Arizona State coach Todd Graham stood before his team in a locker room at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night and spoke the truth. "You guys know we haven't played very good," Graham said. "Haven't coached very good. Haven't played very good. But that's life, isn't it?"
It is indeed. When dealing with large groups of 18- to 22-year-olds, the most consistent factor usually is inconsistency. And that's how Graham could stand before a team that played poorly against Texas A&M and Cal Poly, that got pounded by USC at home a week earlier, and celebrate a road win against a UCLA squad that could still yet prove itself the best team in the Pac-12.