By Josh Nacion December 29, 2013 at 11:19 am

Chris Thomsen remembers when he took over as Texas Techs interim head football coach last year going into the 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl, where he led the Red Raiders to a 34-31 win over Minnesota.

What I remember most is that we got a win, Thomsen said. We won on a walk-off field goal. It was exciting, man.

Now serving as ASUs offensive line coach, Thomsen will be facing Texas Tech from the opposite sideline when the No. 14 Sun Devils (10-3, 8-2 Pac-12) duel the Red Raiders (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) at the National University Holiday Bowl in San Diego, Calif., on Monday.

ASU is still hurting from its 38-14 loss to No. 5 Stanford in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game on Dec. 7. A win would have punched the Sun Devils ticket to the 100th Rose Bowl Game, but they will instead play 157 miles south down the I-15 freeway at Qualcomm Stadium.

A victory in San Diego will cap off only the sixth 11-win season in ASU history.

Im crushed, but thats life, ASU coach Todd Graham said. You get back up and dust yourself and get at it again.

It wasnt a happy ending for the Red Raiders regular season, either. Texas Tech stormed out to a 7-0 record to start the season and were ranked 10th when the BCS standings were first released on Oct. 20. The Red Raiders dropped their last five games all Big 12 matches and took a free fall out of every poll.

ASU knows it has to watch out for Texas Techs Air Raid offense, as it ranks second in the nation in passing yards per game (392.0) under first-year coach Kliff Kingsbury.

Theyre as good as any team we have played offensively, Graham said. I think in that their deal is when you look at the film theyve lost games to teams that are playing in the BCS bowls and some of the best teams in the country.

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