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I'll preface everything in this piece by informing you I've never played or coached organized football. Since that's the first thing out of the mouths of players or coaches who are criticized, let's just get that out of the way right now. I've studied the sport, though. As I sat and watched ASU fall behind 24 [...]
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If we thought this injury thing with ASU was getting old earlier this season, what are we supposed to think now?Free safety Max Tabach, who has been getting more and more reps in the deep secondary in the past three games, tore his ACL in the loss at C...
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Just a quick update on the condition of Rudy Carpenter from today's Monday press conferences:Dennis Erickson said he has to see how RC does during practice this week to see if he will be able to play this Saturday at Southern California. He also said ...
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Even though the non-conference games are few and far between at this point in the season, the Pac-10 still isn't missing any opportunities to fall all over themselves. Oregon State and Stanford both had road non-cons this past weekend, and they both lost. Admittedly, they were both tough games...OSU lost on Thursday night at unbeaten [...]
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That fellow to the left is Cornell Canidate. You might remember him.He was supposed to be one of the featured tailbacks for Arizona State back in 2003, a year off of a surprising 8-4 regular season and near upset of #6 Kansas State in the Pacific Life ...
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As a journalist, I feel like I should always have the answer. I know that many of you come to this blog and go to other sources for different points of view on ASU football and I hope that you enjoy what we bring you.But after three straight games of t...
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Photo: Ben Margot/AP To call Arizona State's offense vanilla, would be an insult to vanilla. ASU's offense has all the flavor of a communion wafer, and that lack of flair was never more evident than in Saturday's 24-14 loss to California in Berkeley. The Sun Devils continually tried to establish their running game despite the fact that they [...]
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Your friends at Pitchfork Nation are taking their act to the airwaves. PFN's writers will be making a weekly appearance on The Blaze 1260 AM, ASU's campus radio station.Every Monday night at 7, listen to The 7 O'Clock Stretch with Todd Weber and Brett...
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The last time Arizona State went to Berkeley, the Sun Devils left with a fat black eye.Rudy Carpenter, Ryan Torain and the gang were fat and happy after rattling off three non-conference wins, including a rare OOC road win at Colorado. They had outscor...
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This edition of the SVG is brought to you by my latest bout of insomnia. Yes, the timestamp is correct. I'm posting this, wide awake, at 3:45 AM.However, my choices below are perfectly sane. It's the first afternoon game of the season for Arizona State...
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In a conference that was completely turned upside down by Oregon State's shocking upset win over USC one week ago, this Saturday's matchup between Arizona State and California holds a lot of importance in determining how the Pac-10 standings will look in early December. Outside of last year's 31-20 win, some ASU's ugliest recent performances have [...]
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There have been plenty of question marks around Arizona State so far this season.How severe, really, has Keegan Herring's hamstring injury been?Why hasn't the coaching staff been able to find an alternative in the running game?Why do the Sun Devils al...
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Bad news for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Linebacker Gerald Munns, who was named the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week following the Devils' win over Stanford, will miss the rest of the season for personal reasons. Munns' absence creates even bigger problems for a defense that has struggled mightily to make things happen. [...]
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There's not another conference in the country that is more upside down than the Pac-10 right now. The only certainty was that nobody was going to touch USC. Well they got touched alright. They got downright fondled in Corvallis by Oregon State. No other real surprises this week in the Fanster Pac-10 Power [...]
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Before this season started, the question, "When is ASU's most important game of 2008?" was bandied about among fans, on message boards and on talk radio. The two most popular answers, without hesitation, were Georgia and at USC.And why not? Before the ...
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Pac-10 Power Poll: 9/25/08NO ONE.NO ONE IN THIS CONFERENCE IS POWERFUL.AT ALL.Oregon State 27, #1 USC 21
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Can't honestly say that anyone really saw this coming.USC can't stop Jacquizz Rodgers. Period. He's already got 117 yards rushing and 22 more through the air. Lyle Moevao, the subject of many a fat joke on this here blog, is running roughshod over the ...
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(Rate this post) Loading ...While a week without a game is, indeed, rather unexciting, my time spent at practice this week has been the most entertaining of the season.http://www.asuwebdevil.com/node/1272While technically the practices in full pads are supposed to be without tack...
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(Rate this post) Loading ...*Nervously looks around*Is anyone out there?Is anyone else as bored right now as I am without an ASU game this week? I know...we're all still pretty baffled by consecutive losses to UNLV and Georgia (OK, maybe not AS baffled about the Georgia loss), bu...
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There's not another conference in the country that is more upside down than the Pac-10 right now. The only certainty was that nobody was going to touch USC. Well they got touched alright. They got downright fondled in Corvallis by Oregon State. No other real surprises this week in the Fanster Pac-10 Power [...]
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Photo:Brant Sanderlin/AJC Yeah, I think it's time to ask the question. I didn't expect the Sun Devils to beat Georgia on Saturday, but I was expecting a better effort. It really makes you wonder when the last time Arizona State beat a good team, or even pulled off a victory over a team they shouldn't have [...]
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Some other notes and thoughts that I didn't fit into my game recap earlier today...-ASU finished up their non-conference season with a 1-2 record in 2008. It's the first time since 1999 and only the second time since 1994 that the Sun Devils went under...
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How discouraging is that title? Straight from the mouth of Troy Nolan last night.But did anyone really think Arizona State actually had a chance yesterday after what you see to the left?Knowshon Moreno flew. He literally grew wings and flew from the fi...
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