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ASU Football: Comparing Edwards, Kelly as first-year coaches

Nearly one year ago to the date, the state of the football programs at Arizona State and UCLA were nearly identical. Both the Sun Devils’ and Bruins’ records were hovering at or below .500 in the midst of underwhelming seasons.

Coaches Todd Graham and Jim Mora were fired from their respective schools, replaced by Herm Edwards at ASU and Chip Kelly in Westwood.

With Saturday marking a full calendar year since the teams last played, a 44-37 win for UCLA in Pasadena, we examine the progress made by the two first-year head coaches.