Arizona State University, that is.
I went out to a sports bar to watch last night's Oregon game. First time I've done that this season, I usually sit at home alone in front of the computer and stream the games, privately fretting and cringing as Marcus Mariota inexplicably drops the football on occasion and otherwise looks like he's in over his head.
But the kid repeatedly snaps out of it and makes plays, as he did last night.
The young Oregon QB had a good reason to drop one last night when Will Sutton charged untouched from the middle of the ASU line and smacked him upside the head. Sutton unfortunately hurt himself in the process and that was the ball game.
Without one of the country's best college linemen, ASU's defense fell apart and Oregon's dominate team speed expressed itself, running faster than a spoken disclaimer in a drug advertisement.
On the Ducks' second series, Kenjon Barner made a nice jump-cut at the line of scrimmage and ran through the space normally occupied by Sutton.
Seventy-yards later it was, See ya!
ASU wasn't who I thought they were, but Oregon's back-loaded PAC schedule gets tougher after next weekend's home date with Colorado.
Road games at USC, Cal and OSU loom.
I'll likely be at home once again afrettin' and asweatin' them out.
TS
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