TEMPE- After losing at home to the Baylor Bears in a blowout, the Arizona State Sun Devils return to Mountain America Stadium, welcoming the Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors for their last nonconference game of the season. Head coach Kenny Dillingham took full accountability for the loss in Monday's press conference, stating to reporters, "We just have to play our best game. We have to play our best game. I have to coach my best game. I have to have my best week. I have to focus on t

After some deep soul searching, our panel of experts have come to their conclusions on this final non-conference matchup of the season for the Sun Devils. Read what they had to say below: David Howman (4-0) Arizona State is figuring a lot of things out right now. Marcus Arroyo is taking over play calling again, in hopes of both reigniting the offense and allowing Kenny Dillingham to be more of his usual energizer bunny self. I'm skeptical that this is what the Sun Devils need

Photo: Kira Caspers It's game day! Head coach Kenny Dillingham and the Sun Devils are out for a redemption game, while Timmy Chang's Rainbow Warriors are looking for their first win since September 12th against New Mexico State. Here are all the details on watching this final non-conference matchup of the season. How To Watch When: Saturday, October 10 at 7:30pm Arizona time Where: Mountain America Stadium TV/Streaming: FS1 (Live stream) Announcers: Dan Hellie (play-by-play)

Last week, the Sun Devils struggled across the board in a shocking blowout loss to Baylor. The Sun Devils got dominated on offense and defense, and they could now potentially be a bottom feeder in the Big 12. The Sun Devils need a good response in their last non-conference game of the regular season against Hawaii. Under current head coach Timmy Chang, the Rainbow Warriors often keep it close against power-four conference teams. This season, they are 1-4. 1. How will the team

Photo: Hawaii Athletics Two teams will be entering Saturday's matchup looking for a change in fortunes, and the Sun Devils will be facing a pass-heavy offense like many they've faced before. Micah Alejado stepped into the starting role as a redshirt freshman in 2025, winning the job over Luke Weaver (since transferred to San Jose State) and winning 7 of his 11 starts, including a win in the Hawaii Bowl over Cal. Known for being a "dot" thrower, Alejado posted a completion per

For a second straight week, there is a new top team in the Echo From The Buttes Top 25. Two teams climb into the top 25, and one drops 14 spots. 1. Texas (4-0, last week’s rank: 2) Two-thirds of the voters chose Texas as the top team in the country after their bye week last week. The Longhorns play Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl this week. 2. Georgia (5-0, last week’s rank: 1) Georgia was a single vote behind Texas after it beat Vanderbilt last week. The Bulldogs visit Alabama t

Photo: Arizona State University When we left off in last week's edition of the Territorial Cup Centennial Series, the University of Arizona had just won their 18th game of the rivalry in 1946, unwilling to relinquish their stranglehold on the Cup. As luck would have it, that 1946 game would be the first in a still-unbroken streak of games between the two rivals, and the next decade would see the tides start to shift in Tempe's favor. Not right away, however, as Arizona would

Photo: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Break out the leis and floral shirts, the islands are coming to Tempe. For the first time since 1958, Hawaii will come to the mainland to play Arizona State University. This is the 8th meeting overall between the two schools, with the Sun Devils holding a 5-2 series lead over the Rainbow Warriors. Looking for a major bounce-back game after last week's shellacking at the hands of Baylor, head coach Kenny Dillingham has reaffirmed his faith in sta

Photo: Reese Strickland - Imagn Images via Reuters Connect As the calendar rolls to October, we now start to see the separation between the haves and the have nots in the Big 12 Conference. Baylor's resounding win over the Sun Devils dropped a potential new entrant to the fray. Here's how the rest of the conference fared in Week 4 action. No. 22 Houston 27 | UCF 17 The Knights had Houston on the ropes for the first two and a half quarters, but never doubt Conner Weigman. 27 u

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Sun Devils were back on the Kajikawa Practice Fields after losing to Baylor in blowout fashion on Saturday. After the loss, head coach Kenny Dillingham was not sure why the team was not maximizing its potential. The Sun Devils made a change at practice as offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo called plays instead of Dillingham. Dillingham called plays for five total games, going back to last season’s Sun Bowl. To start practice, the third team offense went ag

