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Territorial Cup win over UA not enough for ASU coach Herm Edwards in debut season

TUCSON – Arizona State coach Herm Edwards doesn’t consider a winning season and a bowl bid a success — not even when his program secured those accomplishments in his first season with a 19-point, fourth-quarter comeback on the road at Arizona Stadium.

Not even when it keeps Arizona out of a bowl and ensures the Wildcats will finish with a losing debut season under Kevin Sumlin.

“A success? I don’t know about that.” Edwards said after beating Arizona 41-40 on Saturday evening in Tucson. “We didn’t win the Pac-12. We had an opportunity to do that, and we didn’t win last week.