Much like last weekend, ASU's bats stay hot, complement their formidable performance on the mound, and produce another mercy-win rule in their first game of a midweek series

Mornin Mates...

Today's Topic = If You Had Told Me

A week ago that Cam would be drafted before Shedeur in the NFL draft I would have thought you crazy...

Cam went in about the place the pundits placed him but not so with Shedeur who fell all the way to the fifth round while Cam was taken in the fourth round...

So, why were all of those pundits wrong about Shedeur..??

After all, he had his number retired by the Buffs after the season and had helped raise the lowly Buffs, along with Travis Hunter, to nine wins this past season...

Plus, his father is the legendary Deion Sanders who was a great football player in the NFL and as a coach had turned the Colorado football program around...

So, was it because the NFL teams weren't buying into the Prime Time hype machine the way the media were portraying the situation (that he was the second best QB in the draft)..??

And, as the second best QB in the draft, he was supposed to be taken no later than the second round...

But, Cleveland traded up in order to get him as the best player available at the start of the fifth round, that seemed to make sense to them...

We're just pleased that Cam got picked and will be going to the Big Apple to play for the NY Giants...

And, he was the only Sun Devil drafted that makes what happened this past season, when the Devils won the Big-12, all that more remarkable, if you ask me...

Dilly got it done in only his second year at ASU and it would seem that next year during the NFL draft that we might have a few more taken than just one...

We certainly are going to have one of the best QBs in the land leading our Sun Devils in Sam Leavitt and he might be a round one draft pick, if he lives up to his preseason billing next season...

There are a lot more season ticket holders this year than last thanks to winning the conference and making the playoffs, but there were only about 3,000 in attendance at the Fan Fest on Friday night...

While West Virginia had over 10,000 watch their football team for their spring game under new coach Rich Rod...

Of course, there are more things to do in the Valley this time of year than there are to do in Morgantown...

On another note, with the transfer portal now closed, it is nice to know that ASU did not have many meaningful defections from its football roster this spring...

By comparison, Prime Time's Bling culture at CU has had some noted defections but if he is the coach that he thinks he is, then it will be no big deal...

Relatedly, Jaden Rashada, who has made a pile of money riding his reputation in college, is going to end up at Sacramento State of all places...

And, the ex-Tenn QB, whose ego was bigger than his team, is now headed to UCLA where they will be paying him a lot less than he was making from the Vols...

So, maybe some sanity is returning to the college sports marketplace where much of the NIL money spent on big-shots didn't really pay off all that much for many teams, including our men's BB team this past season...

Now we have a long hot summer to look forward to and the rest of spring to see if our Sun Devil baseball team can make the playoffs this year...

They got a much needed series sweep against BYU but still have a lot of work to do in order to qualify for the post season playoffs this year...

Well, it's another great spring day to be a Sun Devil...

BTW, if you had told me prior to last football season that we would win the Big-12 championship and make the college playoffs, I would have thought that you were indeed crazy...

G'day Mates and Go Devils!!!

Prior to portalees being added prior to Fall Camp

UNANSWERED:

NICKEL, NICKEL, NICKEL..........NICKEL, NICKEL, NICKEL (and Breedlove's injury certainly does not help at this point)

RB1--it may take Tontozona to largely answer but it may take until the 2nd game of the Big 12 schedule to be confirmed (can Udoh block at the P4 level, can Udoh catch when live bullets are flying at any level, has Sipp changed/improved his upright style of running when live bullets are flying?). While RB3 Raleek will undoubtedly get reps, his carries will average a handful at best

LG-Na'a or Obigbo (solid options and Kim could have joined in if not for injury........so Maki Stewart got his foot in the door..............will Teloma have anything to say when he arrives?)

C2- In reality likely Na'a but while he is battling for LG1, it's tough to work on snaps..........so does Pule actually hold it down? Does Teloma get a look? Is a portalee brought in?

QB---does Sims stick thru Fall Camp? If not, who is QB2......Skatt and Conyers are gone

WR2---good options(Hamilton/McClain/Noble Johnson) as compared to 2024 (Guillory/McClain/Omeire/Jake Smith) buuuuuuuuuuuut, obviously still looking

S3--likely Warren at either FS or SS (assuming that Breedlove takes over at Nickel) but Boogie Wilson could be better at both..........and at Nickel, we shall see when he returns from injury

CB3-Nyland Green got the initial nod and then got banged up. Bimmage (who struggled mightily when live bullets were flying in 2024, has been the next man up and appears to have the required step up)

ANSWERED:

Slot1-Moss, nuff said

C1--seems to have been solidified with a lil shock therapy

IDL3--if it wasn't already obvious going into Spring Ball, Swanson is at least IDL3 if not IDL2 (we shall see when Kongaika/Gardner return from injury....and Gardner suited up today for the 1st time)

TE2--Anderson appears to be everything that was hoped for and Ia is a step ahead of expectations

OT3--Klemm is back and it is not out of the question that he becomes a starter, but it seems unlikely (more likely that he splits reps with Atkins like Bohle did in 2024...assuming Iheanachor is 100% upon return from injury)

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The spring transfer portal has come and gone, and if anyone needed more proof about Tempe's strong team culture, all they had to look to was the fact that the Sun Devils lost just two scholarship players during this period, none of them in the two-deep. A few more additions from the portal are expected to take place in the near future, but for now, let's examine the current roster that ASU will field once fall camp begins in August.

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The media hype with daily articles about "prime time" and Shedeur may have led to the average idiot thinking both dad and son were better than they were, but teams in the NFL dont win on media agenda, and public popularity. The media crowning Prime (and I really like the man and player he was) as the next natty champ coach, posting daily articles helping him recruit, and painting him as the all time father, believer and respector of women while his son failed to make car payments resulting in repo, and spent two nights at a strip club prior to draft day exhibiting the qualities every team PR guy is lucking for, as well as the fact that reports are he never worked out a day since seasons end, led to a Mel Kiper meltdown on the draft broadcast.

If ANYONE should have been prepared and better advised it shoulda been the Buffs QB1, as his daddy should know a little something about the limelight, instant money, and fame. The fact that he didn't prepare the kid better (regardless of the kids attitude) should give any parent pause about Colorado football. If that man who is half preacher half coach, who the nation's media fawns over, who gets the AP to recruit for him, can't win, and fails to prepare his own son for the league, then how will he do with your son?

We put WAAAAAYYYY TOO MUCH trust into these pundits not just in sports and politics, but in everything. We are a media-crazed nation willing to blindly follow any pinhead with a TikTok page or YouTube channel. Just my opinion. Our coach is better, and so is our QB1. GO DEVILS! 89'

“It's just a fun game. Everybody catching barrels and getting hits, makes you feel like a kid playing in the backyard." A school record eight home runs naturally led to a mercy-rule win for the Sun Devils and a home series sweep against BYU

“It's awesome. There were people lined up to get commemorative Coke bottles celebrating the Big 12 championship. This fan base is energized." Fan Fest not only commemorated the end of spring practices but showcased strides made in fan engagement

I dont follow the nfl like I use to, but will be interesting looking @ B12 picks thruout the draft......couple notables

* RJ Harvey, UCF, goes #60.........he was a beast, so not surprised
* J Higgins, Iowa State WR, #34
* J Noel, wR, I State, #79
* J Savanaea, Guard, Tuc tech.......#37
* T McMillan, WR, tucson tech, #8


NON B12
* Omar Norman Lott, former Devil, #63


Texas - 3 1st rounders, 2 2nd rounders, 1 in 3rd.......so 6 total so far......so Yes, they were every bit as talented as people said they were,


Fingers crossed Skat goes in the 4th today

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