Missed some and saw some but in the Pac 12 portion they discussed Stanford/Washington/Wazzu/Oregon & USC/UCLA/Utah

They did not even mention ASU/AU/CU/Cal/OSU

OUCH! The thought of having Utah and Wazzu in a Pac 12 conversation that we are not allowed to be part of is a hard punch to the gut.

Every time we inch up in the national conversation we take a huge step backward (most recently for about a week in 2014 after beating ND and before losing to OSU)

Another thing that rang a bell was when Dave Wanstedt was detailing Oklahoma and said that he saw them running away with the Big 12 title IF Stoops didn't have amnesia and forget how, after the Texas game last year, that he quit all of the crazy blitzing and started running the ball more.

Just have to prove it on the field.

ASU Hockey is coming back to Colorado!

We've established an ASU section for both games on Friday & Saturday, January 6-7. Seats are lower level behind the "ASU Shoots Twice" goal and can be purchased NOW at a reduced price of $21 per.

Head to the link below and type in ASUHOCKEY (in all caps). It will then take you to choose between both games, and then subsequent screens will let you pick seats and pay.

ASU Hockey @ DU in January

Joe Healey researched this theory and here are his findings

jaelen String with a TD against the Cards. Tough catch.

Osweiller looked phenomenal in his time in the 3rd preseason game. He's going to be a great fit in that scheme and the Texans look to be a well constructed team.

Joe Healey reviews ASU's standout players over the last six years

Sun Devil Science: All-Mid Decade Team – 2010-2015

Confirmed an earlier report that 2016 four-star forward Troy Baxter has received his release from his NLI from USF, and is considering ASU. Working on gathering some more details on this.

Morning Mates...

Today's Topic = Ready or Not

I guess we'll know within the next couple of weeks if the Devils will be a contender or pretender this season...nobody is anticipating a contender for anything other than a PAC bottom feeder, except a few crazies like me, who see big things on the Sun Devil horizon for this team...

NAU will be a good test since they are well thought off in the Big Sky Conference and have some gifted players on their team that include QB Case Cookus and receiver Emmanuel Butler, and then free wheeling Texas Tech comes to town with a great offense...

So, will the Devils play pretty vanilla against the Jacks to save stuff for the Red Raiders or will just about everything be on the table against the Jacks in order to be ready for Tech..??

I'm not worried about our offense at all, as I've mentioned many times before, but I am anxious to see how Manny does at QB and how Chip Lindsey calls games as OC...he did wonderful things at So Miss and has more talent in Tempe than he had in Miss but the competition is stronger here than there, so we'll see...

The Republic is calling D Richard and K Ballage "thunder and lighting" out of our backfield and that seems like an apt description to me, as they are both proven big time backs but will be running behind an inexperienced line...however, under Lindsey, I think they will excel and may well each reach 1,000 yards in rushing this year...

The RBs at So Miss, under Lindsey, didn't "rotate" they way they have at ASU under Mike Norvell and both will be used more to see who may have the "hot hand" during a game against a particular defense...I'm also anticipating seeing some new schematic wrinkles out of the backfield...

If I'm reading things correctly, N'Keal Harry has been very impressive at WR and will play a lot this year and C Smith looks like he may be close to being his old self that will add to our ability to stretch the field vertically...

Could Harry end up being another J Strong type receiver for us..??

Time will tell I guess...

Nobody is concerned about our front seven on defense but we'll find out about how our D-backer position and secondary play out in the next several weeks...I think we will be fine, knock on wood, as long as we don't have a lot of injuries back there...

Our D should be able to handle the Jacks but the Red Raiders are much more gifted than the Flagstaff crew...

I didn't realize that Zane Gonzales is only 16 FGs away from setting a new career NCAA record, which would be awesome, as long as we are doing better with our Red Zone offense that needs to score more TDs than settling for FGs this season...

The Red Zone is where I'm going to be really measuring Chip Lindsey, just like the measure of Patterson on defense, will be how many big plays we give up under his leadership...

Are those fair measures for each coordinator..??

Here is how the Republic sees the best units in the PAC...

QB - UCLA

RB - Stan and Oregon

WR/TE - USC

OL - USC

DL - Utah and Stan

LB - Wash and Stan

Secondary - Wash

Special Teams - Stan and Utah

So, how many degrees of separation are we from those units respectfully..??

I don't think we all that far removed from them and is why I think 10+ wins is not our of the question for the Sun Devils...

G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!

It's been a while since episode one came out, but here is the next episode featuring the incoming ASU freshman wing player

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Keep an eye on this kid, a sophomore quarterback after Chandler High School who just dropped nearly 500 passing yards on nationally-ranked Corona Centennial in just his second career start (they lost 56-49). He's the latest in the line of Chandler quarterbacks, with each of the previous four (Brett Hundley, Darrel Garretson, Bryce Perkins and Mason Moran) winding up at Pac-12 programs.

He may not have ideal size (he's listed at 6-foot-1, 185 pounds), but he has a strong arm and throws a really pretty deep ball. Has some really nice touch on his throws and pocket awareness for someone his age.

I was out shooting his game tonight, so if I get a chance this week I might try to compile some of his best throws for you guys.

Other Chandler notes: WR Gunner Romney (yes, he's related to Mitt) was impressive yet again with nearly 250 receiving yards. UNLV commit Johnny Johnson nearly did this:

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Good interview here by Justin with (in all likelihood) ASU's starting Bandit safety on Saturday.

