ASU wins Territorial Cup against Arizona and claims a Big 12 championship spot
ASU wins Territorial Cup against Arizona and claims a Big 12 championship spot
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The Big 12 announced its conference awards on Thursday and the Arizona State football team was very well represented in the honors.
But ASU football fans were fuming over a perceived snub for one of their players for one award.
The Big 12 football offensive player of the year award went to Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders, a fact that did not leave Sun Devils fans happy.
They took to social media to express their dismay that ASU running back Cam Skattebo, who won the conference offensive player of the week award five times this season, didn’t take home the conference’s offensive player of the year award.
Sanders completed 74.2% of his passes this season, throwing for 3,926 yards and 35 touchdowns, with eight passes intercepted in 12 games for the 9-3 Buffaloes.
Skattebo rushed for 1,398 yards and 17 touchdowns in 11 games for the Sun Devils, who went 10-2 in the regular season. He also caught 35 catches for 468 yards and two touchdowns.
Cam Skattebo’s Big 12 award snub angers Arizona State fans
Here are some of the comments from ASU fans that were appropriate to print in the aftermath of the award announcement.
Do ASU fans have a point?
Arizona State’s Big 12 award recipients
Jordyn Tyson was named Big 12 offensive newcomer of the year, while Sam Leavitt was named offensive freshman of the year.
Kenny Dillingham was named the conference’s coach of the year.
Skattebo didn’t go unrecognized, however. He was named to the 2024 All-Big 12 first team at running back, joining Tyson, OL Leif Fautanu and DB Xavion Alford as first-team selections.
Leavitt was a second-team selection at QB (behind Sanders), while TE Chamon Metayer, DL C.J. Fite and LB Keyshaun Elliott also earned second-team honors for the conference.
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