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Arizona State fired head football coach Dennis Erickson almost a month ago, but allowed him to coach the team through the end of the season—including tonight's Las Vegas Bowl matchup against Boise State. If there's any play that demonstrates the futility of the Sun Devils under Erickson's tutelage, it's this one, in which Erickson passionately attempts to call timeout, is ignored by referees, then watches his quarterback throw an interception that's returned 104 yards for a touchdown. Fare thee well, Dennis. [ESPN] More »
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The resulting fight in Tempe wasn't on the scale of the one between Xavier and Cincinnati last week, but the punch that sparked it is so brutally dirty it's almost a work of art. After getting a forearm to the jaw from USM's Torye Pelham, ASU's Muscovite center Ruslan Pateev returns the favor with a shot to the back of Pelham's head. Both were ejected, and USM went on to win with a buzzer-beating three-pointer. More »
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Thursday was your day, Sun Devils. First, your researchers define biological life as we know it. Then, more importantly, your bizarre win over Arizona (2 blocked PATs!) allows you to officially petition the NCAA to admit the bowl system is a farce. More »
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Actually, it has been for several days already, but by request, here's a CWS open thread. No. 1 Arizona State got bounced today and Oklahoma plays Clemson in the nightcap. No offense, but I'm watching "The Two Escobars." [AP Photo] More »
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The NCAA is accusing Arizona State's baseball program of nine violations, including the dreaded "lack of institutional control." Let's hope the NCAA's source is better than ours. [Arizona Republic, also] More »
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With the pending investigation of "major infractions," Arizona State could become the all-time leader in NCAA violations. Purists demand a playoff, so that FSU can have its shot. [Arizona Republic] More »
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He had the genes, the Aryan good looks, and the resources to become a top-flight college quarterback. If only someone had checked to see if John Elway's son ever cared about football in the first place. More »
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Your live blogger for this game is known in the comments wading pool as Shakey. He's a neat dude. More »
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South Region: No. 6 Arizona State (24-9) vs. No. 11 Temple (22-11)
When: Friday, 2:45 p.m., EDT
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida

ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS

1) What about the Devil's haircut? The Sun Devil "pitchfork" is a well-known symbol among the Arizona State faithful, but ignorance of this practice outside the Grand Canyon State led to a bit of a (non)controversy in certain corners of the internet last fall. The "pitchfork" is a hand gesture in which the middle ring finger is tucked down against the palm while the other three fingers are spread out to resemble a makeshift trident. Unfortunately, this hand signal is also used as a marker for a well-known but rarely attempted sexual practice. So while getting the President of the United States to be photographed making such a gesture is, of course, awesome—it was briefly confusing to other fans of semi-consensual hand love. More »
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If you've made up your mind that you're going to get a T, you might as well make it a show. This call during Sunday's USC-ASU game in Tempe was pretty ghastly. [Insomniac's Lounge] More »
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Remember that whole thing about Arizona's basketball program turning into a Shakespearean tragedy? It seems those reports may be been greatly exaggerated by someone. (Okay, it was me.) More »
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Folks may remember Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter and his preference for not-gay pink shirts. Well, it seems that going psycho at college basketball games isn't enough juice for Rudy, so he took his act on the road—and recently got himself ejected from the gym at a girl's high school basketball game. More »
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If you've been on the Internet lately, you've probably seen this picture of the President of the United States making a hand gesture that you probably wouldn't make in front of your own mother. He only did it while posing with the men's and women's track teams from Arizona State University and then posted it on an obscure blog known as the official White House website. It turns out this affront to human decency also doubles as the "ASU Pitchfork" (cause they're like ... Devils), which makes it merely a symbol of the occult and not at all perverted. But when you dig deeper into this web of mystery and deceit, you find there may be something else going on here. More »
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1. The Herbivores. The Tempe fans have nicknamed themselves the "Herbivores," in loving deference to second-year head coach Herb Sendek, late of NC State. And let's face it: Herb Sendek is a just a terrible name. At least someone is having fun with it. Though I'd like to think the fans got the name after eating at the Crapplebee's on ASU's campus. Its slogan should be, "In sober — out a vegetarian!" Every night they have half-priced beers after 9 p.m., which are expected to make up for the Rottweiler-meat burgers. They do not. The nachos, however, are excellent. More »
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Apparently, at an Arizona State basketball game the other night, everyone was supposed to wear gold, or something. Sun Devils quarterback Rudy Carpenter, for whatever reasons, decided to wear a pink shirt. Interesting choice, but hey: To each his own. But, according to several witnesses popping up all over the place online, what happened next was the real problem. More »
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By now, you've probably heard about Chris Jessie, Mack Brown's stepson who stupidly grabbed a loose fumble last night during Texas' thumping of Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl. It's pretty entertaining. More »
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If you've ever spent significant time watching Pacific-10 Conference basketball, you'd most likely be surprised that there has never been a team that has finished winless in that conference: Not even the Ben Lindsey-coached Arizona Wildcats of 1982-83, which went 4-24 overall (they won two conference games, ushering in the Lute Olson Era the following season). Well, meet the Arizona State Sun Devils, who after a 67-61 loss to UCLA on Thursday are 6-20 overall, 0-14 in the Pac-10. With four games to go, ASU will try to avoid becoming the first Pac-10 team to go winless in conference play since the league expanded to 10 schools in 1978-79. The Sun Devils' last four conference games are two at home against USC and Arizona, and one each at Stanford and Cal. Despite this hopeless scenario, however, ASU continues to have one of the finest mascots in all of college basketball. More »
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Far be it from us to deign to understand what it takes to schedule a sporting event, but we would like to suggest that, in the future, basketball games continue to be played indoors. More »
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Inspired by a post at Every Day Should Be Saturday comparing the Texas Longhorns logo to female reproductive organs, the fine folks at The M Zone have come up with other college sports logos that have more than passing resemblances to various pop cultural icons. More »
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