Tonight, at 7 p.m. ET, No. 23 Arizona State (2-0) pays a visit to No. 5 Stanford (2-0) in each team's first Pac-12 meeting of the season at Stanford University. The game can be live streamed here. Arizona fans can access the action on the radio at KTAR 620 AM while Stanford fans can do the same at KNBR 1050.
Arizona is coming off of a controversial victory over Wisconsin in which Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave took a knee between the hash marks in the closing seconds in an attempt to set up the team's game-winning field goal, but he placed the ball on the ground and Arizona players jumped on it at the request of coach Todd Graham as the clock ticked down to an Arizona victory.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott admitted it was an error on the officials' part, but Graham won't let anyone taint his team's victory.
"We just beat the defending Big Ten champion," Graham said per ESPN. "That's the human element of the game, but at the end of the day, I'm proud of our guys how hard they played. They deserved to win and I truly believe that."
Arizona has lost five of its last six visits to Palo Alto, and Graham knows his team is in for a challenge as it prepares to visit the defending conference champions and Rose Bowl winners in Stanford.
Arizona is hopeful quarterback Taylor Kelly can continue to impress after he went 29-for-51 for 352 passing yards last week. Kelly has posted a 169.9 passer rating while throwing 13 touchdowns and one interception over his last five games.
Running back Marion Grice has also been solid for the Sun Devils, as he's rushed for 84 yards on 22 carries last week and Arizona put up 468 offensive yards.
It won't be easy for Arizona to put up that kind of offensive numbers again as Stanford is looking to get off to a 3-0 start for four straight years for the first time in the modern football era. Last week in a 34-20 victory over Army, quarterback Kevin Hogan went 11-for-18 for 188 yards and three touchdowns with one interception.
Hogan took the reins at signal caller for the Cardinals last season, and led the team to six straight victories.
"He hasn't truly even broached his sophomore year yet," coach David Shaw told ESPN. "There's so much growth that has happened. He's so mature that you forget how young he still is."
Stanford totaled 408 offensive yards while running back Tyler Gaffney ran for 132 yards and a touchdown and receiver Ty Montgomery caught six passes for 130 yards and also scored.
These two teams will match up for the first time since 2010 tonight, and Stanford has a bit of history on its side as it has beaten eight out of the last nine ranked opponents to face it at home.
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