Devils’ Defense Starts Strong, Falters Late Premium Story


By Andrew Gruman

Date: Aug 31, 2008

It was certainly a tale of two halves for the Arizona State defense on Saturday night against Northern Arizona. In the first stanza, it seemed nothing could go wrong for the Sun Devils, but the Lumberjacks had the ASU defense back on their heels in the second half, moving the ball at ease. This fact disappointed LB Mike Nixon who led the ASU defense with eight tackles in the season opener.

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