I love this play Arizona State is really really sneaky and Threat who does have 15 interceptions has gotten better each week and will pose a lot of issues for Stanford team that is riding high after a huge prime time win over Arizona. They are due for a let down here on Saturday. Arizona State is a desperate team that needs to win out to become bowl eligible. They are also a team that has lost 3of their games by 3 points or less and are 3-1 at home with their only loss to the hands of the #1 team in the country in Oregon.
The biggest challenge all year that ORegon had was against Arizona State and then next against Stanford. They won at Arizona State 42-31 but were -192 yards as Threet put up 597 yards on Oregon. They were down 28-24 at the half and went on to score just 1 TD in the 2nd half. Stanford too gave Oregon a hell of a fight, but they were -108 total yards. Arizona State's defense is one of the quickest in the Pac-10 and I don't think Andrew Luck will have as productive as a day as he has grown accustomed to as of late. Stanford's defense has played extremely well this season, but they are prone to play poorly against this type of offense.
Threet and company love to push the tempo witha fast paced spread offense. Sound familiar? Oregon did the same thing to beat this team. I think Stanford will be victimized by this type of offense because they won't be able to easily organize their blitz packages.
This is a game where I think Arizona should be +3 or less. Arizona State plays reallyw ell at home they are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 at home and the home team is 8-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings with STanford going 3-10 in Tempe in their last 10.
