(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) On Friday, Arizona State Football head coach Herm Edwards announced that offensive coordinator Zak Hill has resigned after two seasons with the program. Earlier in the week, tight ends coach Adam Breneman resigned while wide receiver coach Prentice Gill and defensive backs coach Chris Hawkins were fired, according to
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ASU Football: Edwards reviews Week 1, Hodges’, Butler’s performance
Arizona State Football head coach Herm Edwards spoke to the media on Monday four days after the Sun Devils defeated Southern Utah 41-14 to open up the 2021 season. Here were some takeaways from Edwards’ press conference. Penalty total still hard to get over Edwards warned in his press conference a week
ASU Football: New OC Zak Hill provides offense a diverse new look
(Photo: Nicholas Badders/WCSN) If the 2019-20 season was any indication, "good enough" was not going to get it done in the next year for Arizona State Football. Sure, freshman quarterback Jayden Daniels established himself as one of the premier quarterbacks in his class. Sure, senior wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk heard his name
ASU Football: Behind ground attack, Sun Devils win third-straight Territorial Cup
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Rob Likens wanted to take the guess-work out of things. At halftime, the Arizona State (7-5, 4-5 Pac-12) offensive coordinator wanted to get back to the basics after a first half which featured poor pass-blocking, a few botched snaps and some drops by receivers. Rob Likens wanted to run
ASU Football: Daniels willingness to throw downfield unlocks Sun Devil offense
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Control seemed to be slipping away. Third-and-16. Four minutes and five seconds remaining in a game that Arizona State (6-5, 3-5 Pac-12) led at one point 24-7. With a 24-21 lead, freshman quarterback Jayden Daniels had the ball in his hands. The Sun Devil signal-caller had just been sacked
ASU Football: Sun Devils’ struggles continue, lose fourth-straight to Beavers
(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) It’s been the same story for Arizona State football this season, and yet again on Saturday night versus Oregon State, the Devils could not dig themselves out of a hole by poor defensive play early on. The Sun Devils dropped a nail-biter to the Beavers 35-34 in Corvallis, falling
ASU Football: Poor first quarter spoils Yellen’s debut
(Photo: Marlee Smith/WCSN) Joey Yellen was up to the task. Notified he would get the first action of his college career on Tuesday barring a miracle with Jayden Daniels’ injured left leg, the true freshman from Mission Viejo, Calif., operated the Sun Devils’ offense at a high level. “Because we have a
ASU Football: Daniels and Devils Dominated by Utes in 21-3 Defeat
(Photo: Travis Whittaker/WCSN) It was cold, rainy and loud in Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday night, an unwelcome environment for the Arizona State Sun Devils, who lost to the Utah Utes 21-3. Every snap Jayden Daniels took, he was scrambling. He looked for his receivers numerous times on the move while shifting his
ASU Football: Aiyuk’s emergence helps Sun Devil offense step up
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) Frank Darby was worried about Brandon Aiyuk heading into Saturday. The Sun Devils leading receiver in 2019 wasn’t feeling well. Something he ate at the hotel had upset his stomach. “I was like ‘come on BA this not the time,’” Darby said, after his hotel roommate told him how
ASU Football: Eno Benjamin, Cohl Cabral helping Jayden Daniels develop
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) When Arizona State (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12) junior running back Eno Benjamin broke through a tackle and bounced to the outside early in the first quarter of the Sun Devils win over California, he wasn’t looking to just walk into the end zone. Benjamin sought contact and got his wish