(Photo: Scotty Bara/WCSN) In front of 51,428 fans on the final home game of the season, the Arizona State football team did exactly what it could not do last week against Oregon State. Though the physical context of each of the Sun Devils’ past two games was in stark contrast—a blistering 30
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ASU Football: Sun Devils overcome sluggish start, down Cougars
(Photo: ASU Athletics) The No. 13 Arizona State Sun Devils looked anything but the 13th best team in the nation in the first half against Washington State, falling into a 21-7 hole before finally getting things in order en route to five forced turnovers and a dominant 52-31 victory over the visiting
ASU Football: Stock Up, Stock Down on eight defensive players
(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Prior to ASU’s bout against Oregon State, the defensive unit for the Sun Devils was trending upward at practically every position. It was with that thought in mind that last week’s edition of “Stock Up, Stock Down” was comprised solely of players on the offensive side of the ball.
ASU Football: Sun Devils defeat turnover-prone Notre Dame
(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) No. 9 Arizona State took advantage of five turnovers to build a 34-3 lead over No. 10 Notre Dame in the first half and survived a huge second-half comeback attempt to pull out a 55-31 win in the biggest non-conference game in the history of Sun Devil Stadium. The Fighting Irish scored first in
ASU Football: Devilbacker may not be as dead as originally anticipated
(Photo: ASU Athletics) Last week, many presumed the Devilbacker position to be a lost cause for the Sun Devil football team in 2014. Against Stanford, the Arizona State defense had switched from its customary 3-4 look with a ball-hawking Devilbacker occasionally serving as the fourth defensive lineman (at which point it would
ASU Football: Sun Devils preparing for UCLA’s Brett Hundley
(Photo: Allyson Cummings/WCSN) Arizona State changed the way media will view practice by adjusting the viewing portion of practice with just a couple practices remaining until a Thursday night game against the No. 11 UCLA Bruins. Rather than allow the media to watch the first 40-50 minutes of practice as they
Defense impresses in Sun Devils spring scrimmages
(Photo: ASU Athletics) Head coach Todd Graham admitted after the football team’s first scrimmage of April that he was worried about the defense. With the departure of nine defensive starters following the 2013 season and with one of the nation’s top offenses returning stars like Taylor Kelly, D.J. Foster and Jaelen
