(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Few, if any, college football programs are more willing to play freshmen than head coach Herm Edwards and the Sun Devils are. In the Power 5 conferences, you’d be hard-pressed to find a school which will play more freshmen in the opening two weeks of college football than
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ASU Football: Sac State vs ASU Instant Recap, Sun Devils top Hornets 19-7
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) It wasn’t pretty, but the Arizona State Sun Devils (2-0) defeated Sacramento State (1-1), 19-7 Friday night in a sloppy contest which featured poor offensive line play, questionable play-calling and plenty of offensive inexecution. ASU and Sacramento State entered play Friday night having scored 30 and 77 points, respectively,
ASU Football: Sac State vs ASU Halftime Instant Recap
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) A first half full of punts and allergic to points opened Friday night football at Sun Devil Stadium. Arizona State’s week two matchup with Sacramento State featured two teams which had scored 30 and 77 points respectively in week one, but sloppy offensive play was the story of
ASU Football: Previewing Sun Devils tilt with Sacramento State
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) After an opening-week win over Kent State, head coach Herm Edwards and Arizona State welcome Sacramento State to Tempe Friday night. A win for the Sun Devils would improve their record to 2-0 before ASU heads to East Lansing, Michigan, for a matchup with No. 19 Michigan State. Sacramento
ASU Football: After week one, offensive line continuity a focus for Sun Devils
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Playing freshman is not a novel concept for head coach Herm Edwards and the Arizona State Sun Devils. In Thursday night’s opening-night win over Kent State, Edwards and the Arizona State coaching staff trotted out 25 different freshman – 15 of them being true, the other 10 of
ASU Football: Jayden Daniels passes first test in Sun Devils opening night win
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Arizona State’s home-opener in 2019 was always going to be a historic night. That much had been known since head coach Herm Edwards announced that Jayden Daniels would become the first true freshman quarterback in program history to open the season under center. By halftime of ASU's season opener
ASU Softball: Shuffled lineup fails to solve ASU hitting woes
ASU Softball: Sun Devils head to Tucson for first road series
ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils advance past Knights, 60-45
(Photo by Travis Whittaker/ WCSN) For the second consecutive year, the Arizona State Sun Devils (21-10) advanced out of the first round of the NCAA tournament, defeating the UCF Knights (26-7), 60-45, in Coral Gables, Florida. In a game that featured the best defensive teams in the AAC and Pac-12, it was
ASU Women’s Basketball: Sun Devils continue to miss out on resumé-boosting opportunities
(Photo: Travis David V Whittaker/WCSN) Few teams across the women’s college basketball landscape have challenged themselves as much as Charli Turner Thorne’s squad. Whether it be Baylor, Louisville, or a slew of Pac-12 opponents, No. 20 Arizona State (19-9, 10-7 Pac-12) has gone through a gauntlet of a schedule. Yet despite having