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If any of you know any Sun Devil fans that might be looking for an ASU themed van, let me know. I strongly prefer to sell it to an ASU fan if I can.

2001 Ford Econoline
231k miles
$1500 obo

Hod posted a couple pics below. What you can't really see is a maroon PT42 shield sticker on the front hood of the van, too.

The rate coaches switch jobs does make your head spin...

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The least surprising Friday news dump item

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Mornin Mates...

Today's Topic = Bupkis Awards

There are a lot of possibilities this fine morning in the desert...

However, I'll start off with the total lack of return on investment by the PAC presidents and chancellors in PAC commissioner George Kliavkoff, whose biggest accomplishment was putting the PAC-12 out of business in only 2.5 years on the job...

It was a breathtaking "accomplishment" to say the least, as Jon Wilner points out in a recent PAC-12 Hotline article...

He said that George Kliavkoff tenure was characterized by "a barrage of strategic miscalculations and hollow public statements, and, generally, a poor understanding of the fabric of college sports"...

The same could be said for the conference presidents and chancellors responsible for his hiring that wanted a new conference leadership "prototype" in place, according to the Daily Star this morning...

It kind of sounds like the Crow model for a new American university and Ray's idea for a new athletic model that featured his hand picked new football coach that hadn't coached in a decade and only had limited college coaching experience...

From my experience that's what academic leaders do best...point to innovative, new and improved, models or prototypes or paradigms, to bring in a better way of doing things like running an athletic dept...

And, if we look at what has happened to Sun Devil athletics it's been breathtaking in how underwhelming these new, innovative ways have transformed our revenue generating sports into permanent mediocrity, it would appear to some of us benighted fans and boosters...

So, right up there with George Kliavkoff, I would nominate ASU president Crow for a Bupkis Award for his innovative tinkering in Sun Devil athletics, IMHO...

And, then we have a coach like Bobby Hurley, that in his ninth season at ASU, can't keep his team within 40 points of our in-state rivals in a conference BB game...

But, as we all know by now, it is we who are the problem and who should be given Bupkis Awards for not being supportive enough of mediocre results within Sun Devil athletics...

At least our baseball team won again yesterday, although it's going to be hard to win games if you have to score 14 or more runs to in order to do so...

I went to bed last night at halftime of the BB game against the Cats since the game was already over by then and I know that makes me a poor Sun Devil fan but so be it...

Hurley may have the team practicing this morning but it isn't going to help overcome his lack of talent when compared to teams like the Cats or coaching when he loses games to less talented teams on a regular basis...

I cannot wait to see Crow's next AD hire and what new and innovative athletic model will be put in place to replace the old innovative model...

The more things change, the more they appear to remain the same in Sun Devil athletics, it appears to me...

Well, fingers crossed that our baseball team can complete a sweep of Santa Clara in baseball today...

G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!

Devils out to 3-1 lead after 1, Campos with Opp field dinger and deep SF fly by Is Jackson who has 10 ribbies in 2+ games

T Meyer had some base runners in 1st inning, and 1st 2 on in 2nd, so still in process of finding his groove, fingers crossed he can give us 3+ and then see if some of these young arms can keep us in until we hit Dbl Digts for 3rd game in row

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If good things come to those who wait, Jake Smith is due for greatness. The career path of the one-time 5-star recruit has had its share of twists and turns. Since earning the Gatorade National Player of the Year at Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Smith spent two years at Texas, missed a season due to a foot injury in 2021, missed the 2022 season while at USC, and was denied the chance to play last year due to a NCAA decision following his transfer home to play for ASU. But heading into 2024 healthy and eligible, Smith has a chance to make the hometown fans proud yet again. On this episode, Jake and I discuss the lessons learned through some difficult years, what kept him going, what being back in Arizona has meant for him, the Sun Devil receiver room, and much more.

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should be a good game Tuesday night vs K State. They were ranked #24 in D-1 RAnkings, cant imagine they have been ranked too many times in Baseball
* https://d1baseball.com/top-25/2024-d1baseball-preseason-top-25-rankings/

Finished 2023 season 35-24........lost 2 to TCU @ Big 12 tourney in Champ Game......whipped the horns in game 2.........they are 2-1 so far this season, lost to Cal Frid nite, then beat Bost College, Georgetown over weekend.........surprisingly BC and Georgetown had winning records last yr with some pretty Good W's, so not taking K State lightly

Will be interesting to see who will be our mid wk starters, as also play a 4 game set vs ohio state starting Thurs PM........really need to find at least 1 good young starter for Mid Wk games

OK original tweet did get delayed so a new schedule I assume will come out later on. I know for a fact that the start and end date if March 26 an April 26. Just need to wait about the spring game date.

“We got a tough team. Testament to the people we got here. Lot of stuff to build on after this weekend.” After flirting with fire on the mound on Friday and Saturday, the Sun Devil arms simply conceded too much in Sunday’s back-and-forth battle

Dillard-Allen is getting a lot of attention from Nebraska and Washington as well, and both Kansas schools offered him last month, too. Don't know yet if he will make a decision early in the process or not. The player page needs to get updated, but he's certainly a Top 5 in-state prospect in this class

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The worst loss for ASU in its in-state rivalry game naturally revealed a significant talent disparity, showcasing a Sun Devil squad that took a major step back from last year and finds itself once again this season trying to recover from a resounding defeat

I found these on AZ Central. I haven't seen full quotes anywhere else. I find this, um, interesting. I'll leave them here for your thoughts.

"They've been very explosive throughout the year and this is an outcome I thought could be a reality for us just based on watching film watching them a lot. I'm not disappointed personally. I feel bad that it's a demoralizing loss. I understand what the rivalry means to Arizona State but we had no answers tonight for what they were doing. We were in all kinds of foul trouble with our frontcourt relatively quickly in that first half and we made some shots early in the game to kind of hang in there. My biggest criticism was the end of the half we could have had it down to maybe nine, 10, the last minute was embarrassing, we gave up layups and some opportunity for them to stretch the lead." — Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley

Good evening Huddle members. Here is the game thread for tonight's game as Arizona State is on the road facing Arizona.

“No lead is safe, ever, especially here at Muni. It’s one of those ballparks that you must score and keep scoring.” Case in point ASU surrendered a six-run lead only to come back and edge Santa Clara and again displaying its firepower at the plate

Always love seeing the advertisement for Dominion Freight Line with college mascots. Sparky is "front and center!" The ad just aired on ESPN. Gotta love it....GO SUN DEVILS

“Today’s the expectation, I feel like. Aggressive, continuously pouring on runs, quick runs, that’s what we expect.” Small sample size and all, the ASU offense came as advertised in its season opener and their freshman arm didn't disappoint either