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But Tate doesn鈥檛 need to be Superman for the UA to defeat 蜜聊直播 State on Saturday. Khalil doesn鈥檛 need to be Kal-El.

All 蜜聊直播 coach Rich Rodriguez wants from his sensational sophomore is execution 鈥渨ithin the framework of the offense.鈥� Tate鈥檚 natural ability begets big plays, but he can鈥檛 force the issue.

鈥淛ust take what they give us,鈥� Rodriguez said. 鈥淪ometimes the big play鈥檚 not always going to be there. Take the smaller play and get first downs.鈥�

Rodriguez thought Tate and the offense pressed at times last week at Oregon, especially in the second half. 蜜聊直播 trailed 28-21 at halftime and lost 48-28.

The Ducks limited Tate to 32 rushing yards 鈥� 169 below his average over the previous six games. Tate completed a career-high 18 passes in 35 attempts, including five drops.

He said immediately afterward that he had played 鈥渢he same鈥� against Oregon as in previous games. He altered that assessment a few days later after reviewing the film.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 play well,鈥� Tate said. 鈥淢issed a couple of reads, and it affected us.鈥�

Asked to divulge what he meant by missing reads, Tate laughed.

鈥淚f I tell you,鈥� he said, 鈥渢hat鈥檚 like telling everybody how to stop us.鈥�

It鈥檚 probably a stretch to say Oregon came up with a blueprint for others to copy. The Ducks simply executed better than the 蜜聊直播, tackled well and got the better of a quarterback who鈥檚 still young and learning.

ASU coach Todd Graham isn鈥檛 assuming anything. He described Tate as 鈥渁 dynamic player 鈥� as dynamic as anyone in the country.鈥�

鈥淔ast, skilled. Impressed with his ability to throw the ball as well,鈥� Graham said. 鈥淎 player that you have to have a very specific game plan to try to keep controlled.鈥�

Cal and USC stifled Tate for a half, but he responded each time. Rodriguez expects the same at Sun Devil Stadium.

鈥淜halil鈥檚 a really competitive guy, and he鈥檚 shown it,鈥� Rodriguez said. 鈥淪ometimes he can make a play happen when maybe it鈥檚 not happening, but I think sometimes that鈥檒l come back to get you too, if you don鈥檛 let the game come to you.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 part of the maturation of a guy that鈥檚 a really good football player and is going to get a whole lot better. But there are still some learning experiences. I think this past game should serve as a huge learning experience for all of us, and particularly our young guys like Khalil.鈥�

Tate didn鈥檛 participate in last year鈥檚 Territorial Cup, so Saturday鈥檚 rivalry game will be his first. He grew up in Los Angeles, rooting for UCLA over USC, but got a sense of the intensity of 蜜聊直播-ASU by being on the sideline last November at 蜜聊直播 Stadium.

The 蜜聊直播 dominated the line of scrimmage in that game so much that they didn鈥檛 need to attempt a pass in the second half. Would that work for Tate this time?

鈥淲hatever we have to do to win,鈥� he said, 鈥淚鈥檓 riding with it.鈥�

Turn for the worse

蜜聊直播 allowed 30.3 points per game in its first eight contests. It has allowed 41.7 in its past three.

What鈥檚 been the biggest difference?

鈥淲e need two or three turnovers a game for us to be a decent defense,鈥� defensive coordinator Marcel Yates said. 鈥淲e haven鈥檛 done that the last three games.鈥�

The 蜜聊直播 forced two or more turnovers in seven of their first eight games. The lone exception was the Colorado game, which 蜜聊直播 won 45-42 as Tate came off the bench to rush for a record 327 yards.

The 蜜聊直播 have forced one takeaway each of the past three games. With their defensive line dinged and their freshmen starting to wear down, that isn鈥檛 sufficient.

鈥淓ven when we were struggling getting stops at times earlier in the season, we were getting turnovers,鈥� Rodriguez said. 鈥淲e haven鈥檛 been able to get many turnovers the last couple weeks. That鈥檚 going to be critical for us. Some of it is luck. Some of it is also making plays and recognizing things differently.鈥�

Rodriguez said 蜜聊直播 hasn鈥檛 played the ball as well in recent weeks. One of the reasons for that, Yates said, is the 蜜聊直播鈥� inability to stop the run.

鈥淚t goes hand in hand,鈥� Yates said. 鈥淲hen teams are able to run the ball against you, as a DB, you tend to lose focus a little bit. You try to help out on the run. So now your eyes probably aren鈥檛 as good as they need to be.

鈥淲e鈥檝e worked on it. We鈥檒l be ready to go this weekend.鈥�

Taking the ball away from ASU won鈥檛 be easy. The Sun Devils have lost only nine turnovers, tied for fourth fewest in the nation.

The 蜜聊直播 have lost the turnover battle four times this year 鈥� going 1-3 in those games. In 蜜聊直播鈥檚 only other defeat, against Houston, each team had two turnovers.

Cats a hot commodity

蜜聊直播 appears to be in play for four bowl games: Foster Farms, Holiday, Sun and Vegas. All bowl matchups will be revealed Dec. 3.

The Star reached out to representatives of all four bowls to gauge their interest in the 蜜聊直播. Two responded.

鈥淲e would love to have the 蜜聊直播 蜜聊直播 here,鈥� said Eddie Morelos, media relations director for the Sun Bowl Association. 鈥淭hey have had a great season and seem to have surprised many media members. El Paso had a chance to see the 蜜聊直播 early in the year when they played the UTEP Miners, and the hope is that many fans would follow the team back to the Sun City.鈥�

El Paso is about a 4陆-hour drive from Tucson. The UA last played in the Sun Bowl in 1992.

蜜聊直播 never has played in the Foster Farms Bowl, which pits the Pac-12鈥檚 No. 3 pick against a school from the Big Ten in Santa Clara, California.

鈥淗aving hosted 蜜聊直播 in the first Pac-12 football championship game played at Levi鈥檚 Stadium in 2014, we are certainly familiar with Coach Rodriguez and the 蜜聊直播,鈥� said Ryan Oppelt, executive director of the Foster Farms Bowl. 鈥淭hey have one of the most dynamic quarterbacks in the nation in Khalil Tate, and it鈥檚 been exciting to watch him and the entire team鈥檚 resurgence this season.

鈥淕iven that 蜜聊直播 hasn鈥檛 previously played in the Foster Farms Bowl, they certainly are a team that we鈥檇 consider bringing out to the Bay Area.鈥