(Photo via Brendan O'Keefe/WCSN) Arizona State Football head coach Kenny Dillingham fervently preached his “Activate the Valley” campaign all throughout the Sun Devils’ offseason. It was a rallying cry for the Phoenix metro area to get behind the program he was set to rebuild. But on Thursday night in ASU’s season opener
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‘It’s hard for him to sit still’: Dillingham adjusting to head coaching responsibilities
(Photo: Grace Johnson/WCSN) Whenever a coaching regime first takes the helm of a football program, many adjustments need to be made. Players often must learn a playbook and philosophy, develop chemistry with new teammates and buy into a culture that is sometimes entirely unlike the one they were a part of
ASU Football: Sun Devils’ growing pains continue as Camp T nears
(Photo via Alyssa Buruato/WCSN) Arizona State Football has seemingly hit the dog days of summer, and it hit the hardest on Tuesday’s eighth preseason practice. It was the Sun Devils’ eighth practice in the last nine days, with each one being played outside in near 100-degree heat. This was also the first
ASU Football: Friendly Rivalries has Helped Early in Fall Camps
ASU Football: Chemistry Is Main Focus For Sun Devils
(Photo via Kaiden Fesler/WCSN) Chemistry is the backbone of most successful football programs. Talent is futile if the team members don't have that unconscious instinct to know where one player is or is about to do, and for Arizona State football, Fall training camp is where they start that journey. ASU finished
ASU Football: Quarterback Trenton Bourguet undergoes foot surgery
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) A source close to Arizona State Football redshirt junior quarterback Trenton Bourguet told the Walter Cronkite Sports Network that the QB had surgery on Tuesday to repair a fractured fifth metatarsal bone in his foot. The injury occurred last August, but Bourguet played through the injury during the 2021
ASU Football: Sun Devils to finish regular season with 93rd Territorial Cup vs Arizona
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) After pulling off arguably the best win in the Herm Edwards’ era last weekend against then No. 6 Oregon on national television, the Arizona State Sun Devils (6-5, 3-5 Pac-12) are back this Saturday night to conclude the regular season against rival Arizona (4-7, 2-6 Pac-12) in the
ASU Football: Now-unranked Sun Devils need a win against USC
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The inaugural season of Herm Edwards was highlighted by the former star receiver and current Patriots first-round selection, N’Keal Harry. Against USC last season, the Arizona native caught four balls for 95 yards and a score — including a catch of the year moment and eventually leading the Sun Devils
ASU Football: Lack of composure troubles No. 24 Sun Devils in consecutive weeks
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The Herm Edwards era at Arizona State reached arguably its lowest point Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. The Sun Devils were sloppy and uncomposed, oftentimes showcasing the look of a team relying upon a plethora of freshmen. Inexperience and youthfulness were expected this year. But for the second
ASU Football: Daniels and Devils Dominated by Utes in 21-3 Defeat
(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) It was cold, rainy and loud in Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday night, an unwelcome environment for the Arizona State Sun Devils, who lost to the Utah Utes 21-3. Every snap Jayden Daniels took, he was scrambling. He looked for his receivers numerous times on the move while shifting his