Trent Lockett is still not 100 percent. “(The ankle) is obviously still swollen and sore but this time this week it’s a lot better than it was this time last week,” he said Tuesday. The junior playmaker reported he was “pretty happy” with the way the ankle held up after playing two games in three […]
Many questioned Brock Osweiler’s decision to forego his senior year at ASU in order to enter the NFL Draft. After all, why leave school just to become a late-round selection, when another year of seasoning at the collegiate level could vault you to first-round status? Well, what if Osweiler is already there? ESPN NFL Draft […]
New Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham has finished putting together his staff, and has announced duties for each of the nine members of his staff. On offense, Mike Norvell will serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Norvell was Graham’s co-offensive coordinator last season at the University of Pittsburgh. Bob Connelly will coach […]
Former University of Memphis head coach Larry Porter is the newest member of Todd Graham’s coaching staff at Arizona State University. An official title isn’t currently attached to Porter’s position, but it is believed that he will coach running backs. Porter spent two seasons as the head coach at Memphis, during which time the Tigers […]
TEMPE — The Lowdown: Trent Lockett returned from a 6- game absence, and made his presence felt for Arizona State in a 57-52 win over the Utah Utes at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. Lockett, who suffered a severe ankle injury in a win against Oregon State on January 14, played 36 minutes, and scored […]
Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham announced the addition of six new members to his football staff. Former ASU standout Rudy Burgess will join the staff as the Management Intern for Football, Bo Graham will be the On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator, former Scottsdale Saguaro High School coach John Sanders will be the Coordinator of Football […]
Reports out of Albuquerque indicate that Ron West, who was recently hired to Bob Davie’s staff at New Mexico, will leave the Lobos to become Todd Graham’s co-defensive coordinator at Arizona State. West was the outside linebackers coach at Illinois under Ron Zook from 2010 to 2011, but became available when Zook was fired following […]
It’s been about a week since schools around the country signed their 2012 recruiting classes, and rankings have been pouring in. And, while nobody can be sure of how good any of these players will be at the collegiate level, it’s still fun to speculate — especially if you’re an ASU fan. According to Ben […]
It’s no secret how much the Arizona State Sun Devil basketball program has struggled the past two seasons under the watchful eye of head coach Herb Sendek. Sendek has numerous accolades on his coaching resume — stemming from a successful stint at NC State, where he led the Wolfpack to five straight NCAA tournament appearances, […]
In a season full of negatives, there may be one huge positive coming for the ASU basketball team: leading scorer and top rebounder Trent Lockett appears ready to return. He took a significant step Monday when he practiced— albeit without contact, for the first time since spraining his ankle three weeks ago against Oregon State. […]
TEMPE — It’s never a great thing for a college football program’s recruiting effort when a head coach is fired at the end of a regular season. It also could be considered a hurdle if the ensuing coaching search takes another 17 days. That’s exactly what Todd Graham and his staff were facing after the […]
T.J. Simpson’s career at Arizona State is over. The wide receiver, who missed the entire 2011 season with a torn ACL, has been denied a 6th year of eligibility by the NCAA, according to information first reported by ASUDevils.com. Follow @Vincemarotta
Saguaro High School running back D.J. Foster will don maroon and gold next year at Arizona State which he revealed at a press conference on Friday. The standout kept his options open to other Pac-12 schools such as USC and California, but decided the morning of his announcement that he will stay in state. “Just […]
SCOTTSDALE — It’s been a while since positive news has rained down on Arizona State football, so forgive me if I was a little pessimistic when I stepped foot on the campus of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale on Friday morning. D.J. Foster, the Sabercats’ do-everything star and one of the top recruits in the […]
Where did that come from? Arizona State didn’t have enough to upset the Washington Huskies on Thursday, but it wasn’t due to a lack of effort by sophomore big man Jordan Bachynski. The 7-foot-2 Canadian had 9 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench in the 60-54 loss. After the […]
