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ASU Football: Fields excited to be back as Pierce praises fast, deep defense

by Michael Baribault - March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Arizona State Football defensive coordinator Antonio Pierce and senior defensive back Evan Fields spoke to the media after spring practice on Monday. Here are the highlights from what both said during availability. Fields' return, "little things" in a fast group highlight defense ASU returns quite the speedy secondary for the

ASU Football: Sun Devils to face Beavers in final regular season contest

by Hunter Hippel - December 19, 2020December 19, 2020

(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) Oregon State Football has made one thing quite clear this season: they are not going to go down easy. The Beavers, despite their lowly, on-the-surface record of 2-4 in 2020, have not lost a game by more than ten points in its six contests. That came in Week 1

ASU Football: Sun Devils look for season’s first win in Territorial Cup

by Hunter Hippel - December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) If there was any week for Arizona State Football to come out, make a statement and secure its first win of the season, then this would be it. The Sun Devils travel to Tuscon to take on Arizona in the 94th Territorial Cup Friday night. In a season that's

ASU Football: After suspension, Crosswell leaves program

by Hunter Hippel - December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

Days after being suspended indefinitely for team conduct reasons, Arizona State football junior safety Aashari Crosswell is leaving the program, he announced Thursday on social media. Crosswell announced his decision on Instagram and said he was declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft. "I would like to say I appreciate all my supporters,

ASU Football: New OC Zak Hill provides offense a diverse new look

by Hunter Hippel - October 27, 2020November 2, 2020

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) If the 2019-20 season was any indication, "good enough" was not going to get it done in the next year for Arizona State Football. Sure, freshman quarterback Jayden Daniels established himself as one of the premier quarterbacks in his class. Sure, senior wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk heard his name

ASU Football: Sun Devils youthful nature provides up-and-down results in Sac State win

by Gabe Swartz - September 8, 2019September 9, 2019

(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

ASU Football: Herm Edwards proves to be the “New Leadership Model” AD Ray Anderson envisioned

by Harley Yearout - November 26, 2018

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) After a euphoric win over the Arizona Wildcats that will be etched in ASU football lore, it’s time to face it: nearly everyone was wrong about the hiring of Herm Edwards. Edwards was hired in December 2017 to run athletic director Ray Anderson’s and ASU President Michael Crow’s joint

ASU Football: Play of freshmen shows recruiting potential of coach Edwards and staff as one of bright spots to 2018 campaign

by Chris Gleason - November 14, 2018November 15, 2018

(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Nearly one year ago ASU announced it had hired Herm Edwards to lead its football program, replacing sixth-year head coach Todd Graham. The move was criticized for innumerable reasons, but at least one consensus seemed to be Herm’s potential as a recruiter- or at least to be better than

ASU Football: Sun Devil linebackers have had a taste of success but are hungry for more

by Bobby Kraus - September 21, 2018September 20, 2018

(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After Arizona State's 16-13 upset of then No. 15 Michigan State just under two weeks ago, in a game where the Spartans were held to just 63 yards on the ground and 4-12 on third down, defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales implored to the media that his unit was