Permissive officiating. The chemistry of Arizona State seemed off watching them down the stretch. — abridge

14 of the 16 players on ASU's roster are transfers from other schools. I don't know how you can have good team chemistry when you build a team with 90% transfers. It takes time for players to play together and get to know each other personally and care about each other. Unfortunately, this is the new landscape of college sports where a lot of players are chasing the money that colleges are throwing at them.

Sac is banking on the fact that the Sacramento media market is so big. It is larger than many of the teams that have signed recently with the PAC12 and Sacramento doesn't have an FBS program yet. They have poor facilities and that's a big problem for them though.

However, they believe that the PAC12 will want to be in the Sacramento media market and are taking the approach that "if we build it, they will come." The problem is that they don't have any big donors who are going to put up that kind of money out front if Sac doesn't have an absolute guarantee of an official invite to the PAC12.

The only way that I see them possibly getting an invite to the PAC12 is if the SAC12 Committee can convince the PAC12 that they have the big donors in line who will fund the cost of new facilities and the expenses of moving to the FBS. Even then, the new facilities would need to be built before the PAC12 is going to give them an invite.

Aggies 57 Arizona State 50 in a tough, defensive struggle. First win ever for the Aggies over ASU and a signature win for the Aggies beating a BIG12 team.

That's a great little video by the Aggie Pride Podcast guys.

Agree. I think we were just as good if not better that SD but we just made too many mistakes. It was a crazy game and it feels like we missed a golden opportunity to advance.

We lose an awful lot of very good players so I really don't know what to expect next year. I hope we can reload get to the playoffs again next year instead of taking several years to rebuild in order to make another run.

Ags hang on and win 69-62. It seemed like the Ags played "tired" coming off finals but I'll take a win over the Hornets in any way, shape or form.

Jesus...the Ags are getting completely dominated...behind 12-1 in the first 3 minutes...the Ags are obviously not mentally ready to play...

Well I sure hope the Ags run the Hornets out of their Nest tonight. That would help get me out of my Aggie football loss post-game funk!

You know the team is VERY disappointed: 5 TO's by the offense and several glaring blown pass coverages by the defense against a very good football on the road yet we only got beat by 2 TD's. Heck, we even had more total yardage.

You would honestly think we should have gotten blown out with all those mistakes plus losing Lan for half the game which tells me that this was a big, missed opportunity. We are every bit as good, if not better, than South Dakota but we shot ourselves in the foot today over and over. That's what is most disappointing.

Not a chance. He has publicly stated that's he is here for the long run. He's an Aggie at heart and he took this job despite having other opportunities to earn more money. He also has a young family and he knows that Davis is a great place for families with kids. He's going to be here for quite a while.

I know there is a lot of heartache in the locker room right because the team knows this wasn't their best game by far. But, I'm really proud of this team and the coaches. They exceeded most expectations and they never, ever quit no matter how the game was going. They played with their hearts and Aggie Pride every time they took the field. You can't ask much more than that.

Thanks, Ags, and best wishes to each and every senior on the team as they move forward with their lives and careers. It's been a pleasure being an Aggie fan and getting to watch each and every one of you over the years.

Agree...I also feel like there's a bit of an officiating advantage for them also...cheap PI call...huge missed hold that was so obvious it was ridiculous...back judge calling a hold from a mile away when the the 2 refs closest to the play saw nothing worth a penalty...

Regardless of how ugly this has been for the Ags, we're still in this game!

Thanks. I'll edit the post title to Sunday.

3 INT's...2 big blown coverages...Lan injured...and we're still in the game...amazing! There's no quit in this team...we can win this game...Go Ags!!!

Miles isn't to blame...he didn't have any time to throw and no one was open in the end zone...

Two big mistakes already that have cost us 2 TD's...this game is heading for a blowout...

They have a huge O-line and we haven't really been a good pass rush team and that's a big problem for us in this game..