Down 11 in the third, Stanford had an opportunity to flip the script. The Cardinal, fresh off a fourth-down red zone stop, had a chance to alter the narrative established in the first half by ASU.
With two of its most experienced defensive players in the locker room with injuries, the Sun Devil defense executed one of the smartest and most off-script plays you will see all year.
Jack Jones — who did not start for the second straight home game — jumped an in-breaking route perfectly, arriving at the ball simultaneously with Stanford receiver John Humphreys.