For a team riding a four-game losing streak, there are few teams that serve as a better tonic than Washington State.

The Cougars come into the game losers of seven straight, and are in the midst of significant internal turmoil. Nevertheless, they have some talented players on both sides of the ball, and every Sun Devil fan knows that Wazzu can not be overlooked.

We compiled the key numbers from each team into one handy chart to see which team had the advantages. Taking a look at the chart, a few things jump out:

• ASU has advantages is most every area, and even WSU's lofty passing rank is due in part to their complete ignorance of the running game.
• No team gets sacked more than the Cougars, and if ASU's 2nd ranked pass rush can do it's job, it can help to neutralize WSU's 6th ranked passing game and ground the offense to a halt.
• Both teams are very proficient in accumulating sacks and tackles-for-loss. This could be a battle of big plays, both offensively and defensively.

Advantage	Conf	National	Actual	Category	Actual	National	Conf
	Rank	Rank				Rank	Rank
	5th	46th	176.0	Rushing Offense	32.9	124th	12th
	6th	45th	261.0	Passing Offense	337.5	6th	1st
	5th	39th	437.0	Total Offense	370.4	91st	9th
	5th	34th	35.0	Scoring Offense	20.7	103rd	11th
	9th	80th	177.1	Rushing Defense	162.4	67th	7th
	1st	14th	108.46	Pass Efficiency Defense	140.17	91st	11th
	1st	4th	167.6	Pass Defense	265.7	102nd	9th
	2nd	29th	344.7	Total Defense	428.1	84th	9th
	6th	47th	24.7	Scoring Defense	33.0	95th	10th
	2nd	2nd	4.00	Sacks	2.80	17th	5th
	2nd	2nd	8.80	Tackles for Loss	7.50	11th	5th
	4th	41st	+.40	Turnover Margin	-.70	98th	11th
	10th	81st	7.13	Punt Returns	8.5	60th	6th
	5th	40th	22.97	Kickoff Returns	23.33	34th	4th
	2nd	13th	40.31	Net Punting	35.18	95th	11th
	9th	111th	3.3	Sacks Allowed	4.6	124th	12th
	5th	69th	39.2%	3rd Down Conversions	32.3%	109th	10th

Thanks to our friends at Ralphie Report for the inspiration for this feature (and HTML code).

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