Entering the game, Arizona State didn't think that it could generate much of a pass rush against Washington State.
Then, the No. 24 Sun Devils quickly discovered Saturday that they couldn't successfully pass block against the Cougars.
Such line of scrimmage liabilities almost always result in a loss at any level of football. Yet somehow when the temperature dipped below 90 in the late afternoon at Sun Devil Stadium, ASU was celebrating a 38-34 victory for a 5-1 first half of its season.