Saturday, November 15, 2014

Oregon State 35, Arizona State 27

The Sun Devils fell to Oregon State 35-27 Saturday night in Corvalis to fall to 8-2 on the season.  The Devils are still in the running for the PAC12 South title but their national championship hopes were killed with this loss.  Playing in Corvalis on a cold November night was just too much for the Sun Devils.  This one really hurts too, they were in control at the half and let it slip away.  Ouch.

Observations:
  • Those 2 big Oregon State touchdowns were a bad omen
  • Except for the outcomes, that second half was very reminiscent of last weeks game
  • Taylor Kelly had a very inconsistent night.  
  • Second half scoring:  Oregon State 21, Arizona State 3
  • ASU is now 23-1 under Todd Graham when leading at the half.
  • Oregon State had a much too easy time running the ball
  • That was a heckuva TD catch and run by Kody Kohl
  • Marcus Hardison has been a beast lately.  
  • D.J. Calhoun is having a nice freshman season for Arizona State.
  • I was underwhelmed by Sean Mannion.  Overrated?  
  • Arizona State has quite the high scoring defense
  • Taylor Kelly does have a knack for the pooch punt. 
  • Oregon State did a relatively nice job of keeping Jaelen Strong in check. 
  • That missed 27 yard field goal by Arizona State was a real killer
  • Taylor Kelly keeps climbing the ASU record books.  
  • Oregon State was pretty abysmal on third down.  1 of 12.  
  • I'm not sure about those all white Sun Devil uniforms
  • It was a very cold night in Corvalis.  Advantage Beavers. 
  • The Oregon State fans apparently aren't too keen on this Beavers team.
  • Up next?  Washington State next Saturday @ Sun Devil Stadium. 

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