Arizona State Holds Off Colorado 20-10 with a Quarterback Swap
Arizona State scored a touchdown on a one-yard pass caught by Jake Fette, then later in the half scored another on a 34-yard pass thrown by Jake Fette. The Sun Devils beat Colorado 20-10, and a team that gets its quarterbacks that involved can apparently lead 17-0 at halftime without much argument.
The first touchdown came from Cardae Mack, who completed 2 of 3 passes for 9 yards, one of them that score, and also carried 24 times for 80 yards. Fette caught that 1-yarder with 11:12 left in the second quarter, then hit Reed Harris for 34 yards with 2:54 left in the half. Carson Smith's 31-yard field goal in the first quarter was the other piece of the 17 points. Colorado was shut out for the whole first half and did not score until Elliott Arnold kicked a 39-yard field goal as the third quarter expired.
Colorado actually threw the ball better. Isaac Wilson went 20-of-31 for 248 yards, but he was also picked off once and lost 23 yards on 9 carries, so the Buffaloes finished with 64 rushing yards. Arizona State had no turnovers, ran 39 times for 123 yards, and outgained Colorado 319 yards to 312. Smith added a 21-yard field goal with 12:09 left in the fourth to make it 20-3, and Joseph Williams' 7-yard catch with 8:14 left was all Colorado got back.
Arizona State is 5-4 now. Colorado drops to 3-6. A 10-point loss is not a catastrophe, but the Buffaloes never led or tied.
Fantasy owners saw Williams lead everyone with 25.1 points on 7 catches for 121 yards. Fette was a hair behind at 25.0 using three different jobs: passer, runner and receiver.