ASU receives crushing defeat from Fresno State on dwelling floor, suffering from reoccurring accidents

The Arizona State Solar Devils suffered an embarrassing defeat at Mountain America Stadium on Saturday, shedding to Fresno State with a last rating of 29-0. The sport marked their final non-conference matchup of the 12 months. Backup quarterback Trenton Bourguet, who began rather than the injured Jaden Rashada, sustained a left leg harm throughout the second drive of the sport and was unable to return.

In Bourguet’s absence, Drew Pyne was thrust into the quarterback place. Nonetheless, Pyne was additionally coping with an harm of his personal and confronted immense strain on nearly each snap. Moreover, he gave the impression to be battling a earlier hamstring harm that had stored him out of the primary two weeks of the season.

The overwhelming circumstances led to the eventual substitution of fourth-string quarterback Jacob Conover, who took over a recreation that appeared out of attain by halftime. This was the primary time the Solar Devils had suffered a shutout at dwelling since their 50-0 loss to USC on November 12, 1988. All through the sport, ASU solely managed to build up 230 yards of complete offense and had a lackluster efficiency in each their working and passing recreation. To make issues worse, the group turned the ball over a staggering eight occasions.

Fresno State’s Mikey Keene, a notable native highschool expertise, had an exceptional recreation, throwing for 281 yards and two touchdowns on a 32-of-49 passing completion price. The victory over ASU prolonged the Bulldogs’ spectacular win streak to 12 video games, making it the second-longest present streak within the nation after the Georgia Bulldogs’ 20-game streak.

Sadly, the upcoming challenges for the Solar Devils don’t get any simpler. They now face the USC Trojans, led by potential No. 1 general choose Caleb Williams, of their subsequent recreation at Tempe on Saturday.