Like it or not, Arizona State’s “hybrid attacking defense” is here to stay.
ASU coach Todd Graham, following Saturday’s collapse against Cal, defended his defensive scheme despite letting a 24-3 lead slip away in a 48-46 loss.
The team's defensive philosophy is to blitz like crazy and then sort out the rest. In the past, it’s worked quite well. The Sun Devils frequently lead the nation in blitz percentage, and as a result have high marks for team sacks, tackles for loss and turnovers.
However, the Sun Devils have yielded 32.7 points per game in 2015, the highest average of the Graham era.