Mornin Mates...
Today's Topic = Tortuous Fun
It was a happy ending after an ugly game in which the Devils had two players ejected for targeting, some uncalled for personal fouls, two turnovers, a blocked FG attempt, many dropped passes and missed tackles, and an officiating crew that must have been from the PAC, if you ask many Sun Devil fans...
But, in the end, the Devils made enough plays on offense and defense to win the game with only seconds left on the 4th quarter game clock...
In short, it was quite the adventure before a family weekend crowd that made a lot of noise throughout the game despite the oppressive heat...
And, best of all, they got to go home fairly early and with a lot of smiles on their collective faces that will bring many back to other ASU games in the future...
The night got even better when the Texas Tech Red Raiders knocked off the Cats in Tucson 28-22...
So, at this point in the Big-12, there do not appear to be any dominant teams, although it will be interesting to see how Utah does coming off a BYE week before facing our Sun Devils next Saturday in SDS...
Cam Rising should be returning to their line-up on Friday night against us, I would presume, and that cannot be welcome news to the Sun Devil faithful...
Unbeaten BYU will also be coming off a BYE and will be hosting the Cats in Provo next weekend...
And, the Buffs, led by Prime Time, will also be coming off a BYE as they entertain K-State in a home game, (although K-State will also be coming off a BYE week)...
There will be another sell-out home crowd on hand for that game in Boulder as the Prime Time effect on game attendance just keeps on rolling...
It seems everywhere he goes, people want to see him and the Buffs play against their home team and that will be true when the Buffs play AU on Oct the 19th in Tucson...
He does commercials with former Alabama coach Nick Saban and does KFC commercials with his sons, along with other deals that make him plenty of money as a celebrity coach...
I don't think Dilly will be doing any commercials with Nick Saban or KFC but he seems to be winning over the hearts and minds of Sun Devil fans that is much more important and satisfying for most of us here in Sun Devil land...
So, the Big-12 is wide open, at this point, with BYU and Iowa St the only two unbeaten teams in the conference, so far, but Texas Tech, Colorado, and W Virginia also don't have any conference losses...
We now appear to have a pretty decent chance of winning enough games to go bowling this year, that would be a nice accomplishment, but I wonder where we might end up in the conference standings, if we weren't shooting ourselves in the foot on a regular basis during games...
But, would it be as much tortuous fun, if we weren't playing stupid and mistake prone football during out games..??
What say you..??
Hopefully, we will have a sell-out crowd for our game against the Utes next Friday night in SDS...(note: game is on Friday night at 7:30, our time, on ESPN)
Who knows, maybe if we play a smart and error free game, we might have a chance to win against a good, solid Utes team that will most probably have their star QB returning...
The Utes usually are not in the habit of beating themselves under coach Kyle Whittingham...
Since the game is on Friday night, it's a short week for us and the Utes will be coming off a BYE week, that should be a big advantage for them, one would think...
Utah is favored by about 5.5 points in early betting...
Not a good set-up for us but it is far better coming off a gritty win than the alternative, right..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
Today's Topic = Tortuous Fun
It was a happy ending after an ugly game in which the Devils had two players ejected for targeting, some uncalled for personal fouls, two turnovers, a blocked FG attempt, many dropped passes and missed tackles, and an officiating crew that must have been from the PAC, if you ask many Sun Devil fans...
But, in the end, the Devils made enough plays on offense and defense to win the game with only seconds left on the 4th quarter game clock...
In short, it was quite the adventure before a family weekend crowd that made a lot of noise throughout the game despite the oppressive heat...
And, best of all, they got to go home fairly early and with a lot of smiles on their collective faces that will bring many back to other ASU games in the future...
The night got even better when the Texas Tech Red Raiders knocked off the Cats in Tucson 28-22...
So, at this point in the Big-12, there do not appear to be any dominant teams, although it will be interesting to see how Utah does coming off a BYE week before facing our Sun Devils next Saturday in SDS...
Cam Rising should be returning to their line-up on Friday night against us, I would presume, and that cannot be welcome news to the Sun Devil faithful...
Unbeaten BYU will also be coming off a BYE and will be hosting the Cats in Provo next weekend...
And, the Buffs, led by Prime Time, will also be coming off a BYE as they entertain K-State in a home game, (although K-State will also be coming off a BYE week)...
There will be another sell-out home crowd on hand for that game in Boulder as the Prime Time effect on game attendance just keeps on rolling...
It seems everywhere he goes, people want to see him and the Buffs play against their home team and that will be true when the Buffs play AU on Oct the 19th in Tucson...
He does commercials with former Alabama coach Nick Saban and does KFC commercials with his sons, along with other deals that make him plenty of money as a celebrity coach...
I don't think Dilly will be doing any commercials with Nick Saban or KFC but he seems to be winning over the hearts and minds of Sun Devil fans that is much more important and satisfying for most of us here in Sun Devil land...
So, the Big-12 is wide open, at this point, with BYU and Iowa St the only two unbeaten teams in the conference, so far, but Texas Tech, Colorado, and W Virginia also don't have any conference losses...
We now appear to have a pretty decent chance of winning enough games to go bowling this year, that would be a nice accomplishment, but I wonder where we might end up in the conference standings, if we weren't shooting ourselves in the foot on a regular basis during games...
But, would it be as much tortuous fun, if we weren't playing stupid and mistake prone football during out games..??
What say you..??
Hopefully, we will have a sell-out crowd for our game against the Utes next Friday night in SDS...(note: game is on Friday night at 7:30, our time, on ESPN)
Who knows, maybe if we play a smart and error free game, we might have a chance to win against a good, solid Utes team that will most probably have their star QB returning...
The Utes usually are not in the habit of beating themselves under coach Kyle Whittingham...
Since the game is on Friday night, it's a short week for us and the Utes will be coming off a BYE week, that should be a big advantage for them, one would think...
Utah is favored by about 5.5 points in early betting...
Not a good set-up for us but it is far better coming off a gritty win than the alternative, right..??
G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!
