TEMPE, Ariz. — Where did that come from? The popular thinking heading into their homecoming matchup against Washington was that the Arizona State Sun Devils defense would struggle to stop the run. Why wouldn’t they? They allowed Wisconsin to rumble for 231 yards. Stanford went for 240. USC gouged their defense for 247. Notre Dame […]
GLENDALE, Ariz. — There was plenty of talk about the opportunity that laid ahead of the Arizona Cardinals Thursday night. Their game against the Seattle Seahawks represented a chance. A chance for the Cards to announce themselves as real players in the NFC West. A chance to continue their home dominance over their division rivals […]
For the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday’s 32-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers was both very familiar and very different. The familiar part was the result. The defeat was their eighth in the last nine matchups against San Francisco, and their fifth straight loss at Candlestick Park. The difference was in the details. Unlike so many […]
I’m not sure how it happened, but the Arizona Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13-10 Sunday at Raymond James Stadium to push their record to 2-2 on the season. Now this wasn’t the same kind of shock we all felt when the Cardinals knocked off Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Foxborough […]
TEMPE, Ariz. — The goal for head coach Todd Graham was for his Arizona State Sun Devils to bounce back after a confidence-sapping 42-28 loss at Stanford last Saturday that was not nearly as close as the score would indicate. The Devils did just that, racking up 612 yards of offense against USC, who came […]
There’s a faction of people who believe that the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pool party at Chase Field Thursday afternoon was perfectly acceptable. After all, the Dodgers’ historic 42-8 run in June, July and August catapulted them from a last place team that was on the brink of firing their manager to becoming the first MLB […]
It wasn’t the prettiest or the most convincing, but a win is a win. The Arizona Cardinals won their home opener and gave Bruce Arians his first win as a non-interim head coach as they defeated the Detroit Lions 25-21 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale Sunday. Here’s six things that stood out to […]
OK, what the hell happened? It’s Sunday morning, and I still can’t fully grasp what transpired on Frank Kush Field at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe Saturday night. The only thing I know for sure is Arizona State knocked off Wisconsin 32-30 in a game that featured the strangest ending since, well, I don’t know […]
At long last, we finally got our first glimpse at the new-look Arizona Cardinals. New general manager, new head coach and a slew of new players. The only thing that felt like years past was the result. The Cardinals squandered an 11-point fourth-quarter lead and fell to the St. Louis Rams 27-24 at the Edward […]
Man, this Kool-Aid tastes good. OK, I’m not exactly gulping it down, but when it comes to football teams in the Valley, I can’t remember going into a season where I’m as optimistic about both the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Cardinals. The main reasons for the optimism? There are many, but it’s […]
Despite his rousing success in the first 18 months on the job at Arizona State, Sun Devils’ head football coach Todd Graham is still labeled in a very particular way by those outside the Valley. He’s still known for his less-than-perfect exit from the University of Pittsburgh after just one season to take over the […]
The University of Arizona has unveiled the brand new Lowell-Stevens Football Facility at Arizona Stadium. It is, in a word, gorgeous — at least from the pictures I’ve seen. The facility is five stories high, features new football offices, a modernized weight room and 5,000 upgraded seats and an indoor club that also has 600 […]