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ASU Football: An Ode to Zane

by Jacob Janower - December 8, 2016December 12, 2016

(Photo: Brett Deckert/WCSN) It’s not often a career comes around that is as historic as Zane Gonzalez’s. The senior kicker has had a litany of accomplishments during his senior season, and capped off his Sun Devil career in a big way, breaking the NCAA record for all-time field goals made. Being the

ASU Football: Gonzalez, five others earn Pac-12 all-conference honors

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by Jacob Janower - November 29, 2016November 30, 2016

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Despite a six-game losing streak to conclude the season, some good news rolled in on Tuesday for Arizona State football. Six ASU players were named to All-Pac-12 teams, including Zane Gonzalez earning first team all-conference recognition. Gonzalez is coming off of a historic season that saw him set the record for most made field

ASU Football: Final season has potential to be a special one for Haack

by Jacob Janower - September 2, 2016September 5, 2016

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) If all goes as planned, you won’t see the punter on the field often during a football game. When he does come on, however, he has the ability to swing the momentum unlike nearly anyone else in the game. For Matt Haack, Arizona State’s senior punter, the art

ASU Football: No. 17 Utah presents another tough special teams challenge for Sun Devils

by Jacob Garcia - November 1, 2014

(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Two weeks ago, the No. 14 Arizona State football team had a special teams unit that was producing at the same rate as the Western Michigan Broncos. Cronkite Sports writer Adam Stites reported it, I am reminding you of it. Fortunately for the Sun Devils, the punt returning unit

ASU Football: Punter Matt Haack is the key to slowing Ty Montgomery

by Adam Stites - October 18, 2014

(Photo: Casey Ferrierae/WCSN) The Western Michigan Broncos have negative punt return yardage through the first six games of the season, and that is the only team in the nation that has managed to be more ineffective at returning punts than No. 17 Arizona State. The Sun Devils rank 127th in the

ASU Football: Inconsistent kicking at the heart of special teams woes

by Adam Stites - October 11, 2014October 12, 2014

(Photo: ASU Athletics) The Arizona State Sun Devils lost only four games during a 2013 season that earned Todd Graham Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors. Half of those losses came to the Stanford Cardinal, who won the Pac-12 and represented the conference at the Rose Bowl. According to Graham, one factor

Fall camp: projecting Sun Devil defensive and special team starters

by Jason Galvin - August 14, 2013August 15, 2013

(Photo: ASU Athletics) DEFENSE Defensive Tackle – Jaxon Hood When Hood arrived at Arizona State last year, nobody really expected him to contribute as a freshman. He was too small to play tackle, too slow to play end and not strong enough to play Pac-12 Football as a true freshman. What do the