Harry's incredible effort/hustle/speed to catch the defender who had intercepted DSC in the end zone and catch him 85 yards away at the 15.

Lindsey's play calling. With Richard (our leading rusher who has almost twice as many carries as anyone else) and our leading receiver White who has nearly twice as many receptions as anyone else) and starting OL Jones/McCollum/McCray(hurt on 1st play of the game) out...........incredibly diverse and effective play calling. (478 total yds)

Nick Ralston--If only he had Ballage's talent. He is really a fullback that understands the game and blocking, being patient, picking holes, when to go and when to wait. And he delivers the blow. (On one play he caught it without forward motion and 2 defenders with a head of steam both bounded off him and he moved 1-2 yards further forward.

Kyle Williams--he may be small, but he can play. He is going to pay the price that so many others have for being bounced back and forth between offense and defense but my guess is that he ends up at safety in the Spring

Smallwood--had by far his best game of the season. His sack was from an assignment error where he was left totally untouched on a 3 step drop and direct shot from his spot at DE to the QB....but he also had 2 TFLs and 5 total tackles

Crump may had the first good pass defense that i have ever seen him play (albeit on only 1 play) but perhaps he can be more than a rush specialist. He had 10 total tackles, 5 solos, 1 sack and 1.5 TFLs

Stephen Miller/Cohl Cabral/Zach Robertson got desperately needed reps although many did not go so well

Apologies for background noise. Oregon's postgame media setup is horrific...

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Starting this up this morning. TheOriginalSunDevil4Life usually starts this thread but I wanted get this started because I was watching the Michigan vs.Michigan St. game and the Spartans are looking tough. I would just love to see the Wolverines go down today and put a huge dent in their playoff hopes.

7-7 after 1stQ. Spartans driving.

Folks, welcome to the game thread. Be sure to include your questions, comments and factoids here.

Among those out for ASU today are:
QB Manny Wilkins
LB Salamo Fiso
FS Armand Perry
CB Kareem Orr

Say what you want about inexperience, and the ducks bad defense.

Dillon Sterling-Cole looks good.

Not just good for a true freshman making his first start ever and on the road at Autzen... but GOOD.

The first quarter hasn't ended yet. Hopefully I don't regret posting this in the 4th quarter. lol

Chip Lindsay's play calling is on point as well.

Justin Toscano's game recap from Eugene plus quotes

6'6" 215 True frosh Duck from Eugene Sheldon HS

3 star recruit with offers from NAU/Montana State/Portland State/Oregon

has played in 4 FBS games in his career
3-5 70 yds, 0 INTs, 1 TD vs Wazzu
21-34 179 yds 1 INT, 2 TDs 6 carries/6 yds vs Udub
22-40 258 yds, 1 INT, 6 TDs, 9 carries/56 yds vs Cal
31-42 489 yds, 0 INTs, 4 TDs, 11 carries/23 yds vs ASU

I saw a bit of his game against Udub in a complete blowout and didn't think much about him.

I saw most of the Cal game and although Cal has a terrible D, he looked VERY good for a true frosh

Today was a perfect storm for stat building (playing against the worst pass D in FBS for multiple years and getting them while they are missing their 2 best LBs and 2 best DBs)

BUT....he was 20-24 for 320 with 3 TDs in the 1st half!!!

He faced a blitz approximately 23 times (including stacked LOS on 3 plays near the end zone). According to Helfrich that is more than twice as much as he will face against any other opponent

He not only never looked frazzled or confused, he showed the poise of a seasoned vet with a very good arm, very good touch and good athletic ability.

Above all he appears to have "it"

Again, he has played against terrible to pathetic defenses in 2 of his 3 extended action games, but it will be interesting to see how he progresses. He seems to have completely silenced the critics stating that Oregon hasn't been able to develop a QB since Mariota.

I am very excited about the future with the below players. We have so many injuries right now and a lot of youth but our future is bright.

QB-Wilkins, White, Perkins, Dillon Sterling-Cole
RB-Demario, Ballage, Ralston
Line-All except Goodman. Add Cohl Cabral
WR-Harvey, Harry, Cam, Kyle Williams, Newsome, Chatman, Humphrey
TE-Jay Jay, Epps, and Hudson

This is Pretty much the same offense with just more experience and some new solid WR's

Defense
Line- Smallwood, Wren, Krump, Lea, Hill, Bates, and Wicker
LB-Sam, Calhoun, Lewis, Lawal, Latu, Khalon-Need some recruits here
CB-Orr, Robinson, Ball, Chandler, Rhodes, Lucas, and Perry

Strong line, average LB unless we get a stud MLB, and better secondary with more experience. Still need a lock down on the field side. Not sure who our Free Safety will be. Need Demarious #2.

Kicker-Very Worried.
Punter-Bring on Sleepy! I love the Australian style punters

Thoughts?

Recruiting analyst Eric Bossi discusses ASU basketball prospect Kimani Lawrence who will announce tomorrow

If graham does not win at least 10 games next year it is time to let him go. He has had ample time. It is not acceptable that utah and Colorado and Washington state have passed us up. The excuse that we are playing a 4th string quarterback doesn't work. We scored 35 points. Our defense gave up almost 800 yds of offense. The head coach is to blame ultimately.

Thanks to Bruce

Gallery

My thoughts from Eugene and a slight correction to what I said, ASU lost 4 of their 5 games in October

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if we can somehow make it to seven and five and win our bowl game all will be well. Get to that bowl game hold off the rabid fan base, because all of these young guys getting experience is going to pay dividends in the long run. Winnable game today. Defense had to play better though. Thank the lord for the bye week.

Todd Graham said this morning on 98.7 FM and I confirmed that this is no smoke screen, since Wilkins' shoulder hasn't fully healed.

DSC slated to get his first ever start.

Here in Eugene Wilkins and Fiso are not warming up with the team.

FWIW Perry is warming up but will a game time decision.

Somewhat surprised to see AJ McCollum here warming with the team. We'll see if he plays.

Megan Plain and I take a look at Saturday's matchup and the significance of a possible sixth win on the season

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Committed to the Utes tonight. Supposedly will still take his trips.

New highlights of 2017 ASU commit PG Remy Martin:

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Joe Healey details ASU’s upcoming matchup

Oregon Preview

In case you want to set your DVR's for this one:

It has a double premiere this week – one airing directly after the Thursday Night Football game and one at the normal time on Friday at 6pm PT on NFL Network.

NFL Films (@NFLFilms) will be promoting the show heavily on Twitter and Instagram this week with the hashtag #AFootballLife.

Here's the latest episode of "Palm Talk:"

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Player spotlights this week:

Fabian Ardaya - Demario Richard

Matthew Tonis - Kalen Ballage

Noah Friedman - Tashon Smallwood

ASU looking to break a nine-game winless streak against Oregon. How does that streak compare to other Pac-12 foes? Here's Joe Healey's research.