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Difficult schedule will test Sun Devils' newfound faith

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Rudy Carpenter's numbers are up, and so are the corners of his mouth. If you were the Arizona State quarterback who had rebounded from a difficult season to take your team into the heart of the national championship scrum, you would be smiling, too. "I feel good. We're 7-0. We're No. 4 in the BCS," Carpenter said in a phone interview this week, as No. 4 Arizona State (7-0, 4-0) prepared for a Saturday night game against No. 21 California (5-2, 2-2). "We're one of the few teams that can control ...

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