Joe Healey examines ASU's Saturday night’s foe

"I fully support the Pacific-12 Conference Office and Commissioner Larry Scott's decision on this matter. Our professional integrity was questioned for two straight years by Mike Leach’s irresponsible comments and we will not allow that to happen. We are pleased with the outcome and for us the matter is closed.”

How do Gonzalez and Haack compare with other ASU greats? Here's Joe Healey's research

ASU's defensive coordinator reviews the Colorado game, looks ahead to WSU contest

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Eric Smith analyzes a group that has improved quite a bit from last year

Manny is hurt and WSU's defense has played better in recent weeks.

Reply with why you voted how you did.

With Homecoming this Saturday, Oct. 22, make sure to leave EARLY for Sun Devil Football’s match-up against Washington State to make it to the game in time for kickoff at 7 p.m. PT.

***University Drive will be completely closed from Rural to Mill in both directions starting on FRIDAY at 7 p.m.***


What’s the fastest way to get to your parking lot on Saturday with the road closures? We’ve come up with a list of suggested routes:

Football Parking Lots
Gold Lot:
From University & Rural
Go north on Rural to 6th street
Take a left on 6th Street West to Veterans Way
Turn right on Veterans Way to Gold Lot

From University & Mill Avenue
Go north on Mill to Rio Salado
Turn right on Rio Salado to Rural Road
Take a right on Rural to 6th Street
Turn right on Veterans Way to Gold Lot

Stadium Structure:
From University & Mill
Go north on Mill to 7th Street
Take a right on 7th Street
Turn left on Forrest,
Turn right at 6th street to arrive at structure entrance

From University & Rural
Go south on Rural to Apache
Take right on Apache
Apache will turn into to Mill
Go north on Mill to 7th Street
Take a right on 7th Street
Turn left on Forrest
Turn right at 6th street to arrive at structure entrance

All other lots north of University:
From University & Rural
Go north on Rural to 6th Street.

From University & Mill Avenue
Go north on Mill to Rio Salado
Take a right on Rio Salado to enter lots.

All other lots south of University:
From University and Rural
Go south on Rural to Lemon
Take a right on Lemon
Parking attendants will direct you to lots.

Wilkins, Perry "questionable" for Saturday, backup QB's improving, team showed great resolve in this week's practice.

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I'm thinking about taking my youngest son to the game Saturday. I'm probably going to get tickets through the special if they're still available but I'd love to check out the renovated west side of the stadium. If anyone is selling tickets hit me up with a PM. Budget tix only unfortunately.. No loge for us this time around.

Been around these boards a long time (not the longest) and what is being written about TG is about the same as was for
Erickson, Koetter, and Snyder. Not sure the boards were around from Marmie.
For some of the posts it reminds me of the Vietnam war era " Love it or leave it" when some response to a criticism TG
I have my own criticism of TG but they have all been written by others. (many times over)

One last thought maybe DK was was right when he said ASU is not the program most people think it is

I took this to mean its harder to recruit here than most realize

I can hear the sirens all the way down here in So Arizona...

I picked Wazzu as my dark-horse PAC team for this season due to their QB, experience on both sides of the ball, esp the offense, and their schedule...

I didn't think they would lose to E Wash in their first game at home but thought they could beat Oregon, Stanford and UCLA before traveling to Tempe to face the Devils that they have done...

This is pretty remarkable considering I'm a Talent Is Destiny guy and the Cougs, under Mike Leach, have finished with these Rival team recruiting rankings since he arrived in 2012...

2012 - #59 nationally with average player rating of 2.69

2013 - #51 with 2.60 player rating

2014 - #69 with 2.74 rating

2015 - #47 with 2.79 rating

2016 - # 52 with 2.55 rating

As we all know, those numbers pale in comparison with what the Sun Devils have done under Todd during those years but the Cougars are favored in Sat's game...

Of course, our QB is injured which changes the fair fight equation around considerably...

That aside, I'm wondering if our hybrid defense is the equivalent of the Air Raid offense since the defense is built, I think, to stop spread offenses like the Air Raid...

Is that the case, in terms of scheme and intention, when it comes to Air Raid offenses..??

I think it is but want to hear what you all think...

I also think that our defense would be that much better if we had a walk-on equivalent of Luke Falk on our defense like say another Adam Archuleta these days...

I still think Talent Is Destiny and is one of the key reasons our defense has been substandard, as we don't have the necessary talent and/or depth at some positions, esp in our secondary...

Anyway, it looks like Leach is going to have another very good year using his "kind of guys" while we suffer again due to bad luck and some recruiting misses over recent years...

Is that right or am I missing something...??

Go Devils!!!

There's no media viewing session today, thus no practice report.

For the past one or two Thursdays, there hasn't been a media viewing session and I suspect that will be the case until the end of the season. That session was usually even more limited than the Tuesday and Wednesday ones and they doesn't practice in full pads on Thursdays so the practice is lighter in nature. So usually there wasn't much to glean from Thursday sessions.

We will still have the rest of our preview pieces coming up today and tomorrow plus today's video of Graham's post-practice comments.

Article by Adam Gorney reviewing the recruiting classes of each conference team

ATTIRE: Helmets and Pads

LOCATION: Kajikawa Practice Fields

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: About 25 minutes

GUESTS: None that I saw

EN VERDE (No contact): LB DJ Calhoun

TOWEL AND SUNSCREEN: LB Christian Sam, OL Tyson Rising, QB Manny Wilkins, WR Cam Smith (didn't stretch)

NOTE: Wilkins was playing catch when the team started out doing individual drills. Then, he watched the team session.

