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SUN DEVILS ADVOCATE!
With the podcast being moved to this Monday I decided to talk about the
college team that’s near and dear to my heart through this forum. Solast Saturday the ASU Sun Devils beat the USC Trojans 62-41 at Sun
Devils Stadium. With that win ASU is now 3-1(1-1 in the Pac-12Conference) for the season while also jumping back into the top 25 being
ranked at #22, and that game also lead
to the firing of USC coach Lane Kiffin. I want to talk about two thingsthat I took from this game before I get into today’s matchup. First up
is the offensive display that ASU showed. The Sun Devils put up 62points on the Trojans while also compiling 612 yards of total offense.
This offense is clicking with junior quarterback Taylor Kelly being thetrigger man, make no mistake about it, this is an elite offense that can
put up points with just about any team in college football. Now thesecond thing I want to talk about is the awful defensive showing. USC
scored 41 points on the Sun Devils while also compiling 542 yards oftotal offense, that’s just bad. Since shutting out CSUS in the opening
game the Sun Devils defense has allowed 30, 42, and 41 points in thethree games after, that’s not good, if the Sun Devils want to contend
for the Pac-12 South with UCLA they need to have a better showing ondefense. The offense is clicking right now all the defense needs to be
is at least average and I think the Sun Devils should be good. Now withthat said, on to today’s game! No. 22 ASU is playing the Notre Dame
Fighting Irish (3-2) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. Notre Dame is
coming off a loss, 35-21 to be exact against Oklahoma last week which
dropped them out of the top 25. Notre Dame starting quarterback TommyRees has come back down to earth it seems these last two games, since
throwing for more than 300 yards in the first three games, the seniorhas only thrown 246 yards combined the last two games while only
completing 39 percent of his throws. I see Notre Dame relying heavily onthe running game in this game, not cause of Tommy Rees’s struggles, but
because the ASU defense can’t stop the run. The ASU defense has allowed718 yards on the ground over the last three weeks which is sixth most
in the country. Now the Notre Dame defense hasn’t been the same sincelast season’s BCS title run. Notre Dame is among the worst in the nation
with allowing 110 first downs while only having four sacks in theseason. I see Tommy Rees continuing to struggle as Taylor Kelly carves
up the Notre Dame defense, I usually don’t give scores cause I justdon’t like to (sorry Nick) but I predict an ASU win. GO ASU!





 

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