PASADENA, Calif — As redshirt junior quarterback Manny Wilkins slowly followed his team into the tunnel Saturday night, resting his helmet on his forehead and raising his grass-stained sleeves in the air to hold up a pitchfork, a fan from a small collection gathering around Wilkins’ exit attempted to relay a message.
“We believe,” the fan said.
Wilkins and the Sun Devils, at some point during their 44-37 loss to the UCLA Bruins, must have too.
Maybe it was after they had managed 100 rush yards during the first quarter, or when they jumped out to an early 14-0 lead.