(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) On Dec. 2, 1990, Arizona State football faced Houston in the now-defunct Coca-Cola Classic, a late regular season event held in Tokyo, Japan. In that game, former Cougars quarterback David Klingler set an FBS record with 716 passing yards en route to a 62–45 victory. The single-game passing
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Sun Devils Overcome Fourth Quarter Madness In Rare Road Conference-Opener Win
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) Regardless of the league Arizona State football has called home, conference openers have rarely gone its way. That’s been especially true when those games have come on the road. From 1978 to 2023, ASU went 5-13-1 when its first conference game of the season was played on the
Cornerbacks lead ‘Texas to Tempe’ connection
(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) TEMPE—As April wound down, Arizona State football remained focused on finding talent through the transfer portal. Progress was made earlier this spring when Houston sophomore safety Maurice Williams II declared Tempe as his transfer destination. Along with additional secondary depth, the move deepened a steadily growing pipeline. Williams played
Freshman TE AJ Ia Adjusting to College Football and Relying on Close Connections
ASU celebrity softball game displays Sun Devil connections
(Photo: Sammy Nute/WCSN) PHOENIX – When Spencer Torkelson stepped into the right-handed batter's box at Phoenix Municipal Stadium for his first at-bat in the Arizona State celebrity softball game it had been nearly five years since his last in game at-bat as a member of the Sun Devils baseball team. In those
Arizona State Football selected as the four-seed in the College Football Playoff
No. 15 Sun Devils set to face No. 16 Iowa State in Big 12 title game
No. 21 Sun Devils storm field twice, topple No. 14 BYU 28-23
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) TEMPE – When a freshly-appointed Kenny Dillingham walked up to his introductory press conference just under two years ago, Arizona State football was entering what was supposed to be a dark age. The Sun Devils had just hired the nation’s youngest head football coach, and he had a
Leavitt’s connections leading No. 21 Sun Devils back to relevance
(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) Minutes after Arizona State football’s momentous victory over Kansas State last weekend, a video was released of redshirt sophomore wide receiver Jordan Tyson dancing on top of the lockers with his teammates hyping him up all around him. The moment went viral as a sign of the all-time
Setbacks have not stopped the emergence of ASU Football’s LT Welch
(Photo By: Marina Williams/WCSN) Sports video games are hailed as simulations for real life, allowing players to enact or recreate what occurs on the actual field. Sometimes those games proactively mirror real-world events. Late on Friday, Arizona State Football junior defensive back Laterrance Welch was playing EA Sports' College Football 25 with