It wasn’t the night that Arizona State fans wanted as they lost to the Oklahoma State Cowboys by a final score of 27-15.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Some takeaways from tonight’s game were how rough the second half was in comparison to the first half. For instance, the offense put up 2 touchdown drives in the first half capped off by a deep touchdown from quarterback Jaden Rashada to wide receiver Elijah Badger.
Rashada’s beautiful 65-yard TD to Elijhah Badger #ArizonaState
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In the second half, it was a different story as the offense failed to get any points, and Rashada through his first interception of his collegiate career.
After the game, Rashada talked with the media and took full accountability for his performance highlighting that he could’ve done better in a lot of areas tonight.
Jaden Rashada took full accountability for tonight’s loss. Talked about how he could of done a lot things better.#ArizonaState#ForksUp#ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/RZD1K48x4N
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
Head coach Kenny Dillingham also talked about the lack of consistent drives in the second half as a result of why the team struggled in their game tonight.
Coach Kenny Dillingham talked about another rough second half. Says his team needs to put better consistent drives to get things going.#ArizonaState#ForksUp#ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/lQwhSgV5SA
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
In the first half, one of the consistent plays that was working for the Sun Devils was the sparky formation which is a wildcat look that other teams run.
Running back Cam Skattebo broke loose for a touchdown early in the game to give them an early 7-0 lead and did it again to convert on a 2-point conversion.
Cameron Skattebo scores from 13-yards out in the Sparky Formation to put #ArizonaState up 7-0 #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/cuZv3WQIKF
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
In the second half, the play wasn’t working as Oklahoma State made adjustments to stop that on 4th down. 4th down ended up being a down where ASU failed to convert 4 out of 5 times in the second half. Coach Dillingham was asked a question about his 4th down decisions and doesn’t regret going for it in those situations.
Coach Kenny Dillingham talks about the 4th down conversions tonight and how he feels like he needs to do a better job of putting his team in a better chance of being successful.#ArizonaState#ForksUp#ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/viTBxGYY0C
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
On a positive note from the game, defensive tackle B.J. Green had a great night with 2 sacks and 3 tackles for losses.
#ArizonaState B.J. Green is absolutely killing it tonight. Huge TFL with the Cowboys driving and on a first-and-goal up 17-15 inside eight minutes to go pic.twitter.com/ud9EV7I73n
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
Green discussed the overall team’s ability to stop the running game for Oklahoma State tonight.
B.J. Green talked after the game with the media after a team high 2 sack game.#ForksUp#ActivateTheValley pic.twitter.com/g71KKTPsTX
— Burn City Sports (@BurnCitySports) September 10, 2023
Arizona State will be looking to clean things up next week when they play Fresno State back at Mountain America Stadium.
