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ASU Football: Sun Devils ready to christen new stadium renovations

by Zac Pacleb - September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) After playing in a hostile environment in the season opener, Arizona State returns to the friendly confines of Sun Devil Stadium. The team is 16-4 at home in the Todd Graham era. Although Sun Devil Stadium is still well in the midst of its renovation, head coach Todd Graham

ASU Football: Saturday’s special teams fiasco doesn’t change season-long outlook for Shawn Slocum

by Zane Hopen - September 9, 2015September 9, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) Much of the hype surrounding Arizona State coming into the season was placed on redshirt senior quarterback Mike Bercovici, or the defense and their barbaric blitzing, but who could have guessed the play of the special teams would be as crucial as it was in the week one

ASU Football: Sun Devils move past loss to A&M, prepare for Cal Poly

by Zane Hopen - September 9, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) If there was one thing to learn from Wednesday’s practice, it was that the Sun Devils are on to the next week, and it was made clear by offensive coordinator Mike Norvell. “I’m not focused on last week anymore,” Norvell said. “Pretty much got past that Sunday night when

ASU Football: Sun Devils drop out of Top-25, but defense stands out

by Zac Pacleb - September 8, 2015September 9, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) In the wake of its loss to Texas A&M, Arizona State dropped completely out of the AP Top-25 this week as it began prepping for its Week 2 matchup against Cal Poly. After defeating ASU by 21 points, the Aggies rose to No. 16 in the country. That news wasn’t

ASU Football: Despite loss to Texas A&M, Sun Devils still have reasons for optimism

by Zac Pacleb - September 6, 2015September 7, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) A 38-17 score could mean a lot of things. And for No. 15 Arizona State, that score meant exposure in the worst type of ways. Instead of the game being a coming out party for a high-flying offense led by Mike Bercovici, featuring D.J. Foster out wide, the Sun Devils

ASU Football: Aggies smother Sun Devil offense, dominate in all facets

by Zac Pacleb - September 5, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) It was undeniable. Texas A&M’s pass rush was too much for No. 15 Arizona State to handle. Despite all the talk of offensive weapons, schemes and potential, ASU’s offense never got off the ground in a 38-17 loss. The Sun Devils punted on seven of their eight drives in the

ASU Football: No.15 Sun Devils get run out of Houston by unranked Texas A&M

by Mauricio Casillas - September 5, 2015September 5, 2015

(Photo: Tyler Paley/WCSN) The No. 15 Arizona State Sun Devils dropped their season opener in large part due to the play of two players from the Valley of the sun. Texas A&M quarterback Kyle Allen and wide receiver Christian Kirk, were the top rated recruits in Arizona in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Both

ASU Football: Texas A&M Preview

by Zac Pacleb - September 4, 2015September 4, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) It’s finally here. The 2015 college football season is upon us, and college football fans will be hard-pressed to find a matchup more fun than No. 15 Arizona State and Texas A&M. The game is rich with subplots. TAMU players have Arizona ties, ASU players have Texas roots, and

ASU Football: Texas A&M players to watch for

by Zane Hopen - September 4, 2015

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) Texas A&M has been one of the hotspots for recruiting in the past couple years given its recent wave of talent transitioning to the NFL. Regardless of how impressive or disappointing the Aggies’ record is at the end of this season, they could be the most talented team the Sun

ASU Football: Pac-12 South Preview

by Zac Pacleb - September 3, 2015September 3, 2015

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) The Pac-12 Conference has been owned by Oregon and Stanford over the last six seasons. Since conference realignment stretched the conference from 10 teams to 12, thus installing the north and south divisions and a conference championship game, the Ducks and Cardinal have won the conference crown twice