[tps_title]No. 2: The win was against ASU[/tps_title]
Let’s face it: Any win over arch-rival ASU is one the Wildcats place above others. This one happened to clinch Arizona’s first outright title.
The Arizona-ASU matchup includes 16 games ranked among the top 50 in the Wildcats’ history, according to my rankings. That’s nearly one out of every three top games was played against the Sun Devils.
Two of the bigger victories, in 1982 and 1985, kept ASU out of the Rose Bowl.
Finally, Arizona can look back and say the beat the Sun Devils for not only the Territorial Cup but also a Pac-12 South title.
And for Rich Rodriguez, it was an opportunity to counter against his first two losses against Todd Graham, including a 58-21 beat down to the Sun Devils the previous year in Tempe.
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