(Photo via Bec Striffler/WCSN) TEMPE — Coming into the season, Arizona State Football’s defense gave fans every reason to believe they could be an effective unit during Kenny Dillingham’s first year at the helm in Tempe. Throughout fall camp and the practices leading up to the 2023 campaign, defensive coordinator Brian Ward's
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ASU Football: Sun Devils Fail to Overcome Second-half Woes
(Photo via Bec Striffler/WCSN) TEMPE — With Arizona State Football’s week one weather catastrophe win against Southern Utah in the rearview mirror, the Sun Devils turned their attention to Power Five opponent and future conference foe Oklahoma State on Saturday night. Despite a more traditional game timeline in week two, it was
Sun Devils gear up for second game against Oklahoma State
(Photo via Hailey Rogalski/WCSN) As the final seconds ticked off the clock in Arizona State Football’s 24-21 season-opening victory against Southern Utah last Thursday, a sense of relief filled the air inside a nearly-empty Mountain America Stadium. After a lengthy weather delay that delayed the start of the second half by
ASU Football: Sun Devils learn lessons ahead of Week 2 matchup
(Photo via Hailey Rogalski/WCSN) With every new experience comes a learning curve, and it’s no different for first-year head coach Kenny Dillingham and Arizona State football. The Sun Devils’ 24-21 win over Southern Utah on Thursday threw a unit featuring over 50 newcomers directly into the fire. A haboob, two-and-a-half-hour lightning delay,
ASU’s defense shines through the dust in win over Southern Utah
(Photo via Hailey Rogalski/WCSN) Arizona State Football’s 2023 season opener was a bingo card of shenanigans. The two halves of Thursday night's matchup against Southern Utah showcased two distinct Sun Devil teams separated by nearly a three-hour weather delay. “We played really, really, really clean in the first half, and then you
ASU Football: Sun Devils hang on in wild-weather season opener
(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
ASU to self-impose one-year bowl ban, amid NCAA investigation
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) Arizona State informed the NCAA that it will self-impose a one-year postseason ban on its football program, per a release on Sunday morning. The ban was announced four days before the Sun Devils are scheduled to kick off their 2023 season against Southern Utah on Thursday. The self-imposed
‘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
Observations from Arizona State football’s 2023 Spring Game
(Photo: Xavier Litman/WSCN) TEMPE — Since being introduced as the next head coach of Arizona State Football, Kenny Dillingham’s goal was simple, to “activate the Valley,” which he hopes will support the program and lead to a high-intensity atmosphere during its campaign. Although four months separate the Sun Devils from the season