TEMPE — The Lowdown: Washington freshman Tony Wroten scored a game-high 22 points, including a huge three-point play with 1:06 remaining, lifting the Huskies to a 60-54 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils before a crowd of 6,794 at Wells Fargo Arena. The Sun Devils made a push to get to within 4 points […]
It started last season. Joe Caldwell, Lionel Hollins and Byron Scott were the first. Now, it’s Fat Lever’s turn. Thursday night the former three-year starter and two-time all-conference selection will be honored as his #12 jersey will be hung from the rafters at Wells Fargo Arena. “I think it’s one of the best things that […]
Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham has made quite the first impression on ASU athletic director Lisa Love. “I am first of all very, very impressed,” Love told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Tuesday. “He has tremendous momentum that he’s established already.” Love was high on Graham’s up-tempo coaching style from the start. […]
There were more than a few eye rolls last August at Arizona State football media day when both Brock Osweiler and Gerell Robinson talked confidently about the Sun Devils aspiring to play in New Orleans in the BCS Championship Game. “As much as everybody wants us to go to the Rose Bowl, I’ve been to […]
Injuries. Ineligiblity. Suspensions. Each has landed a good shot to the body during this ASU basketball season. “We’ve hit a rough patch,” said head coach Herb Sendek Tuesday. “In part with things that we could do a better job in retrospect controlling; and in part quite frankly, some things have happened to us that are […]
I couldn’t resist. Browsing the internet Monday I came across a photo of Kyle Williams that was snapped shortly after his fumble in overtime that led to the 49ers losing to the Giants and missing out on a chance at the Super Bowl. Standing on the field, Williams’ hands were on the back of his […]
Just a day after losing out on a chance to play in his first Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs showed his resiliency while becoming a mouthpiece for what millions of sports fans feel on Monday. Suggs, the former Arizona State Sun Devil, appeared on ESPN’s First Take, which has seemingly become a vehicle […]
Quick…somebody name the last good thing that happened to Arizona State athletics? You’d probably have to go back to the football team’s easy 48-14 Homecoming win over Colorado on October 29th. Since then, it’s been a steady stream of yuck on both the gridiron and the hardwood. Suspensions, firings, embarrassing losses and negative publicity have […]
It is not easy to win on the road. ASU is 3-4 away from Wells Fargo Arena this season. It becomes even more difficult against a quality opponent (Colorado is 11-6) that has a distinct home court advantage: altitude. Follow @Vincemarotta
Many eyebrows were raised a couple of weeks ago when Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler announced he was passing up his senior season with the Sun Devils to enter the NFL Draft. Osweiler did become the first quarterback in ASU history to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a single season, but the Devils […]
ASU is playing better basketball. Since the calendar turned to the new year, the Sun Devils have won two games—or half as many as they won in the season’s first two months back when the calendar read 2011. What’s changed? “Ball movement,” answered head coach Herb Sendek without hesitation. “We’re really doing a much better […]
The flurry of coaching hires in college football is now pretty much over, so the time for reflection has begun. In all, there were 25 new coaches hired in FBS, and Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated has kicked that reflection into high gear by assigning grades to those schools who participated. Mandel’s assessments turned out […]
ASU wide receiver Gerell Robinson has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl, which could give him the opportunity to raise his draft stock. Robinson earned his spot by posting career-highs with 77 receptions, 1,397 receiving yards and 7 touchdowns last season. His receiving yardage total was the second-highest for a single season […]
Arizona State football head coach Todd Graham announced on Tuesday that Tim Cassidy will join the program as the Senior Associate Athletic Director of Football. Cassidy comes to Tempe with 23 years of experience at Texas A&M University as a graduate assistant, recruiting coordinator, assistant athletic director, and as an associate athletic director for the […]
Trent Lockett is leading his team in points, rebounds and steals. This week he’ll likely be leading them from the bench. “Trent right now is unlikely in the foreseeable future but we’ll continue to evaluate him on a day-by-day basis,” said head coach Herb Sendek Tuesday. Lockett is dealing with a sprained ankle he suffered […]
