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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