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Key players, important numbers and also a prediction for Friday verts game

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Salvaging 2011

ASU (6-5) vs. California (6-5) Friday 8:15 p.m. Sun Devil Stadium

TV:ESPN (Mike Patrick, Craig James and Samantha Steele)Radio:620 KTAR-AM (Tim Healey, Jeff Van Raaphorst)Latest line: ASU favored simply by a few 1/2 points.

Noteworthy: ASU is 14-16 all-time versus Cal and includes beaten your Golden Bears one time (2007) considering 2001. This could be the Sun Devils regular-season finale. They have lost some of the earlier five games. Cal won recently s matchup 50-17 throughout Berkeley. The Golden Bears shed 31-28 yesterday versus No. 9 Stanford.

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ASU 1st in addition to foremost

Aiming for history

ASU going again Cameron Marshall offers sixteen hastening touchdowns this kind of season. The ASU time of year record is definitely 18 placed through Woody Green (in 1972) in addition to Terry Battle (1996).

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ASU key stat

5.

Arizona State has directed inside second 1 / 2 inside every one regarding it has the personal training losses. The Sun Devils possess directed inside fourth district in four.

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ASU critical player

Quarterback Brock Osweiler

With their months spinning out of control, this Sun Devils need a thing particular from other leader. Osweiler requirements 501 meters to line this school vertisements single-season moving past record, nonetheless they might be greater valued regarding simply adding a positive press about the end regarding this season. There ersus still time.

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Cal 13th as well as foremost

Consistency in place front

The Golden Bears (6-5, 3-5 Pac-12) are trying to play with regard to serving positioning. . . . They have experienced exactly the same five starters for the offensive range within 10 of their 11 games. The only exception followed in opposition to Washington State when Brian Schwenke ended up being supplanted at kept protect on account of illness.

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Cal critical stat

5.

Cal is hooked for that country wide direct with five scoring shots off the tee of in excess of ninety yards, most of producing in touchdowns. The Golden Bears have drives with 92 and also 91 meters while in the season opener alongside Fresno State, 91 about their own first possession at Washington, and also 91 and 96 vs. Oregon State.

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Cal crucial player

Receiver Keenan Allen

Four receivers include put up 100-yard finding performances against the Sun Devils over the previous three weeks. Allen is definitely the fifth. He possesses 84 blasts to get 1,200 meters and also six touchdowns, nonetheless many which generation followed in the year verts first half. In last weeks time vertisements loss in order to Stanford, Allen possessed six attracts with regard to 97 yards along with a touchdown.

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Sun Devils with offense

ASU fits it is complement having troublesome Cal defense

ASU vertisements biggest issue has take place at a negative balance zone. During some sort of three-game getting rid of streak, the particular Sun Devils possess created just simply seven touchdowns with age 14 red-zone opportunities. They have rushed pertaining to sixty and also 61 yards earlier times a couple of weeks, in relation to 70 less than their season average. RB Cameron Marshall (881 rushing yards, sixteen TDs) is definitely not really one hundred percent, trying to play through ankle and knee issues. Receiver Gerell Robinson (61 catches, 1,100 yards) includes set a new occupation excessive in every one of their beyond several games. Quarterback Brock Osweiler has concluded not as much as 60 p'cent associated with his passes within three games, a pair of forthcoming through the group ersus dropping streak. California lets 23.2 tips per adventure along with turns the Pac-12 in total safety (326.91 ypg) as well as go away safety (204.09 ypg). The Golden Bears have placed five teams to help under 70 rushing yards this season. The Golden Bears have got 31 sacks, next from the conference.

Advantage:Even.

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Sun Devils on defense

Struggles from past several months might continue

The Sun Devils have got assigned upwards over 1,500 combined yards throughout profits / losses to be able to UCLA, Washington State plus Arizona. The Sun Devils rank eighth across the country with pressured turnovers, but some people ve produced simply just some your past a few weeks. During identical span, ASU opponents are usually 22 with 46 (47.8 percent) on third down. Coach Dennis Erickson identified as very last week azines tackling versus Arizona this hardest he azines noticed while in his occasion from ASU. The Sun Devils allow 274 moving back yards per game, which position 108th of 120 FBS schools. Cal averages 28.3 points. QB Zach Maynard had probably his better games the other day versus Stanford, completing 20 of 30 with regard to 280 yards as well as a pair of TDs. Keenan Allen will be second while in the Pac-12 and also 10th within the nation in receptions per online game (7.64) and receiving back yards for every sport (109.09). RB Isi Sofele has raced intended for 1,121 meters plus nine touchdowns.

Advantage:Cal.

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Special teams

Can ASU earn clutch spewing from Alex Garoutte?

ASU s Jamal Miles is definitely a house game changer. He includes arrived two kickoffs and also a punt intended for touchdowns. He ranks second country wide in punt earnings (16.6 meters every return) plus 18th in stop returns (27 yards). Josh Hubner averages 41.4 yards for each punt in addition to possesses slipped 23 included in the 20. Kicker Alex Garoutte has designed four with his or her past personal training field-goal attempts, nonetheless he's not been as successful in pressure situations. Overall, the particular redshirt freshman has created 13 with 20. Cal azines Brendan Bigelow averages 20.8 yards per kickoff return, with one acquiring a touchdown. Kicker Giorgio Tavecchio provides created fifteen involving eighteen field-goal attempts, including his earlier four.

Advantage:Even.

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Bottom line

ASU not working well with must-win conditions at the time of late

ASU has enough incentive. First in addition to foremost, the actual Sun Devils nevertheless have got a opportunity to get to the actual Pac-12 shining game. Secondly, them azines Senior Day. And in the event that verts not enough, there azines a powerful probability this would possibly be Erickson verts continue video game during Sun Devil Stadium. But the following azines this thing: Last weeks time that Sun Devils were in a new must-win situation since well. They understood a win would likely increase their particular postseason position. They believed their private coach s employment what food was in jeopardy. And some people however lost in order to competitor Arizona. At this point, just what can you expect to be able to adjust next to Cal?

Prediction:Cal 27, ASU 24.

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