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Arizona-Arizona State prediction

by on Nov. 19, 2011, under Arizona football

ASU receiver Gerell Robinson lets us know how he really feels. Photo by the Arizona Republic.

Arizona coaches and players admitted there was some effort lacking last week at Colorado, which is a gentle way of saying that a lot of effort was missing.

Playing rival Arizona State could be the simple cure for that, but I’m not counting on it.

Perhaps the Cats will prove me wrong, but, even if they do, the defense still figures to be lousy.

Given a new round of injuries along the defensive front, it’s hard to know who is going to be lining up along the line of scrimmage … if it even matters.

Opponents have routinely pushed around the Cats, who have allowed seven of eight conference opponents to score at least 34 points.

Three Pac-12 foes have scored at least 48 points.

The Sun Devils have their own woes, but none as bad as that, and ASU is still in good position to win the Pac-12 South. UCLA has control but has to finish at USC.

Arizona State is coming off two road losses but has played much better at home this season. Sun Devil Stadium is sold out. ASU will be wearing its all-black uniforms it loves so much.

That’s all a way of saying that if Arizona gets off to another slow start — the Cats have trailed by double-digits in the first half of six conference games — momentum is going to be a runaway boulder that splatters Arizona all over the Sun Devil Stadium turf.

ASU won’t miss this chance to stomp on its rival.

Final score: Arizona State 45, Arizona 24.

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  • handwind

    Any way you look at it, it doesn’t look very promising for the Cats. Everything is set for ASU to use the UA as door mats or as a cat plays with a mouse before the kill swatting it here and there as it wishes…the mouse at the mercy of the cat. Even though all the logical variables are basically thrown out the window in this rivalry, it still looks like UA gets stomped. History points to close games simply because of the rivalry which would indicate the victor of today’s game winning by less than 10 points. However, the football gods must be crazy (or sympathetic)…asu can’t do anything right tonight and their mistakes become plague-like. UA wins by 17 in sold out scum devil. stadium    

  • fraser007

    My nephew is a die hard Sun Devil fan. He is also a VP for a major US company. About 2 weeks ago I send him an email about the upcoming game. I stated to him that I thought we would loose and we were having a bad season. I was going to call the game the “Foles Bowl” in regards to his future NFL career.
    He responded with a return email saying that Burfict would knock foles out of the game. (probably a cheap shot). And that his prediction was that the score would be 54-10.
    A few days ago I sent him a letter addressed to his company HQ in Tempe. In the shadow of Sun Devil Stadium. The return address was 5410 Scumdevil way.And it was addressed from (name of his company) Wildcat Booster Club And on the front and back of the envelope were stickers that said “Bear Down and Beat the Sun Devils” (old Bank One freebies from several yrs ago, I picked up more than a handful for just such occasions!).
    I am sure that the mail clerks have read this and are passing the word around the office. My letter inside said that we were prepared for Mr. Burfict. Tutogi would assist in protecting Foles. Also dont screw with a 60 yr old>
    Last week I thought we would loose. This week I have hope. GO Nick Foles, Go Wildcats.

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