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Lisa Young will be the new Deputy Athletic Director

She will report to Rossini. According to her bio, she joined ASU in 2018 as Vice President of Enterprise Development, working with ASU's senior leadership team to advance corporate and private sector partnership opportunities through executive-level engagement.

At ASU she was the Executive Director for Starbucks Initiatives, leading partnership efforts between ASU and Starbucks, with programs such as the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, Starbucks Global Academy, the Starbucks Technology Center, located in the Sky Song Innovation Zone, and the ASU-Starbucks Center for the Future of People and the Planet.

Got her B.S. from ASU and MBA from U of A.

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STORY: Graham Rossini poised to be hired as ASU’s Athletic Director

He does have extensive experience in the sports corporate world, especially when it comes to financial projects. But the biggest question is, will he be Crow's puppet because we know what happens in that scenario...

Big 12 O/U Bets in Football

Per Jon Wilner in his PAC 12 Hotline column recently (using Fan Duel odds)...

Arizona
- O/U 7.5 for Cats - he is betting on the over because the Cats have both Fifita and TMac returning, along with seven home games against middle and lower-tier programs...

Baylor - 5.5 for Bears - he is taking the under because in their first four games they play Utah on road, Air Force at home, Colorado on road and BYU home and, in his opinion, they will need at least a split in those games to get to more than five wins...

BYU - 4.5 for Cougars - he is taking the under since BYU will have to play all of the conference favorites that include Kansas, K-State, AU, Utah and Okie St to go along with non-conference games against SMU and Wyoming...

Cincy - 5.5 for Bearcats - he is taking the over since the Bearcats miss Arizona, Utah, Okie St and Kansas and has a new QB from Indiana to guide offense...

Colorado - 5.5 for Buffs - he is taking the under due to tough schedule and non-con games against N Dakota St at home, Nebraska on road and Colorado St at neutral site...plus rest of Big 12 tired of hearing about the great Prime Time that will put a bullseye on their backs this season...

Houston - 4.5 for Cougars - he is taking under since Cougars have daunting schedule that includes Oklahoma, Iowa St, Utah, AU, K-State and Kansas...

Iowa St - 7,5 for Cyclones - he is taking over but not very confident in that bet since Cyclones have road trips to Iowa, Kansas and Utah...

Kansas - 8.5 for Jayhawks - he is taking the over since Jayhawks miss both Utah and Arizona and have very good QB returning...

Kansas St - 9.5 for Wildcats - he is taking the over even though the Wildcats will miss their QB who transferred to Ohio St but they will need a win against AU early in season, that is not a Big 12 game, since it was already on their schedule...

Oklahoma St - 7.5 for Cowboys - he is taking the over since Gundy has enough talent to once again win at least 8 games...

TCU - 7.5 for Horned Frogs - he is taking the under since roster has holes in it and many tough road games will hinder the team...

Texas Tech - 7.5 for Red Raiders - he is taking the over since he believes the team will be 4-0 in Sept and will miss Utah, Kansas and K-State in conference...

UCF - 7.5 for Knights - he is taking the under since Knights only won three conference games last season and don't figure to be much better this season...

Utah - 9.5 for Utes - he is taking the over since he feels the Utes can beat Oklahoma St on road and AU at home...

W Virginia - 6.5 for Mountaineers - he is taking the under since team will be playing Pitt and Penn St in addition to all conference heavy-weights except Utah...

ASU - 4.5 for Sun Devils - he is taking the under since Devils have to play Wyoming that won 9 games last year and Texas State that won 8 games and Miss St of the SEC, in addition to difficult conference schedule, with a more talented team but probably not enough to win more than four games in his estimation...

It sure looks like Dilly has his work cut out for him...Go Dilly and Go Devils!!!
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Spring Snapshot: Kansas State

For the last two years, Kansas State has certainly been one of the more formidable programs in the Big 12, and with the volume of its returning talent, there's no reason to believe that they will take a step back in 2024. Has their spring practice reflected the high level of optimism concerning the team? EMAWOnline Publisher Kevin Fielder shares his observations.

Positive Impact (Crow Free) Opportunities/Ideas

Hopefully this can be a pinned, living thread where the community can post ways to support businesses that support ASU athletics, volunteer opportunities, or NIL related ideas. Please keep this thread productive and absent of any Crow talk.

I will start with the most obvious way to help out which is the Sun Angel Collective: www.sunangels.org

Go Devils!

New Speak of the Devils Podcast: Spring ball review roundtable with Hod & Caleb

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Spring ball is officially in the books. Let’s talk about it. Joined in studio by @Hod Rabino and Caleb Campero, we examine the winners, losers, and remaining questions from spring. Plus, we hear from QB Sam Leavitt (1:52:19) after his spring game performance.

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Column: The challenges Rossini faces as the new ASU AD are as real as his Sun Devil passion

Graham Rossini's press conference presented the perfect combination of narrative and delivery. Actions will have to back up those words, but fans should be cautiously optimistic about what he can accomplish as ASU's new athletic director

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