Instant reaction to developments on the field … 1. Quantifying the chaos The 12th Saturday of the regular season brought the expected level of heart-stoppers and gobsmackers. Third-ranked Texas A&M…
Kicker Jesus Gomez booted a 49-yard field goal with 2:49 left, and the Arizona State defense held West Virginia down the stretch to escape with a 25-23 win over the…
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Arizona head coach Brent Brennan’s reset of the football culture took another step forward last week by becoming bowl-eligible. Saturday, his team showed more grit by going to Cincinnati and…
By, Daniel Rios It’s a little past midseason in the NFL season, and rookies all over the league are getting accustomed to life on their respective teams. Some have clearly…
Four-star guard Averie Lower headlines Molly Miller’s first Arizona State women’s basketball recruiting class. Lower (pronounced Lauer) is a 6-foot shooting guard from Tiffin, a town of 4,500 in central…
CJ Fite has been the type of representative every successful football program needs. Not only is Fite a key member of the Sun Devil defense, but he’s been a leader…
The drought lasted three years and 38 shows. But when it ended, it did so with a double shot of Big 12 football, Big 12 fans and Big 12 universities. ESPN’s “College GameDay,”…
The second installment of the College Football Playoff rankings was released Tuesday with no changes to the top five and only two newcomers. But there was no shortage of debate…
The Pac-12 dissolved in 2024, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are locked…









