(Photo: Ryan Clarke/WCSN) Sam Jones made powerful, motivating gestures as he gave his end of summer speech to the ASU football team, pointing to individual teammates and pumping his fist. “Tougher than hell every day, right? It’s not just a saying, man,” Jones said. “We did it every day of the summer.
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ASU Football: Graham Happy With Sun Devils’ Ball Security, Discipline In Preseason Scrimmage
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) Arizona State took the field at Sun Devil Stadium for the second of three intra-squad preseason scrimmages Saturday night, pleasing head coach Todd Graham by avoiding turnovers and penalties, and showing development as a group after another week of practices. “Eliminate penalties, we did that,” Graham said of his
ASU Football: Williams Skill on the Field, Character Off of It, Has Him Poised for Breakout Season
(Photo: August Frank/Oregon News Lab) After Arizona State’s dejecting road loss to Oregon last year, a 5-foot-10 teenager, who only months before had graduated high school, was helping push Sun Devil equipment trunks up the tunnel at Autzen Stadium in Eugene. If not for the white #10 jersey he was wearing, you
ASU Football: True Freshman Forman Becoming a Force On Defensive Line
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) In a front seven filled with returning veteran starters, first-year defensive tackle Shannon Forman is forcing his way to the top of Arizona State’s depth chart this preseason. Less than three months after graduating from Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the 6-foot-1 lineman has been a revelation
ASU Football: “Desert Dogs” aim to dominate in 2017
(Photo: Ryan Clarke/WCSN) Nestled in a forest just to the east of Payson, Camp Tontozona serves as a serene escape for ASU football at the end of every summer. Relaxing hikes and quiet nights spent without technology highlight a week of bonding. But when the Saturday scrimmage rolls around, all that silence
ASU Football: QB Battle Takes Center Stage at Camp T Scrimmage
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) It took 13 drives and a highlight reel effort from Kalen Ballage, but Arizona State’s offense finally kicked into gear in its first true test of the preseason, Saturday’s annual “final practice” scrimmage to conclude Camp Tontozona. In front of 3,042 Sun Devil fans, head coach Todd Graham’s team
ASU Football: Promising Receivers Progressing, Communicating with QBs as Season Draws Near
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) As he had been doing all morning, N’Keal Harry broke off the line of scrimmage with the snap of the ball, eased past the unlucky cornerback tasked with covering him and cut sharply towards the sideline. With his defender trailing steps behind, and nothing but green grass between him
ASU Football: Catching Up With the Sun Devils’ Trip to Payson
(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) Arizona State’s football team wrapped up their fourth day of practice in Payson on Thursday, finishing their penultimate Camp Tontozona workout before Saturday’s annual final-practice scrimmage. Head coach Todd Graham and his staff have done plenty of tinkering during their trip to Payson, and a few standouts have emerged
ASU Football: Roster Coming into Focus on Eve of Trip to Camp Tontozona
GALLERY: ASU Unveils Renovated Club Section of Sun Devil Stadium
(Photo: Jack Harris/WCSN) Arizona State University's athletic department unveiled their completely renovated Club Level on the west side of Sun Devils Stadium on Friday. The school added three club areas, each complete with it's own lounge and set of suites, that will be ready for the beginning of the 2017 football season.