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Sun Devil football is back. ASU is hitting the practice fields for spring ball, and @Joe Healey and I take an in-depth position-by-position look at the team and highlight the key battles and players to watch. Plus, we check in with Shaun Aguano (54:38) and cornerbacks coach Bryan Carrington (1:00:35).

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Had to sit on this news which I found out last week, but due to surgery on his thumb on his throwing hand Rashada will sit out spring practice.

The Sun Devil defense started the 2023 season on a much stronger note than it finished. The offseason, though, was productive for this group, which improved its talent and depth in literally every position group. In Spring practice, the ASU defense is poised to begin and manifest the strides it made last year.

The Sun Devils led in two of their three games in Pullman but were unable to walk away with a win, and now see the losing streak extend to four contests

The morning action has wrapped up for day one, with six of ASU's eight wrestlers remaining unbeaten.

#33 seed Cael Valencia (174 pounds) defeated #32 Brody Baumann of Purdue, 5-0; Valencia then lost to #1 Mekhi Lewis (Va. Tech), 14-3

#8 Richie Figueroa (125) picked up a major decision over #25 Ethan Berginc (Army), 13-2

#24 Julian Chlebove (133) upset #9 Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado), 4-1 with a takedown in the final seconds

#14 Jesse Vasquez (141) beat #19 Malyke Hines (Lehigh), 5-2

#2 Kyle Parco (149) beat Finn Solomon (Pitt), 5-4

#2 Jacori Teemer (157) beat Matty Bianchi (Little Rock), 7-3

#31 Tony Negron (184) nearly shocked #2 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota), but lost 2-1

#4 Cohlton Schultz (HWT), defeated Nash Hutmacher (Nebraska), 10-3

The wrestling tournament is not single-elimination, so Valencia and Negron are not yet done.

The action will resume today at 4:00 p.m. AZ time., then there will be morning and evening sessions Friday and Saturday, with the championship rounds Saturday evening.

A video package by videographer Justin LaCertosa

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These basketball pundits are talking like ua is the sh

I hope the loss to GCU puts to rest any Randy Bennett to ASU arguments. By the way, not one black player playing for St Mary’s.

"We're done with the historical model of athletics being an auxiliary, adjunct enterprise institution where … the athletic department has borrowed money from the University in support of our athletes," Crow said. "We want ASU athletics to be as much a part of the University as any other part of the University, that is, operating the way everything else operates. We’re doing away with a legacy in the design that we think is counterproductive to our success."

Both Tommy Lloyd at AU and Mark Few at Gonzaga have gone on the record bemoaning what happened to Dan Monson at Long Beach St, who years ago helped spawn the Gonzaga dynasty...

Monson had been at LBSU for 17 seasons, where he had won a couple of conference championships, including the Big West conference tournament this year to advance to the Big Dance for only his second time while at Long Beach St...

He spent two years at Gonzaga and turned that program into a big winner advancing to the Elite Eight in only his second season there...

That led to his getting the head coaching job at Big 10 school Minnesota where he spent eight seasons and had a 118-106 and 44-68 conference record...

He subsequently resigned from Minn after 8 seasons and after only having one 20 win season there with only one NCAA tournament appearance...

He then signed on with Long Beach St where he remained until he was let go shortly before the Big West tournament this year that his team ended up winning to advance to the Big Dance...

Listening to Tommy Lloyd (IMHO) you would think that Monson would now be homeless, etc, at the age of 62, thanks to the heartless and cruel actions taken by LBSU in not retaining him as their coach...

He wasn't paid much by Long Beach St, when compared to many other coaches at other schools, but he still got around $1M a year, even though part of the salary came from sharing "buy in" revenue the school received from schools like AU to be a "patsy" on their schedule (my phrasing)...

So, after two years at Gonzaga, eight years at Minn, and 17 years at LBSU, Monson was 445-395 (.530) winning percentage...

I only bring this up in case something similar happens to our Bobby Hurley at the conclusion of next season in 2025...

His Sun Devil record to date is 155-131 (.542%) and 79-88 (.473) with no conference titles or tournament titles to his credit...

Bobby also makes around $3M a year at ASU and has two years remaining on his contract...

Was the LBSU decision to part ways with Dan Monson way out of line as some might believe or totally justified given his fairly mediocre record at the school over 17 seasons there..??

And, are there any similarities to the Bobby Hurley situation at ASU, where next season will be his tenth at the school, that includes five losing seasons, no conference or tournament titles, etc..??

I'm not rooting against Bobby but I won't be crying any tears, either, if we have another disastrous season under his leadership next year that results in his termination as our BB coach...

Just my take on both situations, as always...Go Devils!!!

With a new coordinator at the helm and a mission to put the 2023 season behind them, the ASU offense has added a significant number of players on this side of the ball in its quest for a turnaround. Here's a look at the storylines coming into spring practice

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I sat down with ASU's new OC for a detailed 40-minute conversation on a number of topics, including his coaching journey, the lessons learned along the way, why he took the ASU job, how he will handle the quarterback battle, how the Devils' culture compares to a Rose Bowl champ, and much more.

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Dude transfers from Bama to Iowa…cashed an NIL check…transfers back to Bama.

You can’t make this stuff up

"I’d say not just the recruiting but a little bit of how you structure practice and plan practice." The Sun Devils' spring practice will not only feature over 20 newcomers but also new tactical approaches in preparing for what awaits in a new conference