The Cardiac Kids are alive and well. This year’s team is exhausting. Couple our need to take the last two games to the wire with a start time of 7:30 p.m. (this game), and I’m whipped.
The offensive line was in fine shape. Sure the occasional breakdown and holding call (we would have scored 35 points! Keep your hands to yourself, big guys) flared. When Zach Thomas went down during the second quarter causing Dominic Gudino to take the right guard spot, I’m thinking, “Well, let’s see if the o-line firms or collapses”. Firm was the outcome. Juwan Washington averaged 5.1 per carry, Chase Jasmin (definitely the #2 guy behind Juwan) averaged 5.9 per carry and Ryan Agnew (he has speed Christian Chapman can only dream of ) averaged 4 yards per carry. No other proof is required as to the effectiveness of the big guys. The second half was 21 plus minutes of pushing, shoving and being generally unpleasant with the Arizona State defense. The Sun Devil defensive line and linebackers were torn and frayed.
Ryan Agnew’s 12/24/129 seems paltry, but his three consecutive completions to B.J. Busbee (welcome to the field of play) and Ethan Dedeaux (twice) was part of a 6/9/77 sequence which tied the game at 14. Not bad for a first start.
John Barron from 54 had enough on the ball to have nailed a 65 yard attempt. WOW! 17-14 will never be as impressive again.
Kyahva Tezino had a fantastic game. He was everywhere less the stands selling popcorn. I must admit concern about Kyree Woods. He gave up too many completions. Without improvement, I see either Luq Baarcoo, Jeff Clay or Darren Hall taking his spot. ASU was picking on Mr. Woods for a reason.
The Aztec defense, less my concerns about Mr. Woods, gathered momentum during the second half. ASU had the ball in the third and fourth quarters for a total of 8 minutes and 54 seconds. At the half, the Sun Devils had 254 yards of total offense. At the end of the third quarter they tacked on an additional and whopping 13 yards (yawn). Well done, Aztecs.
Kudos to SDSU administration for the SDSU West presentation so kindly aired by CBS during the game. I choose to believe this notice was especially effective coupled with a win over a ranked rigged 5 school.
In addition to B.J. Busbee (fr-rs), congrats to Jordan Byrd (fr), Shane Coleman (fr-rs) and Keshawn Banks (fr) on substantial play time and bright futures.
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Go, Aztecs.
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