(Photo: Tyler Strachan/WCSN) When Stanford travels to face Arizona State on Saturday night, they will bring with them a larger, smash-mouth style offense that is predicated on establishing the run to set up the rest of the playbook. In a conference that is known for points and high-flying offenses, the Cardinal
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ASU Football: To be the champion, you must beat the champion
(Photo: ASU Athletics) The No. 17 Arizona State Sun Devils end every practice by breaking a final huddle with a “national champs” chant from everyone on the team. With signs throughout the team’s facilities and consistent post-practice comments from head coach Todd Graham about the subject, it’s been made clear to
ASU Football: All eyes on Taylor Kelly in practice
(Photo: ASU Athletics) Tuesday marked the first day of practice for the Arizona State football team in its week of preparation for a fourth conference game. Though not much differed in terms of the attire, participation and explosiveness of Taylor Kelly, his every movement, let alone his status for the Sun Devils
ASU Football: Bercovici could lead the Sun Devils into the future
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) A few weeks ago, many people around the Pac-12 were asking, “What will the Arizona State offense look like with backup quarterback Mike Bercovici in?” The answer after two games: Pretty darn good. Bercovici picked apart two of the most talented defenses in the country in UCLA and USC, as
ASU Football: Updates on Damarious Randall, DJ Calhoun
(Photo: ASU Athletics) After a roller-coaster series of weeks for ASU football, two of the team's more polarizing defensive players are adjusting to everything that happened. Freshman linebacker DJ Calhoun may be looking at a permanent position change, and senior safety Damarious Randall responded to his critics by turning a complete
ASU Football: State of the defense
ASU Football: Inconsistent kicking at the heart of special teams woes
(Photo: ASU Athletics) The Arizona State Sun Devils lost only four games during a 2013 season that earned Todd Graham Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors. Half of those losses came to the Stanford Cardinal, who won the Pac-12 and represented the conference at the Rose Bowl. According to Graham, one factor
ASU Football: Taylor Kelly returns to practice
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Before Thursday, Taylor Kelly had missed 12 consecutive practices and two games in a span of exactly four weeks. But in the final practice session of Arizona State’s second bye week, that streak came to an end. Limited Takeaways from Kelly’s Limited Practice It was not an emphatic end to the streak
ASU Football: Reestablishing the running game
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The statistics from the Mike Bercovici-led aerial attack for the Arizona State football team are extremely impressive: Through two games, 998 passing yards and eight touchdowns have culminated in nearly 500 passing yards per game and 30-plus points per game. Bercovici has performed better than anyone could have possibly
