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ASU Football: Sun Devils validated as national power with 55-31 win

by Adam Stites - November 8, 2014November 8, 2014

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) ESPN elected to take its weekly college football preview show, College GameDay, to East Lansing, Mich. instead of Tempe, Ariz. and added insult to injury on Saturday morning when analyst Kirk Herbstreit called the No. 9 Arizona State Sun Devils "the most overvalued" team by the College Football Playoff

ASU Football: Sun Devils defeat turnover-prone Notre Dame

by Adam Stites - November 8, 2014November 8, 2014

(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) No. 9 Arizona State took advantage of five turnovers to build a 34-3 lead over No. 10 Notre Dame in the first half and survived a huge second-half comeback attempt to pull out a 55-31 win in the biggest non-conference game in the history of Sun Devil Stadium. The Fighting Irish scored first in

ASU Football: Notre Dame preview

by Matt Harden - November 8, 2014November 8, 2014

(Photo: Sun Devil Athletics) When the Arizona State Sun Devils and Notre Dame Fighting Irish play Saturday, it will have no effect on any conference standings but a huge effect on the playoff rankings. The Sun Devils (7-1, 5-1 Pac-12) are ranked ninth in the most recent College Football Playoff Rankings with

ASU Volleyball: No. 20 Sun Devils drop unranked Bears in four sets

by Troy Lynch - November 8, 2014

(Photo: Zac Pacleb/WCSN) After losing to No. 1 Stanford, the No. 20 Sun Devils took on the unranked California Golden Bears in Berkeley, Calif. The Sun Devils took the win in four sets (26-28, 25-22, 26-24, 25-22). It didn’t look good for the Sun Devils in the first set as they struggled

ASU Women’s Basketball: Previewing the 2014-15 team

by Tyler Strachan - November 7, 2014November 7, 2014

(Photo:Steve Rodriguez/ASU Athletics) Following an early exit from last year’s NCAA tournament at the hands of the national runner-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Arizona State women’s basketball team will enter the 2014-2015 season with many questions remaining to be answered. Recovering from the loss of leading scorer Deja Mann and

ASU Soccer: Territorial Cup Preview

by Andrew Chapman - November 6, 2014November 8, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) WCSN soccer reporter Andrew Chapman previews ASU's match against Arizona on Friday.

ASU Football: Week of practices wraps up from Sun Devil Stadium with mixed news

by Jacob Garcia - November 6, 2014November 6, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) The No. 9 Sun Devil football team wrapped up its final practice before Saturday's game against Notre Dame. After practice, head coach Todd Graham put the game in perspective. “This is what you coach and play for. Sold out crowd. Notre Dame at home. Two teams 7-1, top ten

ASU Volleyball: Sun Devils push undefeated No. 1 Stanford to five before falling.

by Austen Browne - November 5, 2014November 5, 2014

(Photo: Trey Lanthier/WCSN) The No. 20 Arizona State volleyball team had its inspiring comeback attempt fall short as they narrowly lost to the No. 1 Stanford Cardinal in five sets, (11-25, 16-25, 25-22, 25-22, 11-15). After falling behind by two sets and looking lost, without a rhythm, the Sun Devils rallied together

ASU Volleyball: No. 20 Sun Devils look to challenge top-ranked Cardinal on the road

by Austen Browne - November 5, 2014November 6, 2014

(Photo: Trey Lanthier/WCSN) The No. 20 Arizona State volleyball team quickly turns around after two weekend matches to play a pair of mid-week games, with the first of them coming on the road against the No. 1 Stanford Cardinal on Wednesday night. The Sun Devils will try to upset and hand

ASU Football: Sun Devils climb to No. 9 in CFB Playoff rankings

by Adam Stites - November 4, 2014November 4, 2014

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) An unexpected swap has the Arizona State Sun Devils as the higher-ranked team for Saturday's matchup against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, as the College Football Playoff committee slid ASU up five spots to No. 9 after a 19-16 overtime victory over Utah. The Sun Devils entered last week