(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
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ASU Football: Notebook from Herm Edwards’ Monday press conference
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) On the backs of Arizona State Football's 25-18 loss to UCLA Saturday night, head coach Herm Edwards held his weekly press conference Monday to further discuss the Sun Devils' loss to the Bruins and the upcoming rivalry game against Arizona. Offense, closing games must be learned further The issues on
ASU Football: Ahead of Territorial Cup, ASU coaches reflect on old rivalries
Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN With the Pac-12 South title out of their grasp, the Arizona State Sun Devils and first-year head coach Herm Edwards turn their attention to the Arizona Wildcats and the Territorial Cup. Fans on both sides have come to expect a bitter rivalry in the traditional last game of the
ASU Football: Sun Devils reclaim Territorial Cup but Graham’s job remains in question
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) As Manny Wilkins took a final Territorial Cup-claiming knee, sealing Arizona State's 42-30 over Arizona on Saturday, ASU Vice President of University Athletics Ray Anderson gazed on from behind the north end zone of Sun Devil Stadium. The Sun Devils' athletic director had a lot to digest. His football team
ASU Football: Previewing a pivotal Territorial Cup
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Phil Bennett had to think a minute. When was the first time he heard Khalil Tate's name? Tate, Arizona's starting quarterback, is now a household name around the state and in many parts of the country. But his rise has been a recent phenomenon. Not even the defensive coordinator of
ASU Football: Forget about bowl eligibility, Sun Devils are looking like Pac-12 South favorites
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Changing a narrative is never easy. In college football, it can be near impossible. There was a preconceived notion in Tempe even before this year’s season started about Arizona State: it had coach Todd Graham fighting for his job, quarterback Manny Wilkins having to battle with Blake Barnett for
ASU Football: Sun Devils drop sixth straight in 56-35 loss to Arizona
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State (5-7) dropped its sixth-straight game and the second Territorial Cup of the Todd Graham era 56-35 to Arizona (3-9) in Tucson on Friday night. The Wildcats threw the ball just eight times on the evening and didn’t elect to pass one time in the second half. Instead, Arizona ran
ASU Football: Brandon Dawkins, UA offense rolls, Arizona State struggles in first half of Territorial Cup
ASU Football: Seniors look ahead to Territorial Cup, bowl implications
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) This year's crop of Arizona State seniors has never gone a season in which they haven’t gotten the opportunity to play in a bowl game. Still, that reality is a possibility when the Sun Devils (5-6) travel to Tucson for the 91st Territorial Cup against a vulnerable Arizona Wildcats
ASU Football: (COLUMN) 2016 Territorial Cup is basis to measure mediocrity
(Photo: Gabrielle Mercer/WCSN) For the first time since 2003, neither Arizona State nor Arizona will enter the Territorial Cup with a winning record. In fact, in terms of both teams’ combined record, seven total wins between both programs is the second-lowest mark in the history of the series since Arizona State