Arizona State football had a closed scrimmage Saturday morning. Coach Todd Graham doesn’t mind if I watch the scrimmage as long as I don’t say anything about what I see or hear. Those restrictions do not extend to filling you in on whom I get to talk to while I’m there. I had met Ray […]
TEMPE — In case you were wondering what the Arizona State Sun Devils’ goals were for their upcoming season, you don’t have to look hard. Plastered throughout the third floor of the Carson Student-Athlete Center — the building connected to Sun Devil Stadium — are signs on every door that say the following: 1. Win […]
If you don’t mind, would you help me if the question comes up again? If Todd Graham asks me, “What will it take for us to get the fans to support the program,” what should I say? I know of three people, and there might be more, at Arizona State who left seven-figure salaries to […]
Arizona State is moving forward with its renovations of Sun Devil Stadium. The university announced Thursday it has hired both a construction and design team to oversee and execute the planned enhancements. Hunt Construction and Sundt Construction, Inc. and the the HNTB Corporation have been hired as the construction and design teams respectively. “We have […]
The ASU men’s basketball team will face Maryland on Nov. 24 to open the CBE Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City, Mo. The Sun Devils will square off against either Alabama or Iowa State the following day. If they win the first game, the second one will be the championship game of the tournament, […]
One of ASU coach Todd Graham’s goals is to win the Pac-12. His Sun Devils were close to doing so last year. They appeared in the Pac-12 championship game, but were routed by Stanford. The team has a visual reminder of Graham’s aspirations after he thought of the idea to display the conference’s championship trophy […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — For a first day, head coach Todd Graham could not have been more pleased, calling day one of fall practice “the best” start to camp since he arrived on campus. Players were energetic, focused and running to the football “better than they ever have” both on offense and defense. “I like the […]
Northern Arizona announced Friday they hired former ASU men’s basketball player Kevin Kruger to be on Jack Murphy’s coaching staff for the 2014-15 season. Kruger played for ASU from 2003-06 and in three seasons, he averaged 10.5 points, making 2 three-pointers made. He received his degree from ASU in that time and later continued his […]
College football’s preseason Amway Coaches Poll was released Thursday, and the Arizona State Sun Devils are ranked 18th. ASU returns six offensive starters from last year’s squad, which won the Pac-12 South championship for the first time and finished the season 10-4 under head coach Todd Graham. Defending national champion Florida State, led by Heisman […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils’ offense was prolific in 2013. The Pac-12 South champs averaged 39.7 points per contest — good for 10th in the nation and tied for fifth-most in ASU history. The Sun Devils topped the 50-point mark in six of their 14 games. Their head coach thinks the offense will be even […]
Taylor Kelly and Jaelen Strong played large roles in an Arizona State offense that scored at least 50 points a school record six times last season. They both return in 2014 to lead ASU for what will surely be Kelly’s last season in Tempe and potentially Strong’s as well. They will be counted on heavily, […]
For as many question marks as there are on the defensive side of the ball at Arizona State, things are a lot calmer on offense. One position that won’t be of concern for the Sun Devils in 2014 is quarterback with Taylor Kelly under center. “We’ve got a quarterback and that’s the first thing you’ve […]
Todd Graham has heard it over and over and over again. His defense is going to struggle in 2014. Arizona State lost nine defensive starters from the 2013 squad that finished fourth in the Pac-12 in total defense and first in intereceptions. Stars Will Sutton, Carl Bradford, Chris Young and Alden Darby, Davon Coleman and […]
The consensus around college athletics is the system needs to be tweaked. How so remains to be seen. Among other things, Crow and the Pac-12 university presidents support full cost of attendance payments and guaranteed scholarships, which was outlined in a letter to the 53 university presidents in the other Power Five conferences. “I think […]
College football coaching salaries are up, and likely will continue to rise in upcoming years. According to USA Today, the average salary for an FBS head football coach has increased 70% from 2006 to 2012. To slow this trend, ASU president Michael Crow says that instead of giving head coaches top-tier base salaries, the coach […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils, the defending Pac-12 South champions, have been picked to finish third in the division in the preseason poll released Wednesday at the conference’s media days in Los Angeles. UCLA is the overwhelming favorite to win the South, receiving 37 of 39 first-place votes. USC and Arizona State each received one […]
