by Jerry Feitelberg

The Stanford Cardinal meets the Sun Devils of Arizona State Saturday at Tempe Arizona at 7:30 pm PDT. The game will be televised on ESPN.

The Cardinal enters the game with a record of 4-2,2-1 Pac-12 and it’s defense will be sorely tested by the offense of ASU (4-1,2-1 Pac-12). Quarterback Mike Bercovici, filling in for injured QB Taylor Kelly, led the Sun Devils to a 38-34 victory over USC with a “Hail Mary “ pass on the last play of the game. Stanford leads the nation in fewest points allowed per game (10.0) and fourth against the pass (138.2 yards per game.)

The leading receiver for the Sun Devils is Jaelen Strong who has 41 catches for 641 yards and six touchdowns. He leads the Pac-12 in yards per game (122.8) and averages 15 yards per catch.

The Cardinal will be without the services of Devon Cajuste and that may make it more difficult for the offense to get things going. The Cardinal offense ranks 89th in the nation with 26.3 points per game.

Lack of scoring puts a lot of pressure on the Cardinal defense.

Should be a good game. The Cardinal defense against the potent ASU offense. The Cardinal shut down the passing game of Washington State last week but ASU is a more powerful opponent.

Jerry Feitelberg
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