ASU suffers their first loss of the season tonight on the road at Illinois, 17-14. The loss drops ASU to 2-1 on the season. I suspect they will drop out of the Top 25 ratings with this loss (Illinois is a solid team though). They had their chances they just couldn't put it away.
Observations:
-Total Yards: ASU=362, Illinois=239
-Still too many stupid mistakes and penalties, they really need to play smarter.
-The injury to DE Junior Onyeali really hurt the pass rush.
-Vontaze Burfict needs to pick up his game, he seems to disappear at times.
-Gerell Robinson had a nice game (8 catches for 87 yards, 1 TD).
-The OL really needs to play better, Brock Osweiler was on the run all game.
-ASU really misses CB Omar Bolden, he's an impact CB, there aren't many of those around.
-Special team also need to play better (Garoutte missed a FG; Hubner averaged 35.7 on 6 punts).
-Up next is USC at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe next Saturday. It's a very winnable game.
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