Last week, Arizona State’s (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) trip out near Hollywood resulted in a potential-reaching performance. With the top spot in the Pac-12 South at stake, the better team revealed itself in the second half, as the Sun Devils shut out UCLA (3-2, 1-1) in that frame for a 42-23 statement victory.
This week, the Sun Devils play host to the Stanford Cardinal (3-2, 2-1), a team which has earned the right to be given the Sun Devils’ full attention.
The Conference Boogeymen
It may no longer be a Stanford program fronted by Andrew Luck, Christian McCaffrey and Jim Harbaugh, but the Cardinal are as dangerous to the aspirations of their opponents as ever.