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Quarterbacks Manny Wilkins and Blake Barnett, offensive coordinator Billy Napier and coach Todd Graham discuss the first day of practice.
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Members of the media were given their first look at the new Student Athlete Facility in the north end zone of Sun Devil Stadium. The facility is state of the art, according to Head Coach Todd Graham.
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ASU football ended summer workouts on Wednesday, July 19 with its tradition of breaking a rock.
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Fans of Arizona State football should keep these key dates in mind as the Sun Devils’ preseason approaches.
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Raul Monreal, 45, Chandler, brings flowers to the statue of Arizona State University Head Coach Frank Kush outside Sun Devil Stadium, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Monreal, from ASU Class of 1995, is a big fan of Kush. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com
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Former ASU coach Frank Kush leaves a lasting memory for Sun Devil fans.
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Ray Anderson (ASU Vice President for Athletics) talks about ASU’s new club level seating at Sun Devil Stadium on June 23, 2017.
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Jay Dieffenbach and Dan Bickley give tribute to former ASU football coach Frank Kush and discuss the NBA draft in our Shot Clock video.
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A look at each game in the Sun Devils’ 2017 season
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Here are 10 Arizona State football players whose performance in 2017 will go a long way toward determining if the Sun Devils will have their first winning season since 2014.
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azcentral sports’ Jeff Metcalfe takes a look at some pressing issues for the Sun Devils heading into 2017.
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Jay Dieffenbach and Doug Haller discuss: Will it be newcomer Blake Barnett, or will Manny Wilkins hold on to the job? Video: azcentral sports
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Jeff Metcalfe takes a closer look at some of the top issues surrounding the Sun Devils football team. Video: azcentral sports
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The college football season doesn’t start until the fall but it’s never too early to start looking ahead.
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Wide receivers, including John Humphrey and Ryan Newsome, were the headliners Saturday at the Arizona State football spring game.
Credit: Jeff Metcalfe, David Kadlubowski/Arizona Republic
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Offensive highlights from ASU’s spring game on Saturday.
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Hyperlapse of ASU’s spring football game.
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Here’s what you need to know before you head to ASU’s Spring Game and Fan Fest on Saturday.
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Arizona State head football coach Todd Graham talks about his team’s second spring scrimmage on Friday, April 7. Video: Jeff Metcafle/azcentral sports
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ASU football coach Todd Graham talks about Demario Richard, Christian Hill and more after spring practice on Wednesday, April 5.
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ASU defensive line coach Michael Slater gives instructions to his players at Monday’s workout in Tempe. Video: azcentral sports
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Coach Todd Graham says defense came out ahead by limiting big plays during ASU’s first spring scrimmage on Wednesday. Jeff Metcalfe/azcentral sports
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Arizona State football completed its sixth spring practice Friday at Sun Devil Stadium with nine practices remaining over the next three weeks. The spring game is April 15.
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ASU football coach Todd Graham discusses hiring Danny White and Dave Christensen as consultants. Jeff Metcalfe/azcentral sports
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Quarterback Blake Barnett, a transfer from Alabama, is in his first year at Arizona State. He is competing with four returners to be the starting QB.
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Arizona State head coach Todd Graham discusses the first day of football spring practice on March 14, 2017 at the Kajikawa Practice Facility in Tempe, Ariz. By Rob Schumacher/azcentral sports
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ASU football begins sixth season under coach Todd Graham with five new assistant coaches. (Jeff Metcalfe/azcentral sports)
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Transfer quarterback Blake Barnett talks about coming to ASU to compete for the starting job on Wednesday. Thomas Hawthorne/azcentral sports
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Arizona State offensive coordinator Billy Napier discusses the first day of football spring practice on March 14, 2017 at the Kajikawa Practice Facility in Tempe, Ariz. By Rob Schumacher/azcentral sports
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ASU football coach Todd Graham talks about the challenge of hiring “good people” and losing them to other schools entering ASU’s 2017 season on Wednesday. Thomas Hawthorne/azcentral sports
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ASU Head Coach Todd Graham, OC Billy Napier and QBs talk after practice
Coach Todd Graham gives tour of new Student Athlete Facility
ASU football: Breaking of the rock
Important dates for ASU football’s 2017 preseason
Paying homage to ASU legend Frank Kush
ASU football legend Frank Kush passes away at 88
ASU’s West Side Club at Sun Devil Stadium
Mixed emotions: Kush’s death; draft excitement
Breaking down Arizona State football’s 2017 schedule
ASU football – 10 players to watch in 2017
ASU football: 5 areas of concern
Who will be the starting QB at ASU?