Sande Charles talks to the ASU LB about overcoming injury and his outlook for the season

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LOCATION: Verde Dickey Dome

ATTIRE: Shells

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: About 15 minutes

GUESTS: None that I saw

TILLMAN JERSEY: None

EN VERDE (No contact): George Lea and Khaylan Thomas. Additionally, Mitchell Fraboni was on muscle beach. Did not see any of the other muscle beach guys at the usual spot. Additionally, Mark "Goose" Cosgrove was using a crutch and walking around.

EN VERDE PARTICIPANDO (Participating): George Lea

Saturday's practice was just a walkthrough of what the pregame routine will be. Position groups gathered and did there own run throughs, but we also saw a gathered team routine in the middle of the field before media availability ended.

The team ran 7-on-7s, but then did a quick team session with just one or two quick walkthrough plays. Here's what I saw for that quick 11-on-11, which featured the first team, but not a full second team:

First-team offense: QB Manny Wilkins, RBs Demario Richard/Kalen Ballage, WRs Cam Smith/Tim White (slot)/N'Keal Harry, TE Kody Kohl, LT Evan Goodman, LG Sam Jones, C Stephon McCray, RG Quinn Bailey, RT Zach Robertson

First-team defense: DEVIL Koron Crump, D-line (rotated through, so multiple guys got in): Tashon Smallwood, JoJo Wicker, Ami Latu, Renell Wren, George Lea, Tramel Topps, LBs Christian Sam/DJ Calhoun, Kareem Orr (BC), Gump Hayes (FC), Chad Adams (Bandit), Armand Perry (Field safety)

There wasn't enough time for a full second team, so a few second-teamers just rotated in. More in the notes below...

Notes and observations:
-On 7-on-7s, Bryson Echols and Robbie Robinson were part of the corners rotating in.
-During 11-on-11s, the offense rotated in second-team receivers Jalen Harvey and Fred Gammage, with Raymond Epps at TE.
-I only saw Manny Wilkins running through the pregame routine with the offense, granted the walk throughs were going pretty quickly. Probably not something to read too much into, but worth noting nonetheless.
-Zane Gonzalez kicked the extra point after the quick team sessions, but both kickers were working the pregame routine reps.

Let me know if there are any questions or concerns!

We've touched on it before but I wanted to bring it up again as we start essentially a "new season". What are some of you guys affiliations to ASU? Many are alums I'm sure. Did some of you relocate to the valley and "adopt" the Sun Devils? What makes you part of the Sun Devil faithful?

For me I'm a New Yorker who has indeed "adopted" the Sun Devils over the last few years. Being able to interview several of the Sun Devils that we talk about on a regular basis has been a true blessing for me and I hope to interact with you guys for a long time.

With one week remaining before ASU's season opener Sande Charles and Hod Rabino review the Sun Devils on both sides of the ball

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What do you all think about this game happening in Sydney, does this move the needle exposure wise? How would you feel if it were ASU vs Hawaii? Do you feel the fans are being cheated out of a home game or even perhaps a road game that could be attended by ASU fans?

Location: Kajikawa practice fields
Visitors: none
Availability: 20 minutes
Tillman jersey: none
Attire: Pads
En Verde: George Lea and two others (couldn't see who)

Friday's practice started off normally with the defense working on pursuit and tackle circuits. I saw Kyle Williams still in a white jersey so it will be interesting to watch any developments with him as the season rolls along.

Wide receivers practiced blocking and centers continued to hone their technique with former ASU center Nick Kelly.

I noticed Steve Miller was out of the walking boot he had on yesterday so it must not have been anything major.

The team didn't run a team session today so quarterback developments are in the dark for the day.

Video of Sun Devil football student-athletes making a few surprise deliveries to season ticket holders

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How can i send an email to you directly about the site changes?

Thanks,

Mike

What up Devil Junkies??? Checkin in with y'all and Im curious about what some of y'all think about a topic that we kind of discussed on the Devils Junkie podcast. "Does it matter if a recruit is from Arizona or somewhere else?" I stated that I think that it does matter. Don't get me wrong I don't think that one kid necessarily plays "harder", but there is a certain pride that I think that a kid from Arizona takes when he plays in his backyard. That Az kid isn't just reppin his school he's reppin where he is from. He's reppin where his friends are from. He's defending HIS turf. This is part of why I love the Chandler boys being here, and all these recent Saguaro kids committing. I know that not ALL local kids pan out, but some out of staters disappoint also. So it's a gamble either way.

Please understand I love seeing whoever from wherever do well in a Sun Devil uniform. BUT if I have MY choice between comparable players? I'd rather have the local kids. Also I'm not talking about losing a kid like Christian Kirk. That was purely his decision. Im talking about missing on a kid like Hundley from Chandler, or Neal from Chaparral years back. I feel like if we would have recruited those kids better or at all then maybe we would have got them. I'm thankful that CTG seems to understand the importance of local recruiting.

Forks Up!

Just Chilly

Good interview here by Eric with former defensive lineman walk-on Tramel Topps who earned a scholarship this week

Usher, who is one of ASU's primary 2017 targets, had a great summer and is expected to vault into the top-100 according to Rivals national basketball analyst Eric Bossi. (The Rivals 150 will be updated within the next two weeks.)

According to Bossi, it's looking like a two-team race between ASU and USC. Usher is visiting the Trojans this weekend -- and is scheduled to visit Tempe at the end of September.