(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Let the quest for bowl eligibility begin. Arizona State hits the road to Pullman to take on an improved Washington State program that is coming off an impressive 30-28 loss to Stanford. For various reasons, the Cougars present a unique challenge to the Sun Devils, particularly to ASU’s defense.
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ASU Football: Richard and Ballage will be key on offense AND defense against Washington State
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) In a week filled with signal-stealing debates, pass-run options and evaluating why Arizona State is fighting for bowl eligibility, the Sun Devils concluded their on-field prep for Washington State in relatively mellow manner. Thursday’s questions and comments were business as usual, and ASU head coach Todd Graham was quick to
ASU Football: A season filled with promises has been a season filled with let downs
ASU Football: Norvell explains play calls at end of Oregon Game
ASU Football: Sun Devils try to stay focused even with a .500 record
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) With national, conference and divisional championship hopes all but lost, Arizona State was left to reflect on its triple-overtime loss that saw Oregon drop 61 points on its vaunted defense. While collegiate overtime procedure produces skewed offensive numbers, that doesn’t take away the fact that Oregon was able to
ASU Football: Undisciplined play leads to Sun Devils’ demise
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The Arizona State Sun Devils were beginning to look like a dominant defensive team, and the offense was just along for the ride. Three straight games allowing less than 100 rushing yards, allowing no more than 23 points for three consecutive weeks, and it was finally beginning to
ASU Football: Sun Devils fall to Oregon in triple overtime thriller
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State and Oregon combined to run 177 offensive plays, and yet the biggest question mark comes from the final play call that ended in Arrion Springs picking off Mike Bercovici in the end zone. This capped off a 61-55 triple-overtime thriller in Sun Devil Stadium. “We had a
ASU Football: Oregon Preview
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Rewind to August, where if everything shaped up in the Sun Devils' favor, this Thursday night game would have been the biggest of the year. Defending National Champion runner-up, versus a team trying to join the elite conversation. Two senior quarterbacks, an explosive offense versus a cutthroat defense,
ASU Football: Oregon players to watch
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State and Oregon had every reason to believe that this would be a big-time matchup when they looked at their respective schedules in August, and for a multitude of reasons, that’s not the case come Thursday night. However, those preseason expectations stemmed from talented rosters, and Oregon
ASU Football: Stopping Oregon’s rushing attack won’t be easy, but ASU’s stout rush defense has bottled up top rushers before
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Although the big picture implications surrounding Arizona State’s matchup with Oregon have shrunk dramatically over the course of the season, the talent on the field will be much higher than two 4-3 records represent. While ASU has done well slowing down opposing rushing attacks this season, Oregon boasts sophomore