(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Another week and another chance for Arizona State to clinch bowl eligibility. The Sun Devils will be headed to Corvallis on Saturday afternoon, looking to exorcise a couple of demons against last-placed Oregon State. First, ASU can secure a bowl berth with a victory, something it did not
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ASU Football: Sun Devils hoping up-tempo offense leads to bowl berth
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) After beginning last week's loss at UCLA with a punt, Arizona State’s offense cranked up the pace. Two drives later, the Sun Devils had 14 points on the board in the Rose Bowl. They went fast. They found the end zone. ASU hasn’t been an out-and-out “tempo” team this year, but
ASU Football: Sun Devils aiming to clean up red zone offense after stumble at UCLA
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) ASU could have beaten UCLA in the Rose Bowl last Saturday night. But missed second half chances in the red zone stymied the Sun Devils. On three occasions ASU got the ball inside the 20-yard-line – and twice inside the 10 – only to come away with three points each time. “If
ASU Football: Sun Devils suffer familiar setbacks, fall to UCLA at the Rose Bowl
ASU FOOTBALL GALLERY: 44-37 LOSS TO UCLA (Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) PASADENA, Calif. -- In a perfect world for Arizona State, Saturday night would not be the last time the Sun Devils visit the Rose Bowl this year. But big dreams require near-flawless seasons. And execution. ASU has had neither and suffered another blemish
ASU Football: Behind rushing outburst, Sun Devils erase fourth quarter deficit in 41-30 win over CU
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) The name of the game was opportunity for Arizona State in its 41-30 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes. Opportunity for freshman Eno Benjamin to run for his first career touchdown and help the Sun Devils erase a 10-point forth quarter deficit, opportunity for a defense that seemed to be
ASU Football: Manny Wilkins, Sun Devils come alive on offense to end first half as Colorado leads 17-14
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Inconsistency dominated the script in the first half of Arizona State's tilt with Colorado, as neither team was able to find any sort of sustainable groove on offense. Still, Colorado leads ASU 17-14 at the intermission. Neither defense played particularly well either, but it was the miscues on offense that
ASU Football: Young wave of defensive lineman ready to break through
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) Arizona State has four games left, and a whole crop of young defensive lineman waiting for their chance to break into the lineup. At the season’s beginning, a trio of upperclassmen claimed all three starting places, and most of the snaps, along the Sun Devils’ defensive front. But injuries
ASU Football: After getting ‘out-coached’, ASU staff mixing up practice personnel while search for consistency goes on
(Photo: Nicholas Badders) A week ago, Arizona State was riding high, fighting for a place atop the Pac-12 South Standings. This week, the Sun Devils coaching staff has been left to explain their team’s regression against USC. “We’ve just got to do a better job of coaching and teaching,” coach Todd Graham said.
ASU Football: Blowout loss to USC isn’t the end of the world
ASU Football: Sun Devils overcoming injuries, showing improvement in depth
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) “Next-man-up” can be an overused phrase, a fallback plan with a built-in excuse when misfortune strikes a football team. Every program in college football suffers injuries, an inevitable cost of doing business in a physical sport. Only a fraction of teams can sustain major absences; even fewer improve as top players