(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) It’s finally here. The 2015 college football season is upon us, and college football fans will be hard-pressed to find a matchup more fun than No. 15 Arizona State and Texas A&M. The game is rich with subplots. TAMU players have Arizona ties, ASU players have Texas roots, and
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ASU Football: Pac-12 South Preview
(Photo: Alli Cline/WCSN) The Pac-12 Conference has been owned by Oregon and Stanford over the last six seasons. Since conference realignment stretched the conference from 10 teams to 12, thus installing the north and south divisions and a conference championship game, the Ducks and Cardinal have won the conference crown twice
ASU Football: Despite preseason-hype, Sun Devils focused on A&M
ASU Football: Defense ready for challenge against A&M
(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Arizona State continued its preparations for its tilt against Texas A&M with what head coach Todd Graham called a “base down” day for the Sun Devils. As usual, the 15 minutes open to the media consisted of stretching, ball security drills and a quick offensive series. Crowd noise continued
ASU Football: Boateng, Wicker battling for the five-technique lineman spot
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Arizona State held a dress rehearsal of sorts today, which was closed entirely to the media. With seven days left until the season kicks off in Houston against Texas A&M, today’s practice was essentially a simulation of gameday and pregame procedures. ASU head coach Todd Graham and the staff
ASU Football: Graham still tweaking his defensive lineup
(Photo: Tyler Strachan/WCSN) For the second day in a row, Arizona State started practice outside of the Dickey Dome, instead venturing onto the Kajikawa Practice fields. As usual, the portion open to the media was limited to a few ball security drills and a couple of hurry-up, tempo periods. The first-team offense seems
ASU Football: Zane Gonzalez ready to take next step in his kicking game
(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) The Sun Devils practiced outside on the Bill Kajikawa Practice Field for the first time this season, and put their two-minute offense and defense on display. Two-Minute Drill This late game situation that was practiced today was actually meant to put pressure on the defense. In a typical two-minute drill,
ASU Football: Bo Graham resigns, Josh Martin steps in as running backs coach
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) In the wake of former Arizona State running backs coach Bo Graham’s resignation, practice was business as usual for the Sun Devils. Newly promoted coach Josh Martin continued to work with the offensive line while Del Alexander ran the running backs through ball security drills during the portion open
ASU Football: James Johnson continues to be the utility man in the secondary
ASU Football: Walk-ons get scholarships; Wilkins at backup
(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) Practice in the bubble concluded on quite the bubbly note, as head coach Todd Graham presented two scholarships to walk-ons, those being sophomore long snapper Mitchell Fraboni, and sophomore running back Jacom Brimhall. “It was everything that you could feel put into one,” Brimhall said. “Thinking back of everything