No doubt Khalil had a game for the ages. Nationally the story went buried by a number of other big headlines over the weekend, but it probably matters more to Khalil that Lebron James' and Steph Curry's Instagrams showered praise of his highlight clips. Beyond the incredible stat line my hopes are up for the momentum for a bowl run. Up next is UCLA; with any luck a revived Arizona offense will match what Jake Rosen throws at the young defense.
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What a night for the Pac 12; and the Cactus schools played right in the middle of it all!
It's got to be a disappointment for UCLA that they had two weeks to prepare for Khalil Tate and were still run out of the stadium. The 47-30 final score looks closer than it really was. Arizona piled up 608 yards of offense. In season's past, Bruins backers were athletic enough to stifle RichRod's attack but now they look slow and caught out of position. Alas they are a "young" team, with 5 freshman playing on front 7, but why are some teams always "young?" UCLA has 34 scout.com rated 4 star players on the roster and yet are giving up a nations near-worst 523 yds/game!
But the bigger congrats goes to ASU! It's amazing how history can repeat itself - how twenty years ago the '97 Sun Devils blanked a top ranked Huskers team in Tempe. And now for this year's embattled Sun Devils 119th-ranked total defense to pitch a near shutout of the #5 Huskies is the weekend's biggest surprise. Congrats to the D coordinator Bennett whose containment approach was a big upgrade to the constant blitzing that's exposed ASU to big plays. Manny Wilkins went 29/41 for 245 yds and 0/0, a stellar showing considering the difficulty of managing this game down the stretch.
And so much for this thread title :86:
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