TACKLING DRILLS: On Monday, Todd Graham said ASU spends about half of its individual time on tackling. As per usual, the team started out with it again today.
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TEAM SESSION: ASU ran team tempo this morning, offense vs. defense, which is a rarity for Wednesday (and really any) media availability sessions. The series went quick because Dillon Sterling-Cole fumbled a snap early on the first series and threw an INT on another, but I did my best to chart the teams for you guys.

First team offense: QB Dillon Sterling-Cole, RB Demario Richard, WRs N'Keal Harry/Tim White (slot)/Jalen Harvey, TE Jay Jay Wilson (didn't see Kohl during team), LT Evan Goodman, LG Stephon McCray, C A.J. McCollum, RG Quinn Bailey, RT Zach Robertson

First team defense: Looked like the same as yesterday's that Fabian charted, but Kareem Orr was on first team.

Tashon Smallwood (TIGER), George Lea (NOSE), JoJo Wicker (END), Koron Crump (DEVIL), Salamo Fiso (SAM), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Laiu Moeakiola (SPUR), Kareem Orr (BC), Gump Hayes (FC), Marcus Ball (Bandit), Chad Adams (FS)

Second team offense: QB Jack Smith, RB Nick Ralston, WRs Ellis Jefferson/Fred Gammage/Ryan Jenkins, TE Jay Jay Wilson , LT Cohl Cabral, LG Steven Miller, C Tyler McClure, RG Alex Losoya, RT #60 (scout team)

Second team defense:
Renell Wren (END), Ami Latu (NOSE), Carlos Mendoza (WILL), did not notice the BC, but it wasn't Maurice Chandler, Bryson Echols (FC), Das Tautalatasi (Bandit), J'Marcus Rhodes (FS), James Johnson (SPUR), AJ Latu (DEVIL)
Again, did not notice any differences from yesterday.

Following this team session, the media session ended. If there are any questions or concerns, please let me know.

ATTIRE: Helmet and pads
LOCATION: Kajikawa Practice Fields
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: ~ 20 minutes
GUEST: A representative wearing an NFLPA polo was in attendance. People from the Pac-12 were shooting the ASU episode of "The Drive."

EN VERDE (no contact): LB DJ Calhoun
TOWEL AND SUNSCREEN (limited): LB Christian Sam, DB Armand Perry, DB Kareem Orr, QB Manny Wilkins

NOTES: Wilkins did not participate in stretching or drills, instead standing in the middle of the practice fields as everyone was working around him. There was an offensive lineman in green, but I could not recognize them and believe they were a reserve. Armand Perry was on Muscle Beach, and Kareem Orr participated in team sessions.

PERSONNEL NOTES: Jay Jay Wilson was out at practice wearing a maroon jersey. Coltin Gerhart continues to work on offense. Jack Smith was in a grey QB jersey for the first time. Dillon Sterling-Cole continues to wear No. 14 in practice, No. 15 in games.

TACKLING:

ASU was working on contact/pad level when going through the tackling circuit this morning.

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TEAM SESSIONS

FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE: Dillon Sterling-Cole (QB), Nick Ralston (RB), Ellis Jefferson (WR), Tim White (WR-slot), Fred Gammage (WR-slot), Jalen Harvey (WR), Evan Goodman (LT), Stephon McCray (LG), AJ McCollum (C), Quinn Bailey (RG), Zach Robertson (RT)

FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE: Tashon Smallwood (TIGER), George Lea (NOSE), JoJo Wicker (END), Koron Crump (DEVIL), Salamo Fiso (SAM), DJ Calhoun (WILL), Laiu Moeakiola (SPUR), Mo Chandler (BC), Gump Hayes (FC), Marcus Ball (Bandit), Chad Adams (FS)

SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE: Jack Smith was at quarterback, Ryan Jenkins was one of the WRs. We only saw one play.

SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE: Renell Wren (END), Ami Latu (NOSE), Carlos Mendoza (WILL), Kareem Orr (BC), Bryson Echols (FC), Das Tautalatasi (Bandit), J'Marcus Rhodes (FS), James Johnson (SPUR), AJ Latu (DEVIL)

Notes: Dillon Sterling-Cole was improved from what I saw from him last week. Jack Smith threw one pass, a seam route to Jenkins that was overthrown and intercepted by a diving James Johnson.

Another home game, another Air Raid offense visits Tempe. Here is Fabian Ardaya's analysis.

Megan Plain and I talk about ASU's 5-2 record and how it reflects the true talent level of this squad, as well as examining the matchup between the Cougars and the Sun Devils

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Solid interview here by Justin Toscano covering an array of topics

I'm sorry I wasn't able to solicit questions for this week's article, I was on a tighter schedule this week. WazzuWatch.com Publisher Scott Hood weighs in on Saturday's opponent and details why the Cougars have been one of the hottest teams in the league.

Know Your Foe: Washington State

The ASU RB describes how he imparts his knowledge of the game on the younger players

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ASU's offensive coordinator discusses the areas of improvement needed for this week's game

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The ASU QB talks about his health, rebounding from a dominating loss

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http://arizonasports.com/story/866404/wsu-mike-leach-asu-stealing-signs-via-command-center/

So is this the real reason for the renovation delay for the East Side? We're building a command center for stealing signs on the West side? Lol

Let it go Mike