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ASU Football: Previewing the 2022 Sun Devil defense

by Tanner Tortorella - August 29, 2022October 30, 2022

(Photo via Ethan Schwager/WCSN) It has been 242 days since the end of the rocky 2021 season for Arizona State Football. Since the season finale, it hasn’t gotten any smoother, with inner turmoil leading to the departure of dozens of players and coaches. The agonizing news of a new player entering

ASU Football: Friendly Rivalries has Helped Early in Fall Camps

by Tanner Tortorella - August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

(Photo via Matt Venezia/WCSN) A Catapult vest is a tool many football players wear under their pads to track their speed, distance, and more to help figure out their output and where they can amplify those results. For ASU's linebacker core, they haven't just been using it but studying the data

ASU Football: Observations from 2022 Spring Showcase

by Jake Seymour - April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

(Photo: Reece Andrews/WCSN) Saturday night marked the conclusion of Arizona State Football’s spring practices. The "Spring Showcase" event started with players participating in positional drills, 7-on-7s and 11-on-11s. Here are some observations from the 2022 Spring Showcase. Quarterback Battle The biggest question of spring ball remains unanswered, as there is no definitive option at

ASU Football: Defensive line growing as a result of leadership

by Tanner Tortorella - March 24, 2022March 24, 2022

(Photo: Brendan Belfield/WCSN) Arizona State Football defensive line coach Robert Rodriguez loves a project. The challenge of training raw football players and turning them into agile freaks of nature has been a successful one for the third-year coach. To help explain, Rodriguez made an apt comparison. "You ever seen a baby Dobermann?" Rodriguez

ASU Football: Gentry, Henderson in a good place with not-so-new defense

by Tanner Tortorella - March 20, 2022March 20, 2022

(Photo: Dominic Contini/WCSN) "[Our] backs are against the walls, people don't believe in us that we're the same team as last year. "They'll find out during the season." During Saturday's press conference, sophomore linebacker Eric Gentry discussed the mentality that Arizona State Football's new defense is harnessing in spring ball this year. After

ASU Football: Progress amongst receivers, defensive line a theme of spring practice so far

by Michael Baribault - March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

Around this time a year ago, sports teams were pausing their seasons and shutting down their activities because of the growing COVID-19 pandemic. While the coronavirus is still raging, Arizona State Football is practicing in the spring this time around, making progress that has its coaching staff ecstatic. The theme of