The Arizona State Sun Devils’ search for a new head coach took many twists and turns this offseason but one particular rumor had people buzzing. Back in November, Doug Haller of the Arizona Republic heard rumblings that Mike Martz, a former assistant for the Sun Devils from 1983-1991, had interest in the ASU head coaching […]
TEMPE — For the first seven games this season, ASU sophomore Chanse Creekmur could barely hit the broad side of a barn from three-point range. The Marshalltown, Iowa product made just 4-of-21 threes to start the season, including a 4-game stretch in which he went 0-for-8 from behind the arc. Oh, how times have changed. […]
If you ask any college or pro basketball coach what they preach to their teams repeatedly in practice or right before a game, invariably “taking care of the basketball” will show up near the top of the list. Some teams take those teachings to heart and really play conservative basketball, treating each possession with tender […]
Arizona State University has hired Greg Vandermade as an assistant head coach for sports performance, Head Football Coach Todd Graham announced Friday. Vandermade previously worked at Cal State Fullerton as the head strength and conditioning coach in 2008, and also was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for two seasons at the University of Tulsa. […]
TEMPE — Turnovers have plagued the Arizona State Sun Devils all season long, and that was the case again Thursday night at Wells Fargo Arena. But a new factor also reared its ugly head in ASU’s Pac-12 home opener — fatigue. The two together were far too much to overcome as Arizona State dropped a […]
Three Arizona State football seniors will participate in one more collegiate game, having accepted invitations to play in their first post-season all-star games. Linebacker Colin Parker, wide receiver Gerell Robinson and offensive lineman Garth Gerhart are on rosters for three separate games that will be played in January. Parker will appear in the Casino Del […]
It’s been five days since Arizona State head basketball coach Herb Sendek dismissed his leading scorer and assist man Keala King from the squad. King, along with fellow sophomore Kyle Cain and junior Chris Colvin, was suspended for last weekend’s trip to Los Angeles for “unacceptable conduct”. Following the trip, Sendek made the decision to […]
It would appear the snoozefest that was Monday’s BCS National Championship Game has inspired change. Rumblings that a playoff-type system could be on the way have grown louder in recent days, though Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo that it doesn’t mean change is imminent. “Obviously there’s complicated details, otherwise […]
Wednesday, Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham hired “the best strength and conditioning coach in America”, to join his staff. Those are flattering comments about Shawn Griswold, Graham’s latest hire. Griswold has been named the Director of Strength and Conditioning at ASU following Graham from the University of Pittsburgh, where he held the same […]
If you look at a crystal ball in the hopes seeing the future of ASU basketball, it would be too cloudy for even the most experienced fortune teller to see. The recent past is something that most ASU fans would shield their eyes from or violently turn away. ASU head coach Herb Sendek dismissed Keala […]
Kyle Cain and Chris Colvin returned to Arizona State’s basketball practice Monday and will be available this week vs. the Oregon schools. The two, along with Keala King, were suspended last week, did not make the trip to L.A. and missed the games against USC and UCLA. King has since been dismissed from the team. […]
Most people concentrated on the confetti falling from the rafters and the Crimson celebration at the Louisiana Superdome in the moments that followed Alabama’s 21-0 win over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night. Some watched The Bachelor. Others started looking ahead to the 2012 season. Among those was ESPN Pac-12 blogger […]
Another day, another position filled on Todd Graham’s coaching staff. The Arizona State head coach hired former Central Washington assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Joe Lorig on Tuesday. Lorig spent four seasons on the staff at Central Washington, helping the NCAA Division II Wildcats to a 34-12 record and two playoff appearances. Lorig does […]
Discipline. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot in the sport of football. Unfortunately it isn’t a word that was associated with Dennis Erickson’s tenure as head coach at Arizona State. That lack of discipline and a late-season collapse led to Erickson’s firing in November. Last month, ASU hired Todd Graham, who made […]
New Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham continued the process of filling out his staff with the hiring of Paul Randolph as Senior Associate Head Coach. Randolph has served on Graham’s coaching staff in all of his previous stops. At Rice in 2006, Randolph served as assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. […]
