How many of you watching the Notre Dame v. Indiana game realized that Curt Cignetti is not him? Not aggressive, not innovative, not coach of the year. Down three scores and punting with 9 minutes to go in the fourth quarter near plus territory? 80 million dollar coach who has never beaten a ranked team! Kenny has beaten 4 in the last 2 months!

Tonight we'll have Indiana at Notre Dame where the high temp today will be around 32 degrees...

The Fighting Irish are a TD favorite to beat the Hoosiers...

Tomorrow, in competition with NFL games, there will be three playoff games with the first pitting SMU against home team Penn St, where the forecast calls for snow and a high of around 25 degrees at game time...

The Nittany Lions are favored by about 8.5 points to beat the Mustangs...

The second game tomorrow features the Clemson Tigers at the Texas Longhorns in Austin where the weather should be pretty nice with temps in the low 60s under a sunny sky...

The Longhorns are favored by about 11.5 points and the winner of this game will play our Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl on New Years Day...

The night game tomorrow will have Tenn at Ohio St where the temp may be well below freezing at game time...

The Buckeyes will be favored by about 7.5 points...

So, does the inclement weather in Indiana, PA or Ohio help or hinder Indiana, SMU or Tenn, and do you think that playoff games should be played in winter places where a true football game cannot be contested given the weather..??

I'm just pleased that our Sun Devils don't have to play either Notre Dame, Penn St or Ohio St in those sorts of weather conditions...

Who do you pick to win those games and who do you think has the best chance at an upset win in those games..??

I'll go with all of the home teams this weekend but wouldn't be surprised if Indiana beats ND or Tenn beats Ohio St...

What a pleasure it is for us Sun Devils to have our team in the CFB's new format, as the Big-12 champs, in our first year in the conference..

I look forward to your feedback, as always...Go Devils!!!

Friday's practice was another lively session, highlighting both veteran and younger players in the last practice before ASU's quarterfinal opponent is revealed tomorrow evening. Here are our observations:

This was asked in another thread, but it is worth creating a new thread for this topic:

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Fresh off a historic Big 12 championship, head coach Kenny Dillingham and his staff did not have much time to relish in that achievement as they quickly rolled back their sleeves, seeking additions from the transfer portal. Let's go ahead and take a look at what the needs are position by position, the effect of the player departures to date, and examine the overall approach to the transfer portal and what we can expect in terms of the strategy the Sun Devils will employ.

"As a group, I think we did our part, we did our job, we were in the right spots, and we made plays when our numbers were called." ASU WR's coach Hines Ward not surprised to see his group sans Jordyn Tyson playing well, attributes success to an effective approach

8-5.........whodathunkit!?!?!?!?

the same people that were calling for his scalp a coupla months ago are now preaching consistency/longevity/continuity...................and it will accidentally prevail at blueblood Gatorville

ESPN came out with an article about Vanderbilt's QB Diego Pavia who sued the NCAA over his denial of an extra year of eligibility. The Court issued a temporary injunction against the NCAA from keeping him from playing one more season until the case is tried or settled. In effect this ruling (at least temporarily) means that JUCO player could not have his time at the JUCO count against his FBS/FCS eligibility. Will be interesting to see how this turns out. Theoretically, it could mean that at some point in the future, a player could go the JUCO route then transfer with all four years of eligibility remaining. Just the latest blow to the NCAA and how toothless they've become in enforcing their own rules.

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Fire away with any important updates you come across, obviously including but not necessarily limited to ones that involve ASU.

Starting off with a couple former Sun Devils who are back on the transfer market:

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A look at the top players in the playoff and how they got here:

Tollefson, who played his senior season locally at Phoenix Mountain Pointe HS has already graduated and thus was able to participate in the Sun Devils' practice today

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havin a big game in the bowl vs Ohio

TFL and a PBU (bat down at the LOS) + other tackle

after not doing a ton this season

will be interesting to see how they handle the 25 days between games

Top 30 in Texas. No. 11 among all 2026 pro style QB's


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Some tidbits to pass along

Let's keep everything in one thread here

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