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ASU Football: Oregon Preview

by Zane Hopen - October 29, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Rewind to August, where if everything shaped up in the Sun Devils' favor, this Thursday night game would have been the biggest of the year. Defending National Champion runner-up, versus a team trying to join the elite conversation. Two senior quarterbacks, an explosive offense versus a cutthroat defense,

ASU Football: Oregon players to watch

by Zac Pacleb - October 28, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State and Oregon had every reason to believe that this would be a big-time matchup when they looked at their respective schedules in August, and for a multitude of reasons, that’s not the case come Thursday night. However, those preseason expectations stemmed from talented rosters, and Oregon

ASU Football: Stopping Oregon’s rushing attack won’t be easy, but ASU’s stout rush defense has bottled up top rushers before

by Zac Pacleb - October 27, 2015October 27, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Although the big picture implications surrounding Arizona State’s matchup with Oregon have shrunk dramatically over the course of the season, the talent on the field will be much higher than two 4-3 records represent. While ASU has done well slowing down opposing rushing attacks this season, Oregon boasts sophomore

ASU Football: Sun Devils focus on forcing turnovers

by Zac Pacleb - October 22, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Without the need to prepare for a game this weekend, Arizona State instead focused on areas of the game in which the team felt needed to be retooled. Most critically, one of those areas included forcing more turnovers. While ASU leads the country in tackles for loss (69), it

ASU Football: Sun Devil offense looks to get back on track during bye week

by Zane Hopen - October 21, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) The Sun Devils find themselves trying to bounce back yet again following their loss to Utah, and the bye week could prove to be a turning point for them. With 11 days off it gives the players and coaches plenty of time to rest physically and mentally, as

ASU Football: Sun Devil receiver D.J. Foster admits “not really” living up to expectations

by Zac Pacleb - October 20, 2015October 20, 2015

(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) Following its disappointing loss to No. 3 Utah, Arizona State has nine more days to reassess the state of its season before taking on Oregon on October 29. Part of that assessment will be figuring out how to get the offense back on track after not directly getting

ASU Football: Scripts abandoned, ASU again fails to deliver

by Zac Pacleb - October 17, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) It wasn’t No. 4 Utah’s top-notch special teams at the center of its 34-18 win over Arizona State Saturday night, nor was it a dominating performance from senior running back Devontae Booker. Instead, ASU’s offensive issues that seemed to be a thing of the past were very much

ASU Football: Sun Devils sloppy in loss to No. 4 Utah

by Zane Hopen - October 17, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) In a game where ASU had to play their best all-around game of the year, they came up short against the No. 4 Utah Utes 34-18, and their 11-game win streak over the Utes was snapped. ASU senior wide receiver Devin Lucien had six catches for 118 yards,

ASU Football: Wideout Britain Covey and safety Marcus Williams key Utah players to watch

by Zane Hopen - October 17, 2015October 17, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Although Utah has earned itself a seat on the throne of the Pac-12 five weeks into the season, the Utes are not the team that is top-to-bottom the most talented in the conference. The way they have managed to beat teams like Michigan and a much-improved Cal team

ASU Football: Utah Preview

by Zac Pacleb - October 16, 2015

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State hasn’t beaten a top-5 team in nearly two decades. No. 4 Utah hasn’t beaten ASU in nearly four decades. But when the two teams clash on Saturday night in Salt Lake City, the only thing that matters is what is up for grabs: control of the Pac-12 South. ASU