They deserved to struggle. They wore those Purple Abortions of a uniform. Brought me back to those stupid grape helmets of the Ty Willingham era. And we played like a team closer to a Ty era team record than the Kalen era team they are now.
Everyone I know who was on that sideline that night, said Penix did not look right all night. Physically. On the sideline. Which meant something was wrong. He took some hits after the whistle, and even a targeting call that got the ASU player ejected. Probably was hurt. Not an excuse. They wore those stupid purple abominations, the football gods should have p*ssed all over them...and did. Hopefully, we never see those godawful helmets again.