Torain is out, but that's ok ... I think.

Sun Devil football is taking the weekend off to reflect on their 7-0 start and how it means nothing more than the fact that they are now eligible to play in the Las Vegas Bowl. Hopefully Erickson will have the team more ready to play coming out of bye weeks than his predecessor did. In his last three seasons, Dirk Koetter was 0-3 coming out of mid-season bye weeks.

The Devils bad news of the week was the loss of leading rusher Ryan Torain for the season. Fortunately for ASU, RB was probably the position where we have the most depth with Keegan Herring and Dimitri Nance ready to step in and fill the void. This isn't like what would happen if we lost Carpenter at QB for the season. However, neither one of these guys brings to the table the wear you down style of running that Torain delivered, at least not what I've seen from either of them thus far, both are speed guys. Truth be told, it was always Torain who got the ball in the 4th quarter when the wearing down was needed and we frankly don't know what either Herring or Nance can do in similar situation.

Nance and Herring will be playing for the starting spot next season, so let's hope the competitive spirit shines through and they both step up.

Good luck in the NFL RT.