The Arizona State Sun Devils football team hopes to rescue this season with a Territorial Cup win over their in-state rival, the Arizona Wildcats.
It's that week with both the Arizona State and University of Arizona football teams trying to salvage losing seasons by beating each other in the annual Territorial Cup game, this season to be played at 1 p.m. Friday in Tucson. It will air on FS1.
There are a lot of first-year players on the team who are new to the rivalry so Aguano made sure the week started with those players being briefed on just how important it is. The school's video department made a video about the storied rivalry and Juan Roque, an offensive lineman from the Sun Devils' 1996 Rose Bowl team spoke to the players. So did Deputy Athletic Director Jean Boyd.
Arizona holds a 49-45-1 lead in the series but the Sun Devils have gotten the better of the Wildcats, well, for quite a while. ASU has won 14 of the last 20 and takes a five-game win streak against their rival into Friday's game. The run ASU is on now is its best since it won nine in a row from 1965 to 1973. Last year ASU was a 38-15 winner and the 70-7 win in 2020 was the most lopsided in the rivalry which dates back to 1899.
The game will be a particularly special one for junior quarterback Trenton Bourguet, a one-time walk-on, turned back up, and now a starter. He hails from Marana, about 20 miles outside of Tucson. He saw some mop-up duty in the 2020 blowout which was also played in Tucson but he'll be the quarterback in charge this time.
Head coach Herm Edwards parted ways with the program after the third game this season, with Aguano, previously the team's running backs coach, handed the interim label.
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