UCLA Playing Well But Trailing Arizona State 17-14 at Half

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty ImagesUCLA came on the road needing a win, and so far they have played well against a surging Arizona State.

1st Half

UCLA won the coin toss and elected to defer, so we got to watch the UCLA defense attempt to stop the Arizona State offense, and boy was it something. The Sun Devils were able to gash the Bruin defense on the ground, and threw in a few outside screens that UCLA had trouble defending. Inside the red zone, however, the Sun Devil offense stalled, with a false start penalty putting the Sun Devils behind the chains, and leading to an ASU field goal.

Wilton Speight is the starting QB today, and his first drive at the wheel got off to a good start,…