Fabian's column from Tucson

On the latest Speak of the Devils, Hod gives his expert breakdown on the latest on the recruiting trail, Tyler Johnson discusses his commitment, preferred position, and ASU's image among top local recruits, and we wrap with a great conversation with WR Ryan Newsome about his work to bring other recruits to Tempe, and why ASU fans should be excited about 2017.

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Who knows how this will play out but I would love to see these types of comments about ASU's staff

From the Oregon site....."The recruiting acumen of this staff will be unsurpassed in the modern era of recruiting for Oregon football. Even if we only looked at one or two coaches with recruiting prowess, it would be impressive. Instead, it appears that every coach hired has recruiting as a calling card. From Taggart’s energy, to Jim Leavitt’s dogged determination, to Keith Heyward’s long running West Coast ties,"

It goes on to applaud Salave'a's poly connections as well as others with recruiting strengths.

Taggart has offered over 20 Florida athletes since his arrival and while that does not seem to be a long term solution, it's not a bad place to keep a foot in the door.

As of right now here are the prospects I confirmed will visit this weekend. This list more than likely will change between now and Friday:

RB Trelon Smith - ASU commit

DB Brad Stewart - four-star Spur/Bandit prospect from New Orleans

WR Gavin Holmes - much like Eno Benjamin is a former Iowa commit from Texas, and yes he is close to Benjamin

DB Jaylon Johnson - a Utah commit

QB Commit Ryan Kelley

OL JC prospect Geroge Moore

DB Tareke Lewis - yet another Utah commit

Glad for him, he is off to a great start as a young Freshman starting in the Big East. Saddest part was how he emphasized that his relationship with ex-ASU assistant coach Stan Johnson was a big factor in his picking Marquette. If I remember correctly, ASU tried to hold onto Stan through the coaching change but he left anyway. Too bad.

http://www.bigeast.com/news/2017/1/12/MBB_0112173813.aspx

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Just wrapped up a great interview with the true freshman running back. Extremely mature for his age (Barrett Honors student too). Expecting to publish this in the afternoon and I thank you are really going to enjoy it.

Arizona is the worst match up for us in the conference. Not only are they way more talented, but they will force us to make tough shots on defense while preferring a 30 second clock violation to a bad shot that might let us get easy transition buckets.

Down 20 at half. How short of losing by 35 plus will depend on how bad they want to make it.

Game recap from Tucson by Justin

This month is going to be wild, so I'll use this thread to post any commitment or transfer news I come across that might be pertinent to the Pac-12 as a whole.

Moral of the story - discipline is everything

Palm Talk is back! Justin, Noah and I discuss:

• The hiring of new ASU DC Phil Bennett
• The reshuffling of the ASU staff, and the rationale of keeping Keith Patterson on staff
• The Bubba Bolden situation, with a prediction of what unfolds before NSD
• A look at some players ASU will be targeting in recruiting before NSD.

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I'm told the Texas WR is now visiting this weekend.

Ahead of tonight's basketball game, Justin talked to former players Kyle Dodd and Derek Glasser who recalled their experiences facing their archrival

Territorial Cup memories

Per Hansen in the Star today as we approach our game with them down here on Thursday...

According to Hansen, AU has been waiting for someone like Bobby Hurley forever...Bill Frieder was too likeable...Rob Evans was too stone-silent...Herb Sendek was too professorial but now the Cats face the T-man, as in BH isn't afraid to get a T while coaching from the sidelines...he's already gotten several against the Cats and was even ejected in the game last year in Tempe...

Hansen is hoping that Hurley stays long enough at ASU to produce a Top 25 team so we can get the rivalry back in gear after all these decades...of course, we're all hoping for the same thing...

The Cats are going to pound the Devils on Thursday but if Bobby can continue to recruit the way he has been recruiting then just about anything is possible I suppose...

Anyway, we have a long ways to go to catch the Cats in basketball but it would be fun to watch the rivalry if BH can get the talent to play a great villain in Tucson...

Go Devils!!!

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Had a long discussion with Kevin Lonnquist, the Publisher of SicEmSports.com covered Phil Bennett during his recent Baylor tenure to get his expert opinion.

EDIT- ASU hired former Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett.

Just decommited from Ohio St... Hod what is ASU's interest at this point in the recruiting cycle. I thought at one point he had an offer from ASU.

Jalen Brown, a former 4-star WR from Mountain Pointe High School, has announced his intentions to grad transfer. He will be eligible to play immediately and will have two years remaining of eligibility.

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Obviously I don't know how interested ASU would be considering how they currently sit at receiver, but it's worth noting that ASU obviously did pursue him out of high school. They didn't crack his Top 6 (Oregon, Oregon State, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Wisconsin and UA), however.

His stepdad, Chuck Levy, did play at UA.

We hinted last night about this, now is a done deal.

Kimani Lawrence no. 50,
Remy Martin no. 127 (promoted to a four-star prospect)
Kenny WootenJr no. 141.

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One of our Huddle members, Chris Tatsumi, penned this column about fans support in a crucial 2017 season