It wasn’t pretty, but then again, this entire first month of the 2016 Arizona State Sun Devils football season hasn’t exactly been a sight for sore eyes.
Still, just as they have all year, the Sun Devils fought back time and again in Saturday night’s Pac-12 opener against the California Golden Bears.
They fought after star running back Kalen Ballage went down with a knee injury. They fought after falling behind by 14 points twice in the first half. And they fought after allowing a 74-yard touchdown pass that broke a 27-27 tie in the fourth quarter.