Scribes who cover the Pac-12 have tabbed the Arizona State Sun Devils to finish 9th in the conference in a preseason poll released Friday morning from Pac-12 Media Day in Los Angeles. Head coach Herb Sendek’s squad returns eight players and seven letter winners from last year’s 12-19 team that finished last in the conference. […]
On paper it would appear #21 ASU should have little trouble against Colorado. The Buffaloes are 1-7 and 0-4 in their first year of PAC- 12 play. They have lost five straight, six straight against ranked teams and 21 straight away from home. In addition, Colorado has lost 11 regulars in its two deep—including six […]
Steven Threet is used to the spotlight. It comes with the job of playing quarterback for a major college football program. But those days are over. Yet the spotlight remains. The former ASU quarterback found himself in our nation’s capital last week speaking in front of the U.S. Senate. “My C-SPAN debut,” he said with […]
We head into the last weekend of October, and things are starting to look a little more clear in the Pac-12–or maybe half of it. The Pac-12 South sees 21st-ranked Arizona State clearly in the catbird seat, while the intrigue is still thick in the North, with Stanford and Oregon still undefeated in conference play […]
It’s no secret that Arizona State head coach is enjoying one of his better seasons. The Devils are leading the Pac-12 South, in control of their own destiny to reach the Pac-12 championship game and, given the outlook of everyone else in the division, the team could be atop for quite some time. So it […]
Teams always believe they can get more pressure on the quarterback. ASU believes they’ll be able to do just that with the return of sophomore defensive end Junior Onyeali. “Having Junior back (Saturday against Colorado) makes a big difference,” explained head coach Dennis Erickson. Onyeali, who led the Sun Devils and all PAC-10 freshmen with […]
Dennis Erickson’s team is having a banner year, and with just one season remaining on his contract it would seem as if the time is right for a contract extension. A guest on Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo Tuesday, the 64-year-old said he’d like to see happen. “I’d like to be here for as […]
It’s referred to as coach speak but it’s not coming from the head coach. It’s coming from the quarterback. It’s coming from one of the team’s captains. “I do know,” said Brock Osweiler, “that this team has been very good about taking it one week at a time and I think that’s the most important […]
Arizona State junior linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been a target of both local and national media for what is perceived as lackluster play in 2011. That didn’t stop the folks who hand out The Butkus Award to the nation’s top linebacker, who today included Burfict on their list of twelve semifinalists for the hardware. Burfict […]
Earlier this season, Arizona State head coach Dennis Erickson said we may see injured cornerback Omar Bolden, who suffered a torn ACL in spring practice, back after ASU’s bye week. Well, the bye week has come and gone, and the 21st-ranked Sun Devils are beginning preparations for the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday afternoon. Does that […]
After three months of practice and seven straight games, ASU needed a break. “That bye week came at a very crucial point in time,” said quarterback Brock Osweiler during his weekly Monday press conference. “It really gave guys the chance to kind of heal up their body, refresh a little bit and get focused on […]
With no game Saturday, ASU head coach Dennis Erickson had a chance to sit back, relax and be a fan for one of the few times during the season. “I had the remote…watched a lot of games,” he explained during his weekly press conference Monday. Of course in watching his colleagues he did what any […]
“The way I see it in my eyes is we’re first place in the Pac-12 South,” ASU quarterback Brock Osweiler said. “We’re sitting right where we had hoped we’d be at this time during the season and we just have to continue to build upon that.” Osweiler has been praised for his leadership this season, […]
The expectations were high for ASU coming into the season. Now seven games in to the 2011 campaign, those expectations remain unchanged. “The way I see it in my eyes is we’re in first place in the Pac-12 South,” said quarterback Brock Osweiler. “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to win the […]
Arizona State University’s middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict is picking up the critics at an extraordinary rate. Count ESPN NCAA football analyst Bob Davie as another analyst who calls Burfict’s on-field antics a distraction that is causing his NFL draft stock to fall quickly. “I’m just basing it on what I see from a productivity standpoint […]
