ARIZONA VS. ARIZONA STATE Mike Stoops in first Territoral Cup battle

Arizona and Arizona State have faced off since 1899.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- By all logic, the Arizona State-Arizona game today should be a blowout.
The 18th-ranked Sun Devils head to Tucson with a high-powered offense led by Andrew Walter to face an Arizona team concluding a rough first season under coach Mike Stoops, a Youngstown native.
Arizona State (8-2 overall, 5-2 Pac-10) is averaging just over 30 points. The Wildcats (2-8, 1-6) are averaging a measly 13 points, ranking them 117th in Division I.
Yet this is one of those rivalry games and emotion can make a difference.
"This is a big thing," Sun Devils linebacker Dale Robinson said. "There's two Arizona teams. We know they hate us, and we hate them, so we're just going to go out there and play."
Game-ending brawl
Three years ago, the game ended with a bench-clearing brawl. Things have calmed down since then, but the sentiments are the same.
"I just had a teacher ... tell us to 'beat the Scum Devils,' so it means a lot to everybody," Arizona defensive end Marcus Smith said.
The coaches have toned down the rhetoric and want to make sure there's nothing resembling the brawl late in last weekend's game between rivals Clemson and South Carolina.
"My first year, there was a very ugly incident here that we're not proud of, and we accept responsibility for our part in that," Arizona State coach Dirk Koetter said. "I think you just have to continue to preach that it's not acceptable. I have no hatred for the University of Arizona."
Stoops, who as an assistant was a part of one of football's biggest rivalries in Oklahoma vs. Texas, echoed those feelings.
"I know there's bad blood [in] any rival game," he said, "but we certainly respect everyone we play. We're going to try to do everything we can to win the game. But winning a fight means absolutely nothing to us."
Game plan
On the field, Arizona must hope to slow Walter, the senior who broke John Elway's league record for career touchdowns. Walter has thrown 85, a school-record 30 this season.
"If we can shut down their running game and force them to have to throw," Smith said, "we can get our zone blitzes going, put pressure on him in different ways, and maybe we'll confuse him."
That might be wishful thinking.
Walter, who throws one of the best deep balls in college football, had five TD passes against Washington State two weeks ago. He is not about to overlook his final shot at the Wildcats.
"It's huge for our fans, for bragging rights, for tradition," Walter said. "It's a big, big game that is always on national TV, so people all over the country get a chance to see us play. It's a day to show what our school is made of."
While Arizona has been respectable on defense -- Stoops' specialty -- the offense has been awful. The Wildcats have a strong running back in Mike Bell, but the passing game, now guided by freshman Richard Kovalchek, not only is the worst in the conference, but rates 103rd in the country. Overall, the offense is rated 113th.