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Devils in MLB: Top 5 Devils in the Minors

The minor league baseball season ended last week, so we’re recapping the summer by ranking the top five performances by Arizona State’s minor leaguers. Hint, the guy below made the list.

Brett Wallace

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Rudy Carpenter is Not the Best College Quarterback in Arizona

The Sporting News thinks is only the eighth best quarterback West of the Mississippi, the third best in the Pac-10, and the second best in the Grand Canyon State. Whatever they’re smoking, we want some of it.

Willie Tuitama VS. Rudy Carpenter

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Top Five Reader Submissions on the Wildcats’ New Billboard

The University of Arizona asked you to move ahead by heading south. We asked you to the complete their thought. Head South. Move Ahead of what? Your top five responses are below.

billboard

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A Controversial Injury Fells ASU’s Top Recruiting Target

The second-ranked college football prospect in the nation is playing fewer than 10 miles from Sun Devil Stadium. Well, he was playing there until suffering a controversial injury on Friday, and some in recruiting circles are all fired up about it.

Devon Kennard

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This Losing Streak will Cost a Sun Devil His Job, but Who?

said after Saturday night’s loss to Georgia that positions would be up for grabs this week. Who could be on their way out of the starting lineup and who could be on their way in?

Dennis Erickson

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Sunday Morning Hangover: ASU-Georgia

Here are three things we think we think after ASU’s 27-10 loss to Georgia last night. What did you take away from the game?

Troy Nolan

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Countdown to Kickoff Links: Bring a Camera

It was a busy week around Echo from the Buttes what with UA posting nebulous new billboards, committing grand theft soda pop, and the minions of Uga invading out fair desert. If you haven’t been reading, here’s what you missed.

Uga

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Rudy Carpenter Stealing Soda from the Memorial Union Chik-Fil-A

As you know, the Sun Devil nation is not always united in its opinion of Rudy Carpenter. This video of him stealing soda from the will probably not help clarify things.

Some will now consider him a Sun Devil legend with a great sense of humor. Others will now view him as a pink shirt-wearing whiner who won’t ante up the $.75 for a coke. We think this Saturday’s game will help a lot of us determine upon which side of the fence we fall. In the meantime, enjoy …

We owe our new Georgia friends at Blogging Pantsless for the heads up.

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