Whaddya know? ASU wins a statement game!

Brock Osweiler has been very comfortable since taking over at quarterback for the Sun Devils (Photo: Vince Marotta)Outside of the black uniforms sported by the Arizona State Sun Devils, Friday night’s game had a very similar feel to the series of weird outcomes that bit Dennis Erickson’s team in 2010. A lot of penalties. A failed extra point. A special teams gaffe. The one major difference? The outcome. Arizona State blew a 14-point 4th quarter lead and beat 19th-ranked Missouri 37-30 in overtime in front of a crowd of 70,236 at Sun Devil Stadium. It was ASU’s first win over a ranked opponent since October of 2007, when Erickson’s squad beat a stumbling Cal squad who was barely hanging on to their national ranking in the midst of a 7-game stretch in which they lost 6 games. Brock Osweiler hooked up with Jamal Miles for an 11-yard touchdown pass on ASU’s first overtime possession, and then the defense, which got gashed for 501 yards by the Tigers he...