This week I wanted to cover a game that was really close in the final score and really meant something important to the teams involved in the game. Arizona State and Illinois was an obvious choice for this blog for week three with the final score being 17-14 in favor of the home team, being Illinois, pulling off an upset over #22 ranked Arizona State University.
The game started off explosive as Illinois put the first points on the board with a 1 yard run by halfback Jason Ford to put Illinois up by 7. Although, three minutes later in the game Arizona State answered back with a 21 yard pass from quarterback Brock Osweiler to receiver Gerell Robinson for 7 points of their own. The rest of the first quarter resulted in punts and turnovers until an Illinois field goal went through the up-rights with 3 minutes left in the quarter to give Illinois a lead of 10-7.
The second and third quarter seemed to be the longest quarters of football this week had to offer. Both teams made crucial errors that turned the ball over numerous times, but the other team couldn't capitalize on the mistakes made. The second and third quarters both went scoreless, resulting in missed field goals, fumbles, interceptions and punt.
The next scoring drive came in the fourth quarter when Arizona State put seven more points on the board with a 14 yard rushing touchdown by Brock Osweiler putting Arizona State up by 4, and giving them the lead for the first time in the game. The last scoring drive of the game came from Illinois in form of a pass from Nathan Scheelhaase to A.J. Jenkins for 16 yards and a touchdown, after the extra point soared through through the field goal posts Illinois only had to defend for twelve minutes to solidify their upset of the Arizona State football team. Arizona State had some quality drives but both led to a punt and a turnover on downs, giving Illinois the ball with one minute left. Illinois ran down the clock and in the meantime, took down Arizona State with a final score of 17-14 in a well played, hard fought game.
There wasn't many standout players in the game, but Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase threw for 135 yards, 1 touchdown (winning touchdown) and finished completing 11 passes out of 15 attempts. Arizona State quarterback, Brock Osweiler played significantly under-par, throwing for 256 yards, with 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, completing 25 of 45 attempts through the air.
Illinois takes down Arizona State propelling them to an undefeated record through week three and also handing Arizona State their first loss of the season.
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