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Giveaways/Takeaways from Pac-12 football media day

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Arizona State doesn’t feel as though they are just a one man show at wide receiver with Jaelen Strong.They are deep and maybe getting deeper by rewarding a walk-on.
Todd Graham mentioned WR Fred Gammage is pushing hard to be put on scholarship. The former Brophy Prep walk-on earned some strong praise from Graham on Thursdays show.

Former Chandler High star quarterback Brett Hundley now weighs 240 with just 10-percent body fat. When he left high school Hundley tipped the scales just over 190. He looks and acts more mature beyond his age. If football ended for him today he said he’d go into broadcasting and would be my color analyst…

Fans may not like the fact that the Pac-12 Network games are not on DIRECT TV, but you have to admire the fact that league commissioner Larry Scott has been able to build a brand that is strong enough to convince UCLA head coach Jim Mora to stay rather than bolt for Texas this past offseason. I think if you look at the caliber of head coaches within the Pac-12, it’s right there with the SEC…

Rich Rod is going to play the “I don’t know who my quarterback is” into the start of the season. His first three games are against teams that he should beat handily. Wildcat receiver Austin Hill told me that he does have a better feeling about a couple of the quarterbacks than the rest of the crew. He wouldn’t go into specifics…

I don’t think it’s right to just hand this years Heisman off to Jameis Winston. Hundley and Marcus Mariota will be guys to watch in the preseason, but I think Arizona States Taylor Kelly should be on the “watch list” too. The Sun Devils have a late season home game against Notre Dame that would be an ideal national exposure game for Kellys Heisman resume. It’s not that big of stretch to see that scenario coming to fruition…

Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.

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