CT Steckel‏@ctsteckel
I've been told Mike MacIntyre will interview for the #Baylor job after the PAC 12 title game. Believes it'd be a great fit. Faith & Football

Sonny Dykes also rumored to interview for this job. If MacIntyre wants this job gotta believe with the buzz he has right now he would leave for a position that will double his $2.2 million salary.

Funny how just today a friend of mine talked to me about Alex Perry's recruitmnet and questioned why he would choose Colorado who's 2016 season will probably be a flash in the pan. If MacIntyre leaves you wonder how Colorado would recover.

I'm a big fan of Jose Garcia and Kevin McCabe on the AIA Saturday show, they've been really good to me personally. Today they actually had my high school basketball writer on, so I tuned in, and stayed tuned in until they finished their interview with some of Chandler High's players. Kevin McCabe asked TJ Green why he didn't give any consideration to staying home and playing for ASU, and in my head I was like "uh-oh..." because if you've followed this board, you know that Arizona State hasn't looked at Chandler this year- softening their pursuit of Kolby Taylor, and not visiting in preseason (outside of Seumalo to see his own kid).

The answer was as cringeworthy as it could possibly be... along the lines of "They've never actually even talked to me." McCabe realized it wasn't a great moment and cut it off right away.

Y'all know my view on this. Outside of Kadeem Carey, Arizona is not the place to look for running backs. It's why Joe Logan ended up at NAU. It's why TJ Green is headed to Corvallis. It's why Paul Perkins was lightly recruited as well. TJ Green is talented enough to make an impact on Arizona State's roster in the future- his jump-cuts create space where there are none, and he's an elite pass catcher out of the backfield. He'll do fine in Corvallis, and it'll spur questions about ASU when he does. ASU is comfortable with that, but it definitely doesn't paint the best picture to have it be public knowledge that there was no relationship whatsoever.

I talked with Isaiah Pola-Mao for about 30 minutes today. I won't be able to post a full story right away, but I figure I'd bullet point some stuff.

-He had some serious questions about ASU coming into the visit. The two biggest were academic and regarding the assistant coaches. He felt like those questions were honestly answered in a players only Q&A meeting with N'Keal, Jack Smith, DeMario and others. He said he hasn't been the best natural student and he doesn't want his struggles to repeat. He said he was told that you have to try to fail with all the resources students are given. He also said he thinks Todd Graham is an awesome person but he's worried about the assistants being one way during recruiting and another once you commit. Jack was able to candidly vouch for who each assistant is as a person. The rest all hammered home the family atmosphere. He said getting these questions answered made a huge difference in how he sees ASU.

-I asked him if he saw the pattern of teams treating him like a second option, he got pretty animated here. He knows he's a backup plan for Bubba Bolden for most major schools and it eats him up. He also said he knows that KJ Jarrell will end up with more accolades nationally because of the whole Saguaro thing. He wouldn't mind being at the same school with these guys but anyone who has treated him as a second option is pretty much getting the same treatment back from him (except for one school)

-It's currently down to ASU, Washington and USC. USC didn't jump in until Bolden decommitted, and that's something he keeps in mind.

-He's always wanted to stay home, but he admits as an 18 year old he has the itch to leave. He knows that more than anyone, Mountain Pointe is an insulated community, and the ASU coaches did a good job of making him feel like Tempe would be leaving home and staying home at the same time- best of both worlds.

-He likes Seattle, and loves most things about the program/school, but the cold weather gives him some pause.

-He's got a torn labrum. He says he feels good and he'll get a second opinion about what to do, but it definitely caused him issues in the state championship.

Oregon has agreed to pay the rest of Helfrich's $11.6 million buyout in order to fire him. For context, Todd Graham's buyout is $14 million.

In my opinion, Helfrich was the worst coach in the Pac-12. So who takes over the mantle next?

Local product who led Chandler to the state title this season. Got a chance to watch a lot of him in person this year, and I'm really high on him. I think there's room for conversation that he's as good a QB in his class as Spencer Rattler.

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Nebraska. He is their ace recruiter and lead recruiter on eight of their commits.
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hearing some chatter about these 5-7 teams like us, UCLA, Vandy, Cal, Hawaii....
Anyone have any legit intel on this?

I saw on AZCentral that he was visiting ASU. I thought I could read about it here first but cannot find anything. What is the latest if anyone knows.

team is 5-0 (as is Ty Thomas')
Smith 113 carries, 875 yds, 7.7 ypc 14 TD
7 receptions 117 yds, 17.0 ypr, 3 TDs
VERY consistent..his lowest average per carry in a game was 7.0 (highest was 8.2 twice)
They play @ Cy-Fair tonight

Embarrassing! That team is not very good! Every head coach in the South, except the USC coach, should be embarrassed. WOW.

Hopefully tonight in better news we play UNLV go devils see you ther

The ASU hockey team pulled out another nice win last night, knocking off Colgate 5-4. They are 2-1 on the 4-game homestand that finishes up with a rematch with Colgate at 7 p.m. at Oceanside. While I'm sure most going to a game tonight will choose hoops, I would urge anyone on the fence to come out to Oceanside and check out this squad. Oceanside is not the best venue, but it is fun when it is full like last night and these boys under Coach Powers play hard and will earn your respect. You won't be disappointed.

According to this Nebraska website story

serious question, do we know when RA and CTG are going to meet?

Justin's story from Bobby Hurley's media availability today

Sun Devils need to power through adversity amid challenging schedule

ASU's head coach says the team is taking a hard look at themselves in efforts to improve

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May be worth to keep an eye on this junior college running back who doesn't have an offer yet, but is a mid-year transfer and does have ties on this ASU team

Hammon confident in the opportunities that will be coming his way

CG#3~7 ‏@SwoljaBoiForkEm 6m

I see he has been granted his release from Arizona, with the blessing of RR to seek a 6th year after his 4th ACL repair.

Supposedly Ippolito has reached out to UCLA, Utah and ASU.

I can't imagine any interest from ASU, the other two I doubt but who knows.

per Twitter:

Missed tackle percentages this season, per @PFF_Mike

Bama: 7.6% (best in nation)

NCAA avg: 13.4%

#ASU: 19.5% (worst in nation)

Surprise surprise...