Its nice to have a good, old fashion, hate-filled, rivalry to fall back on when your season has gone in the tank. That's what both the Wildcats and Sun Devils get on the day after Thanksgiving when they renew their annual war at Arizona Stadium. Both schools started off better than expected only to see their seasons go poof with big losing streaks at the tail end of their schedules. So here we go again, both teams are 5-5. The winner goes to Hawaii and the loser goes home for the year.
Most rivalries have a nickname.
At the start of the season Kealy was going to be their veteren QB and Flowers their star tailback. Bruce Snyder was their coach. Now at seasons end, they are down to their 3rd string QB and a former walk-on tailback and Snyder is gone when the season is over. The Sun Devils started their crazy year at San Diego State and looked unimpressive in a defensive struggle with the lowly Aztecs but won the game. ASU won their home opener against Colorado State the next week when they hit on a 41 yard field goal as time expired for the 13-10 win.