-and-down season that he could only describe as "exhausting.