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A Christmas Worth Remembering: Stoops is Staying through 2013!

Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood has bestowed upon Arizona State fans a wonderful Christmas present this year. The Wildcats are extending the contract of football coach Mike Stoops through 2013. Stoops is averaging five wins per season in Tucson.

Merry Christmas, Sun Devil fans.

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Sorry Stoops: Erickson Plucks a Prospect out of Tucson

Dennis Erickson raided Mike Stoops’ backyard over the weekend by adding a top Tucson prospect to the 2009 recruiting class. With less than two months remaining until signing day, here’s a look at where the Sun Devils stand—and what big fish are still in play.

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Three Las Vegas Bowl Storylines a Sun Devil can Love

Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl between BYU and UofA is rife with storylines appealing to the heart and soul of Sun Devil Nation. And we’re not just talking about the final retirement of perhaps the most embarrassing streak of football futility in all the land—and one of our favorite UofA billboards.

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3 ASU Football Things: Gatorade Baths, Rudy Carpenter and the State of the Program

Good bye Las Vegas Bowl. Good bye Rudy Carpenter. Good bye football season. Here are three things we think we think after the Sun Devils’ 31-10 loss to Arizona last night.

That about sums it up this week.

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Five Reasons We Sun Devils Hate the University of Arizona

The headline says it all. We Sun Devils don’t like the University of Arizona, and it’s not just because they make us drive down I-10 to beat them every other year. Let us know why you don’t like them in the comments!

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ASU Dean Calls George W. Bush a Slime Mold-Eating Beetle

On this Election Day we tell the tale of Arizona State vice president and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Quentin Wheeler, whose work recently drew raised eyebrows from the White House.

(Photo courtesy Arizona State University/Charles Kazilek)

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Ryan Bass Already Upset Mike Stoops. Will the Beavers be Next?

Rudy Carpenter says he’s got some magic. Mike Stoops says he picked a junior college program over his own. So who is Ryan Bass?

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