Arizona St. rolls past New Mexico

The Tempe-based restaurant has opened a seventh location inside the Arizona State University stadium. It felt as though it was going to be another week of a stagnate offense, hoping to just survive one more time. New Mexico got on the board in the third with a 65-yard Tyrone Owens touchdown run and added a 32-yard field goal late in the quarter, but ASU got its signature moment in the fourth when Demario Richard took a Bercovici pass 93 yards for a score. 3. “This is a shotgun, triple option attack”.

Now let’s get to the position grades from the victory.

In two games, against Texas A&M; and Cal Poly, Bercovici is 48 of 76 for 482 yards and only four touchdowns. He threw his last two in the fourth quarter against Cal Poly to break a 21-21 tie and save the Sun Devils the possibility of going to overtime against a highly inferior foe.

ASU would score another touchdown on the opening possession of the second half as Bercovici hooked up with Demario Richard for a 33-yard scoring strike. “There’s no question we’re a little wobbly”.

Davie wasn’t as high on the performance delivered by his offense, focusing on the inconsistent play of his quarterbacks. As the players run out of the Tillman Tunnel they will be immediately greeted by their fellow students for the second straight week in their new spot on game day.

The three TD passes came in a stretch when Bercovici completed 17 of 19 for 271 yards. The Sun Devils also are expected to be without backup RBs De’Chavon Hayes (foot) and Kalen Ballage (illness), which could force converted WR D.J. Foster to be used in the backfield more.2.

“This is what we work for the entire off season, is playing big games”, Bercovici said.

The Sun Devils are at Oklahoma (4-4) at 10 a.m. Sunday. In his place, Tim White stepped up in a huge way, catching a touchdown to help the Sun Devils go up 10-0.

“There’s really no consistency on the offensive line”, he said.

On Saturday against New Mexico, the Sun Devils stopped making excuses and remembered to keep feeding a guy who was supposed to carry the offense all along. The Lobos played a very good first half but they failed to put points on the board. The next week, the Sun Devils head to Pasadena to face UCLA. Defending the triple option means linebackers know their responsibilities and they stick to their assignments. ASU was only burned twice on Friday. Salamo Fiso led the way with 10 tackles, five of which he got early in the game.

New Mexico’s last win in the series was in 1947.

New Mexico (1-1) runs out of a “pistol” set.