(Photo: Spencer Barnes/WCSN) Last Saturday night, surrounded on the field by thousands of fans, ASU football celebrated the biggest win of Kenny Dillingham’s career as a head coach. Following the statement 27-19 upset victory over then-No. 16 Utah, fans flooded the field, embracing the first top-25 win of Dillingham’s tenure. Tuesday morning, it
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Leavitt posts shaky performance in Sun Devils’ loss to Texas Tech
(Photo: Marina Williams/WCSN) Moments after his throw to senior wideout Malik McClain on third-and-10 early in the fourth quarter fell incomplete, Arizona State redshirt freshman quarterback Sam Leavitt picked himself off the ground, solemnly and gingerly making his way toward the sideline. At that point, the Sun Devils trailed Texas Tech,
Jordyn Tyson and Jake Smith provide immediate impact in return to the field.
(Photo: Marina Williams/WCSN) A season-opening game for any college football player has significant meaning. There’s a sense of hope and boundless possibilities. A clean slate ready to be rewritten, for the last time of that season, every team is truly equal. For each player, it’s yet another chance to prove themselves
ASU Football has a potentially Dangerous Wide Receiver Room ahead of Season Opener
(Photo: Marina Williams/WCSN) In 1977, Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh released his second studio album titled "Equal Rights". The album didn’t win any Grammys and was particularly critically acclaimed, but one song in it was considered by the New York Times one of the best of the year. That song was titled
ASU Football: Sun Devils dominated in 49-13 loss to No. 6 Oregon
(Photo via Evan Barcanic/WCSN) On second-and-7 on his 29-yard line, Oregon redshirt sophomore wideout Gary Bryant Jr. caught a screen pass and was met by redshirt senior safety Shamari Simmons just ahead of the line to gain. With a stiff arm and spin move, Bryant Jr. beat Simmons before shedding three
Sun Devils perform historically awful in lopsided 55-3 loss to Utah
(Photo via Bec Striffler/WCSN) What happened at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday was nothing short of a massacre. Fresh off its first Pac-12 and Power 5 win of the season, ASU football carried a rejuvenated spirit into Salt Lake City to take on No. 18 Utah. The Sun Devils, who saw significant improvements
ASU Football: Sun Devils find new way to lose against Washington
(Photo via Spencer Barnes/WCSN) Since Arizona State football began preparing for its Week 8 clash with No. 5 Washington in Seattle, head coach Kenny Dillingham knew what his team was going up against. The Huskies entered the season as a contender to win the Pac-12 Conference and represent the league in the
Sun Devils hope to rise to the occasion versus No. 5 USC
(Photo via Bec Striffler/WCSN) Thus far this season, Arizona State football has been on a downward trajectory. Following a promising start to the season in the first half against Southern Utah, the Sun Devils' quality of play has progressively deteriorated due to over a dozen injuries to key personnel, which lead
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
‘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