GAME PREVIEW: ARIZONA STATE
BY ANDREW OWENS
O
n one play, Arizona State's season
swiftly shifted in its favor and left
open the possibility of a confer-
ence championship and major
bowl game.
At the Los Angeles Coliseum on Oct. 4,
backup redshirt junior quarterback Mike
Bercovici heaved a last-gasp Hail Mary
that redshirt junior wide receiver Jaelen
Strong somehow caught in the end zone
as time expired to hand the Sun Devils a
miraculous 38-34 win at USC.
Without that score, Arizona State
would have fallen to 1-2 in the ultra-
competitive Pac-12 South after entering
the 2014 campaign with high expecta-
tions.
"That absolutely reenergized them
big time," said Tyler Lockman, who
covers the Sun Devils for Fox Sports
Arizona. "You look at that — they
were 10 seconds away from losing two
games in a row and probably putting
themselves out of the Pac-12 South
race. On one throw — and a lot of
people would admit there was some
RED HOT
The Sun Devils weathered
the storm with their starting
quarterback out for three games
earlier this season to open 7-1
Todd Graham already has the Sun Devils bowl
eligible for the third straight season, making him
just the second head coach in school history to
achieve that feat.
PHOTO COURTESY ARIZONA STATE