It’s not overly surprising that the Arizona State Sun Devils have started the season 2-0. What is surprising is the nature in which they’ve posted that record. ASU pounded in-state neighbor Northern Arizona 63-6 to open the season before routing Illinois last Saturday by the count of 45-14. So, is new head coach Todd Graham […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a football game. So, we will give you a fork report, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from ASU’s September 8 win over Illinois.
September 7, 2012: Illinois game may define season It’s week two and already the 2012 Arizona State football team is at a crossroads. Yes, the season-opening 63-6 win over in-state NAU was impressive. But it will mean nothing if ASU is not able to capitalize on that momentum and defeat Big 10 opponent Illinois Saturday […]
September 6, 2012: Sun Devils ready for Illinois ASU held its final practice ahead of Saturday’s game against Illinois. Head coach Todd Graham called it “our best Thursday”. Graham is interested in seeing how his team responds to having less time to prepare for an opponent. “We’re a lot better preparing than we were last […]
The Pac-12 doesn’t give out the Coach of the Week Award as part of their weekly hardware announcements, opting to stick to honoring the offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week. But Jon Gold over at CBS Sports will be giving out his own weekly award for the conference’s sideline bosses, and Arizona […]
In their season-opening win over Northern Arizona last week, the Arizona State Sun Devils’ offense racked up over 550 yards and scored eight offensive touchdowns. You’d think that would be enough to please a coach who just guided a team to victory in his first game on the sidelines, right? Wrong. Todd Graham addressed the […]
Arizona State University basketball seems to be putting their focus on winning now. A report from ESPN said ASU wants to bring in not one, but two former NBA coaches. Herb Sendek is reportedly bringing in former Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings head coach and current Lakers D-League coach Eric Musselman along with Larry […]
Former NBA coach Eric Musselman is reportedly in talks with Arizona State to join Herb Sendek on the bench as an assistant coach for ASU’s upcoming season. According to ESPN’s Andy Katz, Sendek has had “serious conversations” with Musselman, who currently coaches the Los Angeles Defenders and the Venezuelan National team. He won the NBA […]
Arizona State linebacker Brandon Magee entered training camp with a lot of eyes on him. But, more specifically on his Achilles tendon, which he injured entering last year causing him to miss the entire 2011 season. Fast forward 12 months and Magee, the recently-named team captain and face of the program, is just happy to […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a football game. So, we will give you a fork report, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from ASU’s August 30 win over Northern Arizona.
It was a surreal moment as I made my way to the Sun Devil Stadium press box; I couldn’t recall if I had set foot in the building during the entire Dennis Erickson era. Sun Devil fans can certainly relate. Outside of a Holiday Bowl run in year one and the horrendous stumbles of the […]
TEMPE — For eight months, new Arizona State head coach Todd Graham said all the right things. He shook hands with anyone who would extend one to him. He did more in those eight months to light a fire under the bottoms of ASU faithful than his predecessor, Dennis Erickson, did in five seasons. But […]
Arizona State wide receiver Jamal Miles has been suspended for the team’s opener Thursday night in Tempe against Northern Arizona University. Miles reportedly was deemed ineligible after violating team rules. This will be the second game in a row missed due to a suspension for the senior wideout. He sat out of the Maaco Bowl […]
There are four new coaches in the Pac-12 this season, and each one has his own set of challenges to deal with. Former UCLA head coach and current NCAA Football analyst Rick Neuheisel told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf ASU’s Todd Graham has the toughest task ahead of him. “The number one challenge and […]
The Pac-12 released the television schedule for men’s basketball and will feature 150 live games across its seven networks, including 142 regular season games and eight Pac-12 Tournament games. “This is a significant milestone for all of the Pac-12 programs and our fans,” Pac-12 Enterprises President Gary Stevenson said. “Last year there were more than […]
When Arizona State’s spring football practice wrapped up in late-April, you’d have been a fool to predict that sophomore Taylor Kelly would be the Sun Devils’ starting quarterback when the season opened in August. After all, Kelly was clearly the third quarterback in the pecking order behind fellow sophomore Mike Bercovici and redshirt freshman Michael […]
