TEMPE, Ariz. -- Sun Devils football coach Todd Graham didn't gain a real sense of the Territorial Cup rivalry with Arizona until his third season at the helm. Sun Devil legends such as Whizzer White and Frank Kush had stressed the importance of the game, but Graham needed another key piece of information before he fully grasped its significance.
"We won it the first two years," Graham said Tuesday. "Until you come up short in this game, you don't really realize just how much it means, and you find out in a hurry. There's only side you want to be on in this deal.