Here are a few other things to watch for when Stanford (2-2, 1-1 Pac-12 ) hosts Arizona State (2-2, 1-0):
TOUGH CROWD: Stanford has already faced what are likely to be two of the top quarterbacks in next year?s NFL draft in USC?s Sam Darnold and UCLA?s Josh Rosen. Things won?t get much easier this week. Arizona State?s Manny Wilkins is third in the Pac-12 with 1,271 yards and eight touchdowns. Wilkins has also tied the Sun Devils? school record with his current streak of 188 consecutive passes without an interception.
?He?s really matured and working hard on being efficient fundamentally and not putting the ball in jeopardy,? Arizona State coach Todd Graham said. ?He?s played at a level all four weeks for us to win. I?ve got a lot of confidence in Manny where he?s at now.?
WAITING GAME: Shaw declined to name a starting quarterback earlier this week because he was awaiting news on Keller Chryst?s health. Chryst suffered a first-quarter injury that knocked him out of the game against UCLA, leaving the remainder of the game in the hands of backups KJ Costello and Ryan Burns. ?If Keller doesn?t play it?s some combination of those two guys,? Shaw said. ?If Keller does play, then maybe some combination of those three guys. We?ll see how it goes.?
TOUGH CROWD: Stanford has already faced what are likely to be two of the top quarterbacks in next year?s NFL draft in USC?s Sam Darnold and UCLA?s Josh Rosen. Things won?t get much easier this week. Arizona State?s Manny Wilkins is third in the Pac-12 with 1,271 yards and eight touchdowns. Wilkins has also tied the Sun Devils? school record with his current streak of 188 consecutive passes without an interception.
?He?s really matured and working hard on being efficient fundamentally and not putting the ball in jeopardy,? Arizona State coach Todd Graham said. ?He?s played at a level all four weeks for us to win. I?ve got a lot of confidence in Manny where he?s at now.?
WAITING GAME: Shaw declined to name a starting quarterback earlier this week because he was awaiting news on Keller Chryst?s health. Chryst suffered a first-quarter injury that knocked him out of the game against UCLA, leaving the remainder of the game in the hands of backups KJ Costello and Ryan Burns. ?If Keller doesn?t play it?s some combination of those two guys,? Shaw said. ?If Keller does play, then maybe some combination of those three guys. We?ll see how it goes.?