It looks like the Arizona State Sun Devils will be playing with one less man this year. According to multiple reports, leading scorer Keala King was dismissed from the ASU men’s basketball team Sunday. @ASUDevilscom tweeted: Quote from coach Herb Sendek: “We have decided that Keala will no longer be with the team. We wish […]
ASU head football coach Todd Graham issued the following statement on junior Brock Osweiler’s decision to enter the NFL Draft “I wish Brock Osweiler nothing but the best in his pursuit of a future in the National Football League. That is the goal of every college football player who buckles up a chin strap. I […]
Here is Brock Osweiler’s statement regarding his decision to forego his senior season at Arizona State and enter the NFL Draft Winter Break was an important time for me and after much deliberation, I came to an important decision. In a lot of ways it was similar to my last year in high school. In […]
Arizona State Football Coach Todd Graham added former University of Illinois tight ends and fullbacks coach Chip Long to his staff on Friday, according to a press release by the university. Prior to the years at Illinois, Long had a two-year stint at the University of Arkansas as a graduate assistant, also working with tight […]
The Arizona State mens basketball program has been struggling, and the addition of three suspensions won’t improve their chances of making changes within the next two games. Chris Colvin, Kyle Cain and Keala King will not play in the games against USC tonight and UCLA on Jan. 7 in a decision made by Coach Herb […]
Brock Osweiler had a record-setting season for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He became the first ASU quarterback to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season, while passing for 26 touchdowns for the 6-7 Devils. Following a 56-24 loss to Boise State in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas last month, an emotional Osweiler […]
New Arizona State head coach Todd Graham continued filling out his coaching staff on Wednesday, hiring DelVaughn Alexander. Alexander has spent the past five seasons at the University of Wisconsin as the wide receivers coach under Bret Bielema. While Alexander was on the staff, the Badgers grabbed part of two Big Ten championships and played […]
We know what team will provide the opposition for Arizona State in new head coach Todd Graham’s debut. We just don’t know when it will be. The Pac-12 released their 2012 football schedule, and Graham’s Sun Devils will open things up against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, but no date has been announced just yet. Smart […]
Todd Graham came to Arizona State with a reputation as a strict disciplinarian in his time as head coach at Rice, Tulsa and Pittsburgh. It didn’t take long for him to live up to that reputation, as Wednesday the Sun Devils’ new coach suspended defensive end Junior Onyeali indefinitely for “not meeting high standards of […]
It has been a tumultuous past few months for the Arizona State Sun Devils football program. After another underwhelming year, which failed to live up to the hype, the Devils have been toiling in a period of transition. They fired head coach Dennis Erickson and became embroiled in a national firestorm after reportedly hiring than […]
When the 2011 season began, many felt it would be Vontaze Burfict’s last in an ASU uniform. Regarded as one of the best defensive players in the country, he was viewed as a sure-fire first round pick, maybe even a top-10 selection. However, the junior had well-documented struggles, with some thinking it may lead to […]
The staff of ArizonaSports.com has compiled their list of the top 25 Arizona sports stories of the year 2011. We’ll be unveiling them over the next couple of weeks all leading up to the top story of 2011. When Dennis Erickson’s Arizona State Sun Devils took the field at the Rose Bowl to take on […]
The staff of ArizonaSports.com has compiled their list of the top 25 Arizona sports stories of the year 2011. We’ll be unveiling them over the next couple of weeks all leading up to the top story of 2011. The 2011 football season got off to a great start for ASU junior linebacker Vontaze Burfict. Following […]
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — We all know that Arizona State’s ugly 56-24 loss to the Boise State Broncos in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas on Thursday night was Dennis Erickson’s last game as the head coach of the program. It was also the last game for several members of the Sun Devil staff, including offensive […]
LAS VEGAS, NV — The point spread said it wouldn’t be close, and it wasn’t. Boise State’s Doug Martin returned the opening kickoff of the game 100 yards for a touchdown, and the 6th-ranked Broncos never looked back, pounding the Arizona State Sun Devils 56-24 in the 20th edition of the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas […]
