70-7 loss to ASU costs UA football coach Sumlin his job
Warm up the bus. That’s a snarky one-liner often used to point out that a game has been decided early because one team is dominating the play. In Friday night’s … Read More
Tag: Territorial Cup
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
UA exploits ASU’s size difference in lopsided hoops win
The Arizona Wildcats exposed a huge weakness in the Arizona State men’s basketball program – and then used it to administer a double-digit beat-down of the Sun Devils in the … Read More
For ASU football…the season that could have been
It took an upset win over the sixth-best team in the country to appreciate just how good the Arizona State football team can be. On paper, ASU is basically … Read More
Territorial Cup goes to ASU for fifth time in last 6 years
None of the Arizona State football players were likely thinking much about the Territorial Cup back in November when they were facing a steep uphill climb in their season … Read More
ASU football rallies from 19 down to beat UA, 41-40
All season long, the Arizona State football team has been one of the best fourth-quarter teams in the country. Saturday afternoon, that ability to dominate their opponents in the … Read More
ASU, UA both see Saturday’s football game as ‘must-win’
For the third week in a row, the Arizona State football team is dealing with a ‘must-win’ game. First, they had to beat UCLA to get the sixth win … Read More
UA takes softball series from ASU in extra-inning thriller
The arrival of Trisha Ford last June to take over the Arizona State softball program has already resulted in a return to normalcy for a tradition-rich program that lost … Read More
UA women test ASU hoops program again, but get swept
When a new coach takes over a college basketball program, it’s inevitable that his/her early progress is measured by success against its in-state rival. By that measuring stick, the … Read More
Speculation is over…Graham out as ASU football coach
If this was, in fact, going to be Todd Graham‘s final regular-season game as the Arizona State head football coach, he definitely made the most of it. Yesterday’s 42-30 … Read More
Beach Volleyball: No. 6 Arizona stunned by ASU
Here’s a good way to start off a new coaching job….beat your in-state rival in just the third game on the schedule. …and on your rival’s home court…when your … Read More
UA football finally wins one, beats ASU in season finale
Rich Rodriguez made a pretty solid case Friday night for keeping his job. At least for another year. The frustrated head coach of the University of Arizona football team had … Read More
Snuka is 2nd UA volleyball player to reach 5,000 assists
The Arizona State women’s volleyball team will close out the 2016 season on Senior Night tomorrow against rival University of Arizona. If the Sun Devils have anywhere near the … Read More
Territorial Cup: the consolation prize in a sad 2016 season
The rivalry game at the end of the football schedule between Arizona and Arizona State is played for the rights to the Territorial Cup for a year. But it has … Read More
UA, ASU play today for Territorial Cup baseball point
Coming into this weekend’s three-game series at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, the Arizona State and University of Arizona baseball teams looked like mirror images. ASU had 29 wins … Read More
UA wins big in first of 2 sand volleyball dates with ASU
A dozen Arizona State athletes and a couple of coaches packed up their gear yesterday and headed to the beach. Not the picturesque beaches of nearby California. This trip … Read More
Maybe win over UA will put ASU baseball back on track
After losing to Washington in a rain-delayed contest on Sunday, the Arizona State baseball team was faced with needing to win half of its final 26 games in order to … Read More
UA’s size buries ASU as Cats dominate in 99-61 hoops win
There’s an old axiom in basketball that says “You can’t teach height.” In other words, if you don’t have size on your roster, there’s not much that can be done … Read More
ASU upset of UA basketball would signal Hurley’s ‘arrival’
Sunday’s game with the Arizona Wildcats is the one that Bobby Hurley undoubtedly circled on his calendar months ago. And the one that could set the tone for the … Read More
Territorial Cup back in Tempe after ASU’s 52-37 win
When Mike Bercovici dove into the end zone from two yards out late in the second quarter of yesterday’s annual rivalry game to put Arizona State up 21-7, the … Read More