UA fans questioning Jedd Fisch hire as new football coach
“Feels like this is the coaching equivalent of being thrashed 70-7.” That’s how one University of Arizona football fan used facebook to express his opinion on the hire of Jedd … Read More
Tag: Kevin Sumlin
After loss to Colorado, ASU game may be last hope for UA win
How does a college football coach keep his job after three straight losing seasons and going into the final game of the regular season on an 11-game losing streak? The … Read More
UA football must beat expectations to save coach’s job
With the start of the Pac-12 football season just weeks away, there are some questions yet to be answered about the University of Arizona football team. One question mark hanging … Read More
UA football: Local recruits hope to begin ‘snowball effect’
Treyson Bourguet wants to start a trend. He hopes to encourage Arizona high school football players to stay at home to start their college careers. More specifically, to follow him … Read More
Wait…what?! Territorial Cup game to OPEN football season
This won’t be the first time that the Arizona State and University of Arizona football teams have met in a season opener. However, you have to go back more than … Read More
Year 3 will be must-win season for UA football coach Sumlin
As Kevin Sumlin looks ahead to the 2020 football season, he might be experiencing a sense of deja vu. It was just about this time three years ago when a … Read More
ASU, UA at forefront of schools hiring black fb head coaches
A new report on diversity points out that only 7.3 percent of Division I head football coaches in the nation are African-American — despite the fact that 45 percent of … Read More
UA’s Gunnell looking like heir apparent to QB Kahlil Tate
Two years ago, when Grant Gunnell was recruited out of St. Pius X High School in Houston, he was considered the future of the University of Arizona football program.
Sumlin’s future with UA football riding on coaching hires
These are unsettling times for the University of Arizona football program. Head coach Kevin Sumlin just hired a new defensive line coach and new outside linebackers coach, the latest steps … Read More
It’s that time again: NAU football gets 14th try to beat UA
During the bygone comedic era of slapstick comedy, an act called The Three Stooges was the best of its day. Curly was the guy in the middle, the one … Read More
Sumlin’s nightmare continues: UA football starts 0-2
For the last six years, Kevin Sumlin has been able to look back on fond memories of his time at the University of Houston, where he enjoyed his most … Read More
UA football: Coach Sumlin inherits a Heisman candidate
Nothing like taking over a college football program and opening the cupboard to see what kind of talent your predecessor has left behind — only to find he’s left … Read More
Tate’s successor? UA lands 4-star QB Grant Gunnell
Kevin Sumlin just bought some insurance for his University of Arizona football program. And maybe a little additional job security. Sumlin, who was hired in mid-January to take over … Read More
Study shows ASU, UA football programs need brand boost
The lifeblood of a college football program lies in the minds of high school players. That’s the premise behind a recent marketing study. And, based on survey results, the … Read More
Surprise! Sumlin, not Niumatalolo, to be UA football coach
It looks like University of Arizona football fans won’t have to worry about the Wildcats switching to the Triple Option offense after all. For the last week, speculation had … Read More
The last time ASU hired a football coach…wasn’t pretty
Like a re-run of an old movie, The Kevin Sumlin Story is once again appearing on the marquee in Tempe. Most die-hard Arizona State football fans will recall the last … Read More
ASU vs. Texas A&M football…here are the back stories
The big day is finally here as Arizona State‘s No. 15-ranked football team prepares for this afternoon’s much-anticipated and much-hyped season opener against Texas A&M. This game, pitting a … Read More
Still waiting…ASU whiffs again on new football coach hire
The ASU search for a new head football coach is rolling across the Texas plains like a cyclone. Not just for the speed it’s moving, but the destruction it is … Read More