In a 55-19 blowout loss to Baylor, there are few positive takeaways, considering that Arizona State was favored to win the game, but there were some. The Good Sixth-year kicker Carson Smith made all of his kicks, going four-for-four on field goals, with a long of 46. Arizona State had one penalty all game, a pass interference call on junior cornerback Rodney Bimmage Jr. Penalties have plagued the Sun Devils this season. The Bad The Sun Devils pass defense struggled, allowing

The Big 12 had another explosive week of action, complete with a handful of upsets and near-upsets. The conference is quickly drawing a line between the legitimate contenders and the pretenders who won't seriously factor into the title race. Here's the updated Big 12 hierarchy after all the drama. BYU Cougars 4-0 (2-0) Last Week's Result: W at TCU 17-10 Last Week's Rank: 1st It wasn't the most convincing win for the Cougars, but some grace is given to BYU for the fact that th

Photo: Tom Hardon Coming off the bye week, it was no secret that the Sun Devils would be in for a challenge against a much improved Baylor defense. Turns out, it was the Bears offense that was firing on all cylinders, leaving no doubt in a 55-19 thumping. One of the few bright spots in the game came on the connection late in the second half between Cutter Boley and Omarion Miller, a 30 yard touchdown pass just inside the two minute timeout. After having his impact minimized i

TEMPE- The Arizona State Sun Devils trail the Baylor Bears, 24-13, at halftime in their first game of the nine straight weeks of game-day action. However, the team looks rusty on both ends after spending the past week adjusting to the time change and returning to their daily routines from a two-week road trip in College Station and London. In the first quarter, the Sun Devils' defense allowed the Bears to get a quick head start on the offensive end, recording two touchdowns a

Photo: Jeremy Chen/Getty Images The Big 12 home opener is now upon us, and our panel of experts is seeing some division in their outcomes for this important matchup with the Bears of Baylor. Andrew Hayslett (3-0) Last year, Arizona State beat Baylor in Waco 27-24; both teams had established starting quarterbacks and were 2-1 heading into the game. This year, both teams have one loss and a new SEC transfer quarterback, and the game is in Tempe this year. Baylor is a top defens

Arizona State takes on Baylor after its bye week. The Sun Devils will have five questions to answer if they want to beat Baylor Who is the real one-loss team? When these two teams met last year, it was a crossroads game. Both teams lost to an SEC school, beat a Texas school, and beat an FCS school before playing. After Arizona State’s win, Baylor struggled while Arizona State had decent results. This year it is similar. Both teams lost to an SEC school, beat a weaker Big 12

Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images It's been two weeks since the Sun Devils last took the field across the pond in London, and there are still a handful of banged up pieces heading into the home conference opener. Jalen Williams, Marques Uini, Wade and Brent Helton were all listed as out for the matchup against Kansas, and Khamari Anderson will be out for the rest of the season after suffering a lower leg injury in London. Rob Lapuaho carries no injury designation this we

In this week’s Echo From The Buttes Film breakdown, we broke down the two kick returns for touchdowns in Arizona State’s game against Kansas in London. In the second quarter, senior punter Nick McLarty booted a ball to Kansas sophomore returner Tate Nagy. Arizona State’s contain guy, freshman defensive back Zeth Thues, breaks, allowing Nagy to get to the sideline, get upfield, beat all of the Arizona State players, and score. Thues is the guy nearest to the sideline. He has

Photo Credit: Michael C. Johnson/Imagn Images When the Sun Devils take to the field on Saturday, they will be facing a familiar offensive style from last season. That's right, it's the return of the Air Raid. Popularized by the late Mike Leach in the 2000's and brought to Baylor by Art Briles as the "veer and shoot" in 2008, the Air Raid is exactly as it sounds. Overwhelmingly dominated by passing plays, offensive coordinator Jake Spavital leverages the fast-paced no-huddle o

The calendar flipped to fall last Tuesday, and with the new season, the Echo From The Buttes top 25 poll saw eight new teams jump into the Top 25. There is also a new No. 1, and a team rose 13 positions. 1. Georgia (4-0, last week’s rank: 2) Georgia was on the voters' minds as it received a third of the No. 1 votes this week. The Bulldogs beat the once-ranked Oklahoma and host Vanderbilt this week. 2. Texas (4-0, last week’s rank: 1) Texas lost a spot and was one vote behind