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They put forth a valiant fourth quarter effort, but the Arizona State Sun Devils’ home magic finally ran out last night against the Washington State Cougars.
With this being the first home loss of the season, Sun Devil Twitter was just as frenzied and animated as always. To recap the defeat through the eyes of social media, we compiled the best tweets throughout the game to show you how fans reacted to the defeat.
Homecoming meant the return of the Sparky logo
It's homecoming.
— Zac Pacleb (@ZacPacleb) October 23, 2016
*plays Kanye West song* pic.twitter.com/sYoYfPYMIG
#SparkySZN pic.twitter.com/kHiC6kXt5L
— Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) October 22, 2016
It was really nice of @ASU to give UofA a booth at #ASUHomecoming! pic.twitter.com/eqPAJ6SpOS
— Joe Cortez (@JDCortez_14) October 23, 2016
Mike Leach’s accusations of sign stealing made for easy fodder
"We stole this" pic.twitter.com/elbI2SUwwS
— Zac Pacleb (@ZacPacleb) October 23, 2016
Live from the command center it's Saturday night! #BeatWSU pic.twitter.com/VefVaydr5X
— Sun Devil Athletics (@TheSunDevils) October 23, 2016
Hey, @HouseOfSparky, ASU needs to go out and steal WashSt's special teams signs to stop that nonsense.
— Jeffery M. Chapman (@JefferyMChapman) October 23, 2016
A Manny Wilkins hurdle led to a touchdown run for the first score of the night
When bae says her parents are gone but you've got to score a touchdown first. https://t.co/gWg0oZhGrq
— Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) October 23, 2016
Cougar fans be like... pic.twitter.com/JPlvtgiADu
— House of Sparky (@HouseOfSparky) October 23, 2016
Soon, however, Wilkins would be sidelined with another injury
Manny Wilkins and Brady White sitting on the trainers table together. (pc: @5280ft_s) pic.twitter.com/EwodO0wtug
— Zac Pacleb (@ZacPacleb) October 23, 2016
The defense stood tall, though, and Arizona State trailed by just three at halftime
How many first downs did Washington State have in the first quarter? pic.twitter.com/sl8L5voH52
— Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) October 23, 2016
A nine-yard touchdown pass puts the Cougars ahead 17-14. Somewhere, this fan is smiling. pic.twitter.com/BFVJjK1VV1
— House of Sparky (@HouseOfSparky) October 23, 2016
@HouseOfSparky pic.twitter.com/0cnGRUYJ8R
— Ryan Bafaloukos (@RyanBafo) October 23, 2016
@HouseOfSparky pic.twitter.com/oHGtmQovHj
— Jeff Preston (@JeffPreston42) October 23, 2016
@HouseOfSparky pic.twitter.com/jYtvjaYeT8
— Ari Hernandez⚾️ (@AriKamari) October 23, 2016
@HouseOfSparky pic.twitter.com/FQtlQhhVSH
— Cruzer (@Cruzybagadonut) October 23, 2016
Wilkins’ injury opened the door for guys like Dillon Sterling-Cole and Jack Smith
I've counted at least 5 designed rollout/sprintouts for DSC tonight. He's thrown 4 incompletions on ones I've charted; no gain rush another.
— Kaelen Jones (@kaelenjones) October 23, 2016
Jack Smith tha God.
— House of Sparky (@HouseOfSparky) October 23, 2016
*DSC throws into double coverage*
— Zac Pacleb (@ZacPacleb) October 23, 2016
Me: No no no
*N’Keal Harry catches it over both defenders*
Me; ok thats fine
But Washington State’s potent Air Rad attack proved to be too much
ASU tackling: pic.twitter.com/bAfeeZ7v4q
— Blane Ferguson (@BlaneFerguson) October 23, 2016
Falk'd.
— House of Sparky (@HouseOfSparky) October 23, 2016
The postgame handshake lived up to the hype
Todd Graham tells Mike Leach his comments about ASU sign-stealing are "chickenshit": pic.twitter.com/kC2KWsjIO3
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) October 23, 2016
Leach "respectfully decline to answer" any questionS about ASU so he doesn't get fined pic.twitter.com/HTUrNfKKd3
— Stefanie Loh (@StefanieLoh) October 23, 2016
Graham on postgame exchange: "I think that's between me and him. The game is about the players and not about all that."
— Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) October 23, 2016
#FactsOnly
WSU receiver Gabe Marks on ASU Homecoming crowd: "It wasn't like Arizona State. When I come to Arizona State, I expect it to be crazy."
— Matt Faye (@mattGfaye) October 23, 2016
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— Josh Nacion (@Josh_Nacion) October 23, 2016
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Arizona State is now 0-2 since this. pic.twitter.com/TfaYfZ7A0q
— Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) October 23, 2016
And the mother of Cougar receiver River Cracraft dropped the mic
1-2-3 "Chicken Shit" pic.twitter.com/nTo7oTXcrc
— mamacracraft (@MamaCracraft) October 23, 2016