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Weathering the storm pays dividends for ASU in a bounceback performance

by Keenan Vaughan - September 14, 2025September 14, 2025

(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) TEMPE — A proven tenant in the sports world is that an initial defeat often doesn’t define who a team is; it’s how they respond afterwards. Coming off a brutal last-second defeat at Mississippi State the weekend prior, alarm bells were ringing awfully early for an Arizona

Sun Devils looking for deja vu against a familiar opponent in Texas State

by Rees Goodall - September 13, 2025September 13, 2025

(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) As the Arizona State football team looks to rekindle its magic from a flame that burst them into its first Big 12 championship from a year ago, there are few better times for the wick to be relit than against the Texas State Bobcats. A year ago, ASU

Kyle Scott’s ascension from community college to Sun Devils starting offensive lineman

by Keenan Vaughan - September 12, 2025September 12, 2025

(Photo: Justin LaCertosa/ DevilsDigest) It isn’t an understatement to say that Arizona State’s 2023 recruiting class has played a significant role in the program’s rapid turnaround from bottom of the pack to legitimate title contender. Out of the Sun Devils’ initial 43 commits, 13 are listed on the official 2025 season

How Arizona State plans to grow from loss to Mississippi State

by Ethan Ignatovsky - September 9, 2025September 9, 2025

(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) Arizona State walked into Davis Wade Stadium to play Mississippi State as the No. 12 team in the country and the favorites in the matchup. To many college football fans across the nation, it seemed like a game the Sun Devils should win; instead, the cowbells sang

No. 12 Arizona State shows late fight, but mistakes reign costly against Mississippi State

by Ethan Ignatovsky - September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) At the end of a nearly nine-minute, methodical, late fourth-quarter drive, No. 12 Arizona State football found itself on fourth and one on Mississippi State’s one-yard line. Whether it be a touchdown or a field goal, a score would break the game’s tie and give ASU the

Kanye Udoh and Raleek Brown shine as ASU Running Backs deliver Skattebo-esque performance

by Rees Goodall - September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

(Photo: Spencer Barnes/ WCSN) Week two of the 2024 season saw running back Cameron Skattebo emerge into the national spotlight for the first time, behind his dominant rushing performance. Soon-to-be New York Giant Skattebo’s 262 rushing yards became the Arizona State football team’s second-best single-game rushing performance, before Skattebo took the

Opening night sloppinesses gives Sun Devils before SEC road trip

by Keenan Vaughan - September 3, 2025September 3, 2025

(Photo: WCSN/ Spencer Barnes) TEMPE — Two days after No. 12 Arizona State football opened up the 2025 season with a 38-19 victory over Northern Arizona, head coach Kenny Dillingham took his place in the media room at Mountain America Stadium to detail his thoughts on the team’s performance: the good,

Jordyn Tyson and Sam Leavitt Show Flashes of Award-winning potential

by Rees Goodall - August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

(Photo: WCSN/ Spencer Barnes) TEMPE — Expectations can shift and mold at a moment's notice. Aug 31, 2024, was the beginning for a team that faced no expectations, headed into Week one, shocked the nation, using a chip on its shoulder to surpass all the expectations that no one had bestowed

ASU running backs show Dynamic talents in Week one win

by Ethan Ignatovsky - August 31, 2025August 31, 2025

(Photo: WCSN/ Spencer Barnes) TEMPE -- One of the biggest questions that Arizona State football had to answer heading into the 2025 season was how it was going to utilize the running back room in an effort to minimize the loss of All-American Cam Skattebo. The now New York Giants' bulldozer runs

Sun Devil football begins 2025 with in-state clash with NAU

by Keenan Vaughan - August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

(Photo: WCSN/ Janes Reyes) On Jan 1, 2025, Arizona State football’s unprecedented 2024 season came to an end. The incredible leap that saw the Sun Devils go from 3-9 to Big 12 Champions in the program’s inaugural year concluded with a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Texas in the College Football