Even though Arizona State has a winning record and is on track to be the first Pac-12 South champ, linebacker Vontaze Burfict just can’t catch a break. The linebacker had four solo tackles but committed two personal foul penalties in Saturday’s 41-27 loss to the Oregon Ducks. Although Burfict is no stranger to the personal […]
This season the news has been mostly bad for ASU on the injury front, but that may be changing soon. The pendulum, it appears, is slowly swinging towards good news for the Sun Devils. “Yeah, finally,” said head coach Dennis Erickson. “It’s been awhile.” For starters, defensive end Junior Onyeali (knee) is expected to return […]
With the way their respective seasons are going, there’s a decent chance Arizona State and Oregon will play again in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game. The Sun Devils lost to the Ducks last Saturday at Autzen – – where the rematch would likely be played — 41-27, but gained some confidence along the way. “There’s […]
On Monday, Arizona State’s Homecoming game against Colorado was passed over by the Pac-12’s national television partners and it appeared that the game would not be televised. Now, it will be on the tube, as Fox Sports Arizona has announced a local telecast for the October 29th game that is scheduled to kickoff at 3:30 […]
It is hard to gauge ASU middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s impact on the field, is he helping his team or is he hurting it? CBS Sports’ Bruce Feldman said that Burfict’s play can ultimately end up costing the Sun Devils’ play on the field. “Clearly there is a lot of intensity and a lot of […]
Vontaze Burfict started the season with tons of hype surrounding him. Most believed he was one if not the nation’s top linebackers, a surefire top five pick in the NFL Draft. But so far this season Burfict hasn’t really lived up to any hype, as he’s played like just another linebacker in tallying 36 tackles, […]
Four new members will be inducted into the Arizona State University Ring of Honor on the weekend of November 18th and 19th. The 2011 inductees are Curley Culp, a 1967 All-American at nose tackle, the late John Henry Johnson, ASU’s all-time leading rusher Woody Green and Charley Taylor, who starred in Tempe from 1961 to […]
The initial Bowl Championship Series standings were released with great pomp and circumstance on Sunday evening, and with little surprise, unbeaten LSU and Alabama came in ranked #1 and #2. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Boise State rounded out the top top five. Three Pac-12 teams were ranked in the BCS standings; Stanford (6-0) is ranked […]
The Arizona State Sun Devils went to Eugene, Oregon not only with the hopes of ending a six-game losing streak to the Oregon Ducks, but also to send a message to the rest of the Pac-12 and the nation that they were ready for prime time. The (now) 18th-ranked Devils failed on both goals, falling […]
With half the regular season already behind us, many publications are issuing mid-season awards in college football. Phil Steele, who has published Phil Steele’s College Football Preview since 1995, has put out his mid-season All-Conference teams in every conference, including the Pac-12. Nine Arizona State Sun Devils got mention with senior center Garth Gerhart, junior […]
Arizona State has already surpassed the expectations many fans went into the season with. The team is currently ranked 18th in the nation with a 5-1 record, and appears to have an easy road to the Pac-12 championship game. The Sun Devils really only have one test remaining on their schedule, and it’s Saturday’s matchup […]
Brock Osweiler has thrown all of 377 passes in his collegiate career, passed for 2,723 yards and tossed 20 touchdowns. He’s thrown eight interceptions and been sacked 27 times. A mobile 6-foot-8, Osweiler is now on the radars of NFL scouts. “Up in Minnesota a pro personnel man told me ‘Brock Osweiler’s got my attention, […]
In the history of the rivalry between 18th-ranked Arizona State and 9th-ranked Oregon, the Sun Devils still come out on top, having won 16 of 31 previous games. But that number can be a little misleading, as the Ducks have won the last six meetings—a trend Dennis Erickson’s 18th-ranked squad will try to reverse Saturday […]
There is no better team in the Pac-12 at forcing turnovers than Arizona State, and only Rutgers and South Carolina are better nationally. The ASU defense, as expected, is making its presence felt on the field. The unit though got off to a slow start, forcing only one turnover in the first two games (UC […]
