Pac-12 football is known to get wild after dark, and that rang true in the most literal sense during the USC-Arizona State game Saturday. A fox scurried onto the Sun Devil Stadium turf only 2:37 into the first quarter before jumping into the stands to join the fans.
The fox's appearance stunned the announcers, with one saying, "This fox is a wild child" and another mistaking it for a cat. Play stopped as ASU security attempted to corral the animal.
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Security eventually guided the fox into the tunnel. Or, as one announcer put it, "off into the desert." How very Pac-12.
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There is a FOX on the field, @ASUFootball. 🦊
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Like the spread offense or run-pass options, foxes have begun to percolate around college football. Another fox sprinted onto the Texas Longhorns' field during its Oct. 9 Red River Showdown against Oklahoma. The Sooners eventually won that game thanks to a two-touchdown performance from then-backup quarterback Caleb Williams.
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ASU (6-3) scored first after the fox left the field via a 14-yard touchdown run from DeaMonte Trayanum, and USC (4-5) was unable to come back from its 7-0 deficit, losing 31-16. Perhaps the fox returning punts could have helped the Trojans get back into it, because in the Pac-12 even something as crazy as that could have happened.
