My Father-in-Law brings that game up each gameday! And I thought we live in the past
No doubt. The problem is that two wins over the Mighty Red is about all ASU fans have!
(1975 Fiesta Bowl being the other)
My Father-in-Law brings that game up each gameday! And I thought we live in the past
It was also a night game (crowd atmosphere definitely gave them the home field advantage), and Frost was matched against Jake Plummer (who was a senior and arguably at the height of his football talent that year).
Good point, and it wasn't just Jake Plummer either. That ASU team ended up one play from the national championship. 8 players were drafted in the NFL with Plummer, Keith Poole, Derrick Rodgers, Derek Smith, and JR Redmond all having long pro careers.
Right -- I don't think UCLA is going to go 11-1 and win the Pac 10. This UCLA team isn't close to as good as ASU was in 1996.
Of course, we might not be as good as NU 1996 was either...that "disastrous" year we lost a total of one other game, and finished the season by beating 10-2 VTech in the Orange Bowl by 20.
On balance I think NU wins by nine. Solid win. Burkhead out is a blessing in a way...we can win these games without him and we'll keep him fresh for the conference slate.
Good point, and it wasn't just Jake Plummer either. That ASU team ended up one play from the national championship. 8 players were drafted in the NFL with Plummer, Keith Poole, Derrick Rodgers, Derek Smith, and JR Redmond all having long pro careers.
gene woj. has some points about us traveling 2 time zones, and ucla gets 2 extra days to prepare, and they do make a difference. but im also sure that ucla was not preparing for nebr to pass for 5 tds either, now they have to prepare entirely different than they had thought, im sure the LB and safteys will be 1 step further back from the line of scrimmage, that will only help the run game. If NU wants to prepare hard this week, they will win. If they want to fall into the trap of the last few years, (one good game, one bad game), then it will be interesting. I am thinking that ucla will put up some points and yards this weekend, 20-27 points and 380 yards, but that wont be enuf to beat NU, unless we go -2 or -3 in turnovers
Pat Tillman
Mitchell "Night Train" Freedman
That wasn't just any ASU team. Might have been the best they've ever assembled.
I totally forgot Tillman was on that team. For some reason, I was thinking he had graduated already. That means ASU had the Pac 10's best offensive and defensive players. Unreal. No wonder NU ran into a buzz saw that night.