5 observations from ASU spring football
Early preseason top 10 college football teams for 2017
Wide receivers shine in ASU football spring game
ASU shows off some offense in spring game
Sights from ASU football’s spring game
2017 ASU Spring Game & Fan Fest
Todd Graham: ‘The big thing is to get better fundamentally’
ASU coach Graham on Richard, Hill and more
ASU defensive line coach Michael Slater gives instructions at practice
Todd Graham speaks after ASU holds first spring scrimmage
ASU football completes second week of spring practice
Todd Graham on new consultants White, Christensen
ASU QB Blake Barnett on starting spring
Todd Graham on opening of ASU spring practice
ASU football opens spring practice
Transfer QB Blake Barnett on coming to ASU to compete
Billy Napier discusses first day of ASU practice
Todd Graham talks staffing challenges, 2017 season
USC was picked to win the Pac-12 football title in the annual preseason media poll.
The 52 writers surveyed picked defending Pac-12 champion Washington to win the North Division, but a majority of the voters (28) said the Trojans would take home the Pac-12 title this season.
Arizona State and the University of Arizona were picked to finish fifth and sixth in the South Division, with ASU getting 109 points and Arizona getting 61 in the poll.
PICKING THE PAC-12: Jeff Metcalfe’s preseason football media poll
USC and Washington both received 49 first-place votes; no other school received more than one. ASU and Arizona were among four schools in the conference- along with Oregon State and Cal- that received no first-place votes.
Some food for thought from the Pac-12 on the media’s accuracy of late.
The media has correctly selected the Conference Champion in 29 of 56 previous polls, but only twice in the last 10 polls. Following are the results of the preseason media poll (points 6-5-4-3-2-1, first-place votes in parentheses)
South Division (first-place votes) | points
- USC (49) | 309
- Utah (1) | 220
- UCLA (1) | 209
- Colorado (1) | 182
- ASU |109
- Arizona | 61
North Division (first-place votes) | points
- Washington (49) | 309
- Stanford (1) | 247
- Washington State (1) | 206
- Oregon (1) | 163
- Oregon State | 101
- California | 64
PAC-12 TITLE ODDS: ASU, Arizona long shots for conference football title
Pac-12 Media Days schedule
Wednesday, July 26
9:40 a.m. – Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott
9:50 a.m. – Washington head coach Chris Petersen, QB Jake Browning and LB Keishawn Bierria
10:16 a.m. – Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez, OL Jacob Alsadek and DL Luca Bruno
10:42 a.m. – California head coach Justin Wilcox, RB Tre Watson and DT James Looney
11:08 a.m. – UCLA head coach Jim Mora, OT Scott Quessenberry and LB Kenny Young
11:34 a.m. – Oregon State head coach Gary Andersen, RB Ryan Nall and LB Manase Hungalu
11:59 a.m. – Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre, RB Phillip Lindsay and LB Derek McCartney
Thursday, July 27
9:50 a.m. – Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham, OL Salesi Uhatafe and DT Filipo Mokofisi
10:16 a.m. – Oregon head coach Willie Taggart, QB Justin Herbert and LB Troy Dye
10:42 a.m. – Arizona State head coach Todd Graham, RB Kalen Ballage and DL JoJo Wicker
11:08 a.m. – Stanford head coach David Shaw, RB Bryce Love and DT Harrison Phillips
11:34 a.m. – Washington State head coach Mike Leach, RB Jamal Morrow and LB Peyton Pelluer
11:59 a.m. – USC head coach Clay Helton, QB Sam Darnold and LB Cameron Smith
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