Former Arizona State offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone’s close relationship with former Sun Devil quarterback Brock Osweiler has transcended their days together in Tempe. Mazzone, who is now the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, is going to run Osweiler’s Pro Day on March 30 in anticipation of the NFL draft on April 26. For […]
The National Football Foundation has unveiled their list of 76 nominees for 2012 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, and three on the list are former Arizona State Sun Devils. Linebacker Bob Breunig, defensive end Al Harris and former head coach Darryl Rogers are all on the ballot this year. Breunig played at […]
Vontaze Burfict’s star has fallen fast. The volatile linebacker followed a sub-par junior season with an even worse effort at the NFL Draft Combine in Indianapolis. Burfict, who ranked last among linebackers in most categories and near the bottom in the others, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.93 and 5.10 seconds, numbers that did nothing […]
At an informal lunch with Phoenix-area sports media last week, new Arizona State football coach Todd Graham talked about the importance of dealing with the media. He spoke of using the media as a free resource for his program. He joked that he wouldn’t recruit players that wouldn’t or couldn’t speak to the media. Of […]
TEMPE — No, the scoreboard wasn’t broken. It was just stuck. For a stretch of 5:19 of the second half, ASU held a 53-52 lead over USC at Wells Fargo Arena. Then, with the shot clock running down, Arizona State point guard Chris Colvin hit a circus shot off the window, getting fouled in the […]
All season long we heard about how tall ASU quarterback Brock Osweiler was. “Six-foot-eight,” every broadcaster said. And really, we mean every broadcaster. Seriously, you could not go a game without hearing about the junior’s stature at least a half-dozen times. It was all a lie. According to CBSSports.com, Osweiler is not, in fact, 6-foot-8. […]
TEMPE — Lazeric Jones scored 13 of his game-high 20 points in the second half and David Wear chipped in with 13 of his own as the UCLA Bruins downed the Arizona State Sun Devils 66-57 at Wells Fargo Arena Thursday night. The Sun Devils were shorthanded, as starting wing Carrick Felix missed the game […]
For many, the ASU basketball season can’t end soon enough. Count Bo Barnes and Evan Gordon among those. The two have been practicing every day but yet have not seen a single minute of action. Per NCAA rules neither is allowed to suit up for games. They are transfers—Barnes from Hawaii, Gordon from Liberty—and must […]
Vontaze Burfict entered the 2011 season regarded as one of the premier defensive players in the country. As feared as he was explosive, the Arizona State Sun Devil was projected as a first round pick in the NFL Draft, and one of the first defensive players off the board. That’s no longer the case. According […]
The bad news: ASU is on the road this week. The good news: ASU is on the road for what will be the final time this regular season. The Sun Devils visit the Washington schools, with the first stop being Seattle to play the University of Washington Thursday. The Huskies are 13-2 at home, with […]
It’s been a long and winding road for ASU’s mens basketball team, and with only five regular season games left, there’s not much time to make vast improvements. So, the team is taking it back to basics. “We’ve really sold out to the fundamentals, and it’s just a great reminder for all of us that […]
There are only 28 days until Arizona State begins spring football, yet new head coach Todd Graham sounds like he’s already raring to go. Graham was part of Newsmakers Week with Doug and Wolf on Arizona Sports 620, and on Tuesday, stopped by Fry’s in Mesa to chat with the guys. “I think the number […]
Just two weeks ago, college football programs all around the country announced their 2012 recruiting classes. Of course, this causes fans and media alike to start feverishly projecting how these recruits fit into their respective teams’ futures. But what about the class of 2011? Or more to the point, those recruits who didn’t get on […]
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 […]
