ASU Football: Patterson impressed with play of Crump, Ball

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Even in an Arizona State defense that has not had its strongest of years, stars are emerging. Two players that have really come to the forefront, especially in the past couple of weeks, are junior Koron Crump and redshirt junior Marcus Ball. Crump, who has shared Devilbacker duties with redshirt

ASU Football: Injury bug costs Sun Devils against WSU

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Injuries pose the constant threat of demoralizing a college football team. On Saturday night, that was the case for the Arizona State Sun Devils. The injury problems up and down their offense and defense cost them a chance to stay undefeated at home. In the end, they fell 37-32

ASU Football: Secondary changes make impact on suspect unit

(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) To say the Arizona State secondary has been suspect to start the year wouldn’t be telling the whole story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ciel1V3PE While the Sun Devils are 5-1 following their 23-20 win over UCLA, the secondary was statistically bad entering the contest. In the first five games of the season, the defense allowed

ASU Football: Ball gets reps at SPUR linebacker

(Photo: Courtney Pedroza/WCSN) With two successive off-days looming on Friday and Saturday, the Sun Devil football team returned outdoors to practice on Thursday. The Mike Bercovici-Taylor Kelly questions have seemingly died down, so Graham diverted his post-practice focus to more expansive topics. “I told them today, ‘Think about every one of those kids