
Arizona State Upsets No. 16 USC With Last-Second Hail Mary
When Arizona State Sun Devils quarterback Taylor Kelly returns from injury, he might not have a starting job. Backup QB Mike Bercovici hit wideout Jaelen Strong with a 46-yard touchdown pass as time expired to upset the No. 16 USC Trojans 38-34 Saturday in The Coliseum.
Between that finish and Arizona's last-second victory over California earlier in the year, Grantland's Matt Hinton thinks the state should officially recognize the Hail Mary:
USC fans were beside themselves with shock, per Sports on Earth's Matt Brown:
NFL.com's Bryan Fischer linked out to the ASU radio call of the final play, and if you're going to listen to it, make sure the volume is low in your headphones:
Arizona State head coach Todd Graham had some fun in the post-game press conference, per Greg Beacham of The Associated Press:
Bercovici was still clueless as to how it all happened, per DevilsDigest.com:
On the other sideline, the emotions were more raw.
Lindsey Thiry of the Los Angeles Times heard more than a few expletives on the Trojans sideline:
A few USC players admitted after the game that the coaches weren't clear with the play the defense ran to end the game, leading to Strong's improbable catch:
Bercovici finished with 510 yards passing and five touchdowns on 27-for-45 passing. He refused to relinquish the game ball after the victory, per Doug Haller of AZCentral.com:
Strong also had a fantastic game, catching 10 passes for 202 yards and three touchdowns. The Sun Devils won despite rushing for only 30 yards as a team.
It was quite the rebound win for ASU after it was throttled 62-27 by UCLA last Thursday. The team's hopes of winning the Pac-12 South division remain alive, albeit very faintly.
The Sun Devils play the No. 14 Stanford Cardinal in two weeks. That game will go a long way toward setting Arizona State's conference ceiling.
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