(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) The journey to the 2017 season for Arizona State football made a major detour Wednesday with the arrival of 18 new players on National Signing Day. Head coach Todd Graham and his staff added to already-crowded position groups, and gained key commitments for areas of need. Comprised of 16
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ASU Football: Sun Devils to hire Alabama WR coach Billy Napier as offensive coordinator
(Photo: 247Sports) The Sun Devils have found Chip Lindsey's replacement According to AL.com, Alabama wide receiver's coach Billy Napier is expected to be hired as ASU's new offensive coordinator. SOURCE: #Alabama WR coach Billy Napier is expected to become the new OC at #ASU. 1st reported by https://t.co/AaKwXDm9vl. — Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) January 29,
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: Defensive struggles entrenched in Sun Devil play for past two seasons
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The story revolving around this year’s Arizona State team all season long has been the faltering defense, and for good reason. It has been a plethora of incidents and mishaps that have forced nearly everything to go wrong for the unit. Some of the struggles can be attributed to
ASU Football: A look back at Laiu Moeakiola’s legacy
(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) The way you do anything, is the way you do everything. It’s the mantra defensive coordinator Keith Patterson has adopted for his defense and for the players under his direction. It transcends the gridiron – a phrase applicable to a player’s focus in the classroom, the effort they
ASU Football: Excessive Celebration Episode 3
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Listen in as football coverage members Blaine McCormick and Jacob Janower recap the Sun Devils' most recent loss to the Washington State Cougars, discuss the injured quarterback situation and preview ASU's next game on the road against Oregon. https://www.mixcloud.com/CronkiteSports/excessive-celebration-episode-3/
ASU Football: Sun Devils lose first home game of the season
(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) The quarterback position for Arizona State has been a rotating cast of characters over the past couple of weeks and that theme continued on Saturday night. Largely due to injury and inconsistency, the Sun Devils fell to Washington State 37-32 for their third loss of the season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcS7kiFKTB8 Before the
ASU Football: Graham readies Sun Devils for conference opener
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) As Arizona State enters the conference portion of its schedule this weekend against California Berkeley, there are two things that Todd Graham wants changed. The team will continue to focus on rectifying the missed tackles that have plagued them to this point, and no one is going to drop
ASU Football: Rapid growth of offensive line inspires optimism
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Kalen Ballage’s eight touchdown performance in last weekend’s 68-55 victory over Texas Tech was nothing short of incredible. Still, one rather unbelievable fact continues to get lost in the shuffle – the state of the guys blocking for him. Arizona State’s offensive line, a unit that entered the season
ASU Football: Sun Devils look to silence critics against Mahomes and Texas Tech
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) On Saturday against Texas Tech, head coach Todd Graham has the opportunity to ease some skepticism with a victory over a team that features the top passing offense in the FBS. With Heisman contender Patrick Mahomes under center for the Red Raiders, however, a week two victory in Tempe