Now that I have had a chance to take a breath from some of my work activities, I finally was able to digest some of the coverage of the Sun Devils 33-14 win over Colorado on Saturday night.
While the score may not indicate it, it was probably one of the more uglier lopsided wins I have ever seen. The Devils were penalized 12 times for 136 yards. Eight of those penalties were of the personal foul variety. Having watched the game I would say that only six of those were legit. However, even if it were only one personal foul, it's one too many.
While Tricia likes to remind me that this type of play is indicative of Erickson-coached squads, she still cant forget the drubbing his Oregon State team laid on Notre Dame at the Fiesta Bowl in 2001, I have to say that it was refreshing to read DE's post-game comments:
Erickson said his team's 12 penalties were "embarrassing" and "ridiculous." "There's no excuse for that. It's not going to happen ever again or they're not going to play. The discipline part of the penalties really bothers me. That's the most disappointing thing of the game."
I'm pretty sure if Koetter was still coaching the team, we'd be hearing about how the Devils played a great game against an underrated Colorado team coached by his buddy and that the Devils were lucky to have won. Followed by some statement about how the Devils need to practice better.
Nevertheless, I do hope the discipline factor does improve next week against San Diego St. If you cant improve your discipline against the Aztecs, well then we could be in for a long season.
"hey you, in the maroon, how's your jumper?"
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