Nearly a month away from the field wasn't enough for ASU to pull out a victory in the Cactus Bowl, falling to West Virginia 12 miles away from Sun Devil Stadium.
Well, that seemed a fitting finish to Todd Graham's most-frustrating year in Tempe. A 43-42 defeat to West Virginia in the Cactus Bowl looked eerily similar to many of the losses Graham's Sun Devils have suffered in a season that opened with playoff expectations and finished under .500.
Ending the 2015 season at 6-7, ASU will limp into the offseason hoping its on-field struggles don't impact the final months of the 2016 recruiting cycle.