It took four weeks of confusion, at least from the viewer’s standpoint.
The timing seemed just a click off, the running and passing attack not quite in perfect unison. Whatever it took, Arizona State (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) flipped a switch on Saturday in a 42-23 victory over No. 20 UCLA (3-2, 1-1), and it felt like the Sun Devils turned the page on a shaky and inconsistent first third of the season.
Forty-two points marks a season-high for ASU, with the offense exploding for its best performance yet against one of the conference’s premier opponents.
Coming into this week, ASU had a total of four offensive plays all season deemed “explosive” at 30 yards or more, exactly one in each game.