The lights didn’t go out, no freak injuries occurred and the ASU football team appears ready for its season and home opener against Idaho State on Saturday.

In what amounted to a dress rehearsal, the Sun Devils officially wrapped up training camp Friday night when the team staged a mock game at Sun Devil Stadium.

Coach Dennis Erickson, among other things, said he wanted to make sure the process for relaying plays was in sync.

This season will be the first time Erickson calls the offensive plays in two years, and outside of a couple of early timeouts called by senior quarterback Danny Sullivan, ASU’s offense beat the play clock.

“It was a good deal for me, believe me,” Erickson said. “We didn’t have anybody upstairs today, but that’s something that will be new. Getting formations in there is a lot of work to be done. Everybody thinks you just throw the ball out. It’s not how it is.”

While it would be difficult to evaluate the play results from the scrimmage, given that no tackling was allowed, ASU’s offense and special teams’ return units stood out.

Sullivan, who said he had to call a couple of plays himself when they weren’t delivered on time, completed the majority of passes. Many of Sullivan’s completions were on 10 to 15-yard out routes to senior wide receiver Chris McGaha and sophomore wide receiver Gerell Robinson.

The Sun Devils’ receiving corps, which also includes junior Kerry Taylor and senior Kyle Williams, appears to be a strong unit for ASU — particularly when the protection holds up and Sullivan has time to show off his big arm on hard-to-defend routes down the sideline.

“I thought we threw it and caught it pretty well,” Erickson said. “That’s something you have to do against air. But again, you can’t tell from this. We’ll find out next Saturday, basically.”

Sullivan, who said he likes the new spread shotgun offense ASU will unveil in its opener, seemed comfortable making an assortment of throws.

Many of Sullivan’s attempts, however, would have been hurries or sacks had the game been played at real speed.

Sophomore defensive end James Brooks, who will be suspended the first three games, was the defense’s most disruptive force, both in the pass and run game.

Mock game notes

True freshman Brock Osweiler was named the backup quarterback to Sullivan, as sophomore Samson Szakacsy is still nursing elbow tendinitis.

“We’re going to have to play Brock — there’s no question about that,” Erickson said. “We can’t afford to redshirt [Osweiller].”

Erickson said he doesn’t believe sophomore guard Zach Schlink or sophomore linebacker Shelly Lyons will be ready to play in the opener, but senior right tackle Tom Njunge, sophomore defensive tackle Lawrence Guy and sophomore center Garth Gerhart will have a chance to play.

The depth chart at running back is still not decided.

Erickson said the depth and improvement on defense was the highlight of camp, and he said he could play eight guys at defensive line and seven at linebacker.

Williams also had a couple of big punt and kickoff returns, though it was difficult to gauge whether he would have been contacted closer to the point of reception if the game had been played at full speed.

Reach the reporter at nick.ruland@asu.edu.