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Cardinal
Sees Red When
Marooned in Desert
For the second week
in a row the Sun
Devils rolled past a
foe. This time it
was a visit by the
Stanford Cardinal, a
team with no mascot,
led by a man that
used to be a
Wolverine. The
Cardinal and their
coach Jim Harbaugh
were coming off a
stunning win (36-28)
over PAC-10 foe in
the Oregon State
Beavers. ASU had
just finished
practicing
(a 30-13
win) with the NAU
Lumberjacks a Big
Sky foe allowed the
Devils to use only a
couple of base
formations and roll
their entire
inventory of players
onto the field.
The Sun Devils came
into this game
ranked 15th
nationally and few
including I could
see them losing to
the Cardinal. I had
them as two
touchdown favorites.
In fact they
won easily 41-17.
When the game ended
the Devils had run
through and passed
over every scheme
Stanford could come
up with. ASU QB Rudy
Carpenter tossed for
345 yards and ASU
ran for 127 to win
by balance.
Something they had
to do and after the
NAU game many
questioned if they
could.
The ASU defense had
to slow down
Stanford’s stud
running back Toby
Gerhard after he
single handedly
stumped the OSU
Beavers with his
career best game
with 147 yards. They
did and he only had
67 yards when the
night was through.
Stanford made it
interesting, for
moments here and
there. But that was
due to some
penalties give the
Cardinal some ops.
Tailbacks Keegan
Herring and Shaun
DeWitty saw action
while Dimitri Nance
carried the load
with 75 yards on 18
totes. Michael Jones
had 6 catches for 79
yards and one TD
while Kerry Taylor
had 92 yards and a
TD with 5 grabs.
Superstar Chris
McGaha averaged 21.3
yards on 3 grabs for
64 yards.
All in all a
workmanlike
performance by a
team that grows in
talent and maturity
with every game.
Next up for the Sun
Devils will be the
UNLV Runnin’ Rebels.
Story by: Kevin
Pakos for Sports and
Entertainment News
and
ASPN Arizona Sports
Network Radio which
can be heard on KXXT
1010 AM every
Saturday from
8-Midnight. Or
listen live online
by going to
www.azfl.com
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