Every day, we at ArizonaSports.com ask our readers a question. It’s the Sanderson Ford Poll Question of the Day, and it can be found midway down the right side of our home page. On Tuesday, July 22, we asked how many wins the Arizona State football team will rack up in 2014. Our readers seemed […]
The 2013 season was a banner one for the Pac-12 Conference. Most national experts believe the “Conference of Champions” elevated itself to the second-most powerful football conference in America, behind only the mighty SEC. Nine Pac-12 teams qualified for bowl games (the most ever) where the schools went 6-3 and won their games by an […]
When three great players converge on one football team, the outcome can be special. For example Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig and the San Francisco 49ers dominated the NFL in the 1980s. Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith did the same with the Cowboys as “America’s Team” in the 1990s. It also helps […]
Four-star JUCO defensive tackle Dalvon Stuckey will not enroll at ASU because of academics, according to reports, delivering another blow to the Sun Devils’ football team. According to his Facebook page, Stuckey is headed to the University of West Georgia, an NCAA Division II school. Stuckey is the second junior college player from ASU’s 2014 […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – At practice. That’s where Carrick Felix and his Cavaliers teammates were when they found out LeBron James had decided to return to Cleveland. The announcement, which came five days ago, certainly caused quite the stir. “It’s was definitely something that was exciting. All the coaches and staff were excited,” he said. […]
ASU senior quarterback Taylor Kelly enters 2014 as one of the more accomplished quarterbacks in the Pac-12, if not the country. Heading into third season as a starter, Kelly has thrown for 6,705 yards and 57 touchdowns, while completing 64.6 percent of his passes. He was named to the Davey O’Brien award watch list, given […]
Arizona State senior quarterback Taylor Kelly is one of 39 players named on the Davey O’Brien Award watch list released Wednesday. Kelly, a native of Eagle, Idaho, led the Sun Devils to the Pac-12 South Division title last season when he completed 62.4 percent (302-of-484) of his passes for 3,635 yards and 28 touchdowns. In […]
Arizona State quarterback Taylor Kelly was nominated for the 2014 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team on Tuesday. Student-athletes are chosen for the extensive volunteer and charity work they have performed within their school’s community. Kelly is one of only five FBS football players to be honored with a nomination in 2013 and 2014. A Second […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Sixty names were called during the 2014 NBA Draft, but not the name of Jordan Bachynski. The 7-foot-2 center who left ASU as the Pac-12’s career leader in blocked shots had just had his own shot blocked, denied entry into the game’s top professional league. “It was one of the most […]
ASU coach Todd Graham drew criticism when he first accepted his current job because he left Pittsburgh after just one season. It’s not the first time he departed a head coaching position after one season. But the upcoming season will be Graham’s third at ASU. He has exceeded expectations, winning 10 games in 2013 and […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils have a pretty solid collection of uniform combinations available to them. Between their vast array of helmets along with different color shirts and pants, the team can rock a different look on pretty much a weekly basis. And, just like last season, the team’s combinations for home games has already […]
If you’ve driven by Sun Devil Stadium on Loop 202 any time in the last couple of months, you’ve likely noticed the construction (or is it destruction?) project going on. Around 5,700 seats are being removed from the facility’s north end zone upper deck in the first step of a complete renovation that will run […]
Before each season, writer Bruce Feldman, now with Fox Sports, puts out his list of college football ‘freaks,’ players who wow with unbelievable physical tools. Feldman released his 2014 list, complete with 20 names, and there’s one Arizona State Sun Devil on it. Offensive tackle Jamil Douglas, a redshirt senior from Cypress, Calif., comes in […]
Like his college teammate Jahii Carson, Arizona State center Jordan Bachynski was not selected in the 2014 NBA Draft Thursday night. He will however be playing this summer with an NBA team. According to WFNZ’s Colin Hoggard, Bachinskyi is set to play in the Las Vegas Summer League with the Charlotte Hornets. The 7-foot-2 Canadian […]
