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ASU defensive coordinator: Beating UA hinges on linebackers stopping run

It's too simplistic to say because Arizona football is on a school record 11-game losing streak and an 11-point underdog going into the Territorial Cup that Arizona State is a lock for a fourth straight rivalry win.

ASU hasn't won four straight in the series since 1975-78 and after its most recent three-game win streak from 2005-07 lost badly to UA in 2008 (31-10).

Few know the rivalry on both sides as well as ASU co-defensive coordinator Antonio Pierce, who was a linebacker at Arizona in 1999 and 2000. The Sun Devils won both of those Territorial Cup games by a combined 72-44.