(Photo: Brendan Belfield/WCSN) Arizona State Football defensive line coach Robert Rodriguez loves a project. The challenge of training raw football players and turning them into agile freaks of nature has been a successful one for the third-year coach. To help explain, Rodriguez made an apt comparison. "You ever seen a baby Dobermann?" Rodriguez
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ASU Football: Previewing the 2021 Sun Devils’ veteran-heavy defense
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) The saying goes that time is precious. That line sums up Arizona State Football’s 2020 season in a nutshell. However, despite just a 2-2 record on the year, the Sun Devils attempted to make the most of their time on the field and showed flashes of potential. ASU's offense made
ASU Football: Rodriguez, D-linemen discuss Lole loss, excitement for opener
(Photo: Susan Wong/WCSN) With just over a week until Arizona State Football returns to play, the Sun Devils are amped up after COVID-19 issues washed away much of their 2020 season. “I’m starting to itch,” senior tight end Curtis Hodges said. “It’s hard to sleep at night sometimes. I’m watching highlight videos.
ASU Football: Meeting the man behind the big-man pick six
ASU Football: Sun Devils run loose on Roadrunners
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) TEMPE- ASU started the 2018 season with a statement win, routing the UTSA Roadrunners 49-7 in the debut of coach Herm Edwards. The wire to wire victory is all the Sun Devils could have hoped for with a treacherous September schedule ahead. For the time being, there were lots
ASU Football: Herm Edwards Era off to a flying start as Sun Devils rout Roadrunners
(Photo: Brady Klain/WCSN) The Herm Edwards era in Tempe got off to a hot start as the Sun Devils took down the UTSA Roadrunners 49-7. After a whirlwind of questions about first-year ASU football coach Herm Edwards, or how the Sun Devil defense would react, Arizona State won in dominant fashion. The new
ASU Football: True Freshman Forman Becoming a Force On Defensive Line
(Photo: Blaine McCormick/WCSN) In a front seven filled with returning veteran starters, first-year defensive tackle Shannon Forman is forcing his way to the top of Arizona State’s depth chart this preseason. Less than three months after graduating from Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the 6-foot-1 lineman has been a revelation