Arizona State Football: 3 reasons the Sun Devils will upset Utah in Week 8

TEMPE, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 12: (L-R) Cohl Cabral #73, Eno Benjamin #3, Kobe Williams #5 and Darien Butler #37 of the Arizona State Sun Devils prepare to take the field before the NCAAF game against the Washington State Cougars at Sun Devil Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 20: Quarterback Tyler Huntley #1 of the Utah Utes looks to pass against the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 20, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) /

2. Tyler Huntley could struggle against ASU defense

Tyler Huntley has been one of the best quarterbacks in the Pac-12 for a couple of years now. As a senior at Utah now, he has not played as well as many thought he might be able to after four years in the program. Huntley has 1,393 passing yards in six games, and has yet to throw an interception, but has been inept at times trying to throw the ball.

Huntley has battled through multiple injuries throughout his career with his last one affecting his throwing motion. You can tell that Huntley has tried to use his legs more and more and has been checking the ball down more often than not.

The run defense is going to be huge in this game as mentioned earlier, but if Huntley is unable to throw the ball downfield, the Arizona State defense as a whole is going to smell blood in the water. He only passed 17 times against Oregon State although this was for 247 yards. There is an indication that Huntley is still nursing an injury and this could be just the window that the Sun Devils needed.

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