ASU @ Kansas St Saturday 11/16 5p

[SeattleCardinal]

I'm waiting for Chris Karpman to do an analysis, however, this is what Arizona Sports was reporting this morning.

There is an audio.

ASU football controls its own destiny in Big 12 title hunt

Next week's matchup between ASU football and BYU at Mountain America Stadium will leave the winner in position to make the Big 12 title game.

arizonasports.com

I think that the Arizona Sports story is actually saying the same thing.

Arizona State’s loss to Cincinnati without Sam Leavitt is the key tiebreaker with the Cyclones, who beat the Bearcats in their matchup. That is the one that would matter because of common conference opponents, should the above scenario play out with BYU losing out preventing a three-way tie.

ASU controls if there is a three-way tie, but in a two-way tie, the common conference opponent tiebreaker would kick in, and Iowa State would get the nod over ASU, even if the Sun Devils win out.

ASU needs to take care of business either way, to make this relevant.

 

[Mainstreet]

I think that the Arizona Sports story is actually saying the same thing.

Arizona State’s loss to Cincinnati without Sam Leavitt is the key tiebreaker with the Cyclones, who beat the Bearcats in their matchup. That is the one that would matter because of common conference opponents, should the above scenario play out with BYU losing out preventing a three-way tie.

ASU controls if there is a three-way tie, but in a two-way tie, the common conference opponent tiebreaker would kick in, and Iowa State would get the nod over ASU, even if the Sun Devils win out.

ASU needs to take care of business either way, to make this relevant.

I think the title of the headline has now been changed by the addition of the word "nearly" as contrasted with the one I posted earlier.

See below:

"ASU football nearly controls its own destiny in Big 12 title hunt after BYU loses to Kansas"​

ASU football controls its own destiny in Big 12 title hunt

Next week's matchup between ASU football and BYU at Mountain America Stadium will leave the winner in position to make the Big 12 title game.

arizonasports.com

 

[Raindog]

ASU is #21 in AP poll. BYU (14) and Colorado (16), and Iowa St (22) are the only other B12 teams in the poll this week.

 

[AZCB34]

That was a poorly played second half. K-State played so bad and missed a ton of plays that better teams would make.
Cam is still hurt and I’m certain most guys wouldn’t have played tonight, but he’s such a beast….

Leavitt continues to impress. But both our d-line and o-line are a problem.

Tyson is a fantastic WR…

I get what you are saying but, at the risk of being a homer, I’m going to quibble a bit with your take.

Yes, they didn’t play as well in the 2nd half as they did in the 1st half. Everything was fine right up to the Tyson fumble. It gave KSU life and they were able to translate that life into success. If that drive continues I think we all believe that basically would have clinched the game. Didn’t happen that way and we got a much closer win than any of us expected in real time.

KSU was awful most of the game but ASU was also making plays that made KSU look even worse. That’s also what winning teams do is they make plays and stymie their opponent.

That quick KSU TD drive, I think, was ASU lost focus, they didn’t make tackles like they had been all game long, KSU made a few plays. It felt to me like the play calls changed from the game plan up to that point.

OL is still a concern. I’m not sure I agree with your assessment of the DL although I readily admit they can be inconsistent at times.