The Devil Walk is the latest installment in Coach Todd Graham’s campaign to renew and create new football traditions at Arizona State University. “We want to create that for our fans and also for our players and develop some tradition,” Graham said during an interview Monday with Burns and Gambo on Arizona Sports 620. Taking […]
There has been a ton of change around the Arizona State football program, and now the Sun Devils and their fans are just days away from seeing the revamped product on the field. ASU will host Northern Arizona in Tempe Thursday night in the debut of new head coach Todd Graham, and the man who […]
2012 should be an interesting year in the Pac-12. First, this year featured the launch of the national and regional Pac-12 Networks that will ensure every conference football game is televised. Secondly, USC is off probation and Lane Kiffin’s Trojans come limping into the campaign after the harsh NCAA penalties that crippled their program. Yes, […]
Arizona State men’s basketball coach Herb Sendek has a couple job openings on his staff. As reported by The State Press, assistants Scott Pera and Lamont Smith have bolted for other programs. Pera, who has been with ASU since 2006, is heading to the University of Pennsylvania and Smith, who joined Sendek in Tempe in […]
You know college football is right around the corner when ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit releases “The Herbies”. For the last 12 years, Herbstreit has doled out his preseason awards in categories like best running backs, top wide receivers, best pocket passers, best dual-threat quarterbacks and more. And it’s in some of the other categories where […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — It took longer than Arizona State head coach Todd Graham wanted, but Monday sophomore Taylor Kelly was named as the Sun Devils’ starting quarterback for the season opener August 30 against Northern Arizona. But in holding true to what he’s said throughout fall camp and following Saturday’s scrimmage at Camp Tontozona, Graham […]
CAMP TONTOZONA, Ariz. — One of the few Arizona State highlights in a thoroughly dismal 56-24 loss to Boise State in last season’s MAACO Bowl Las Vegas was the performance of wide receiver/kick returner Rashad Ross. Ross returned the second half kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown in that game. While it didn’t do much […]
CAMP TONTOZONA, Ariz — Some 5,142 fans showed up at Camp Tontozona just east of Payson Saturday to watch Arizona State’s football team scrimmage there for the first time since 2007. Many of them were hoping for head coach Todd Graham to announce who his starting quarterback will be when the Sun Devils host NAU […]
CAMP TONTOZONA — If you like your football to feature big plays, you might want to get up to Camp Tontozona to check out what Arizona State’s offense is up to. Thursday’s practice featured a 99-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Kelly to Rashad Ross. There weren’t any plays that long on Friday, but there were […]
CAMP TONTOZONA, Ariz. — When you talk to anyone about the 2012 Arizona State football team, invariably two of the first items up for discussion will be the new coaching staff and the new quarterback. Todd Graham replaced Dennis Erickson, who was fired after five seasons on the job, and has dominated national headlines — […]
Payson, Ariz. — Head coach Todd Graham said this week he’d like to leave Camp Tontozona on Saturday with a starting quarterback. He also said this week Taylor Kelly was leading that competition. Whether or not the redshirt sophomore can beat out teammates and good friends Mike Bercovici and Michael Eubank for the job will […]
August 16, 2012: Coaches’ voices pierce the Tonto National Forest PAYSON — First, there’s the horn, signaling the end of that particular period of work. Then comes the air horn, followed by a voice through a megaphone directing the players where to go next. There’s also the occasional whistle. But it’s the coaches who make […]
August 15, 2012: Launch called “tremendous, tremendous step” PAYSON — At 6 p.m. Wednesday night, the Pac-12 joined the Big Ten as conferences with their own television network. “It’s a great brand builder,” ASU AD Steve Patterson said. “It’s great for getting exposure for all our great universities.” Football and men’s basketball will anchor the […]
August 15, 2012: “This is heaven up here” PAYSON — Football returned to Camp Tontozona Wednesday for the first time since 2008. But it’s been five years since ASU practiced on the field legendary head coach Frank Kush first used in 1960 for preseason workouts. “I’m really honored to be here,” first year head coach […]
