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The Sun Devils took the field Saturday with their new head coach who is hoping to bring them their first football playoff birth & national title.
We expect the offense to be electric and hopefully the defense can make some stops when we need the better we play on that side of the ball will tell us just how far we can go this year.
If game 1 was any tell on how good the defense is we might be in for a treat but it didnt look that way early.
As expected this one was a shootout early both teams combining for 6 touchdowns on as many drives. The deacons had two rushing TDs of over 35 yards while Arizona State had long drives going 6-7 on 3rd down in the first half alone. The only miss on 3rd down lead to a half ending FG from the Sun Devils giving them their first lead of the game 24-21 heading into the locker room.
The offense had less success to start the second half when ASU was forced to punt & a couple plays later on 3&5 Wake QB Hartman threw what was only his second incompletion this game but this one wasnt exactly incomplete.. it was picked off by lurking ASU safety Markham & returned 54 yards all the way to the house! A huge turning point in game giving the Sun Devils a 31-21 lead with 3:54 to go in the 3rd. Wake forest was able to answer right back with a quick drive & 9 yd TD run to cap it off. The Arizona State offense was not cooling off either a 53 yd TD pass from Daniels regain the breathing room for ASU & on the very first play of the next possession Wake Forest threw their second pick of the day. The Sun devils couldnt punish the deacons too much settling for just 3 but that put them up 41-38 with 7:35 to go in the game.
After crossing the 50 & giving up a sack on 3rd down Wake Forest went for it on 4th&12 under 6min to go and the D came up with another key stop to turn them over on downs. We were able to drive down the field and toss a 26 yd pass with just 3min remaining slamming the door shut on Wake Forest going up 48-28. The deacons fought till the end scoring with 1min left but too little too late Arizona State takes down #17 Wake Forest 48-35.
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The defense ended up being huge in this one with 2 INTs & one of them going to the house for 6. If they continue to play like this and the offense doesnt get in their own way this could be special season for the Sun Devils.
With a win over the #17 team in the nation and being just outside the top 25 coming into this week Id but surprised if ASU didnt receive their first national ranking this season.
Arizona State will have a bye next week but will have their conference opener vs Ole Miss the following week.
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