The riverboat gambler head coach decided to do his thing in the first quarter of Saturdays Big 12 title game. Kenny Dillingham went for it on 4th and 1 from his own 34 and dialed up a 63 yard pass play that would flip the field and the game. After that move, Dillingham’s Arizona State Sun Devils rolled all over Iowa State 45-19 to take the Big 12 Championship in Dallas and stamp their way into the College Football Playoff.
Cam Skattebo destroyed the Iowa State defense to the tune of 208 yards of total offense(170 rushing on just 16 carries) and 3 touchdowns.
If there was a downside to the domination, it happened in the 4th quarter when safety Shamari Simmons was ejected from the game for a targeting hit on Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht. Simmons will be ineligble for the first half of the Sun Devils first round game in the CFP.
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Brad Cesmat
Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.