Arizona State went 3-9 in its final Pac-12 season and was picked to finish dead last in the Big 12
When the 2024 college football season started, there were two former Pac-12 football teams who were expected to do well in their first seasons in the Big 12: Utah and Arizona.
Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo has posted huge numbers in his first season in the Big 12. / Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesWhat a difference a year — and a new conference — makes. Arizona State has bucked the odds again and again, and is on the verge of a berth in the Big 12 championship game. The Sun Devils host BYU on Saturday afternoon in the biggest game that's been played at Sun Devil ... rather Mountain America Stadium in many years.
"What I noticed, like I said, the Mississippi State game, the first half of that game when we came out and we were physical, we played hard, we played with a passion and then just the guys' camaraderie throughout it was when I was like 'Ok, these guys they've got something to them.' And I always knew that, but it was when you see it live in a game setting it kind of confirmed that 'All right we've got something about ourselves.
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