Deserted in the Desert

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MLB Vontaze Burfict leads a Sun Devil defense that ranked 13th in total defense last season.

While it's not quite do-or-die time in the desert, Dennis Erickson might want to keep the governor on speed dial just in case.

After beginning his Sun Devil career 8-0, Erickson has slumped to an 11-18 mark, creating a great deal of anxiety around Tempe. The savior for a brief period of time, many have begun wondering if the coach still has what it takes to turn things around. Last year's eight losses were the most by the school since 1994, a tipping point that's going to make 2010 a crossroads year at Arizona State.

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LAYOUT CREDIT: Maize08

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SCHOOL HISTORY

All-time Record: 547-346-24
Winning Percentage: 59.6%
Conference Championships: 0
NCAA Championships: 0

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All-Time Bowl Record: 12-11-1
1940 Sun Bowl - vs. Catholic - T 0-0
1941 Sun Bowl - vs. Western Reserve - L 13-26
1950 Salad Bowl - vs. Xavier - L 21-33
1951 Salad Bowl - vs. Miami (OH) - L 21-34
1970 Peach Bowl - vs. North Carolina - W 48-26
1971 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Florida State - W 45-38
1972 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Missouri - W 49-35
1973 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Pittsburgh - W 28-7
1975 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Nebraska - W 17-14
1977 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Penn State - L 30-42
1978 Garden State Bowl - vs. Rutgers - W 34-18
1983 Fiesta Bowl - vs. Oklahoma - W 32-21
1985 Holiday Bowl - vs. Arkansas - L 17-18
1987 Rose Bowl - vs. Michigan - W 22-15
1987 Freedom Bowl - vs. Air Force - W 33-28
1997 Rose Bowl - vs. Ohio State - L 17-20
1997 Sun Bowl - vs. Iowa - W 17-7
1999 Aloha Bowl - vs. Wake Forest - L 3-23
2000 Aloha Bowl - vs. Boston College - L 17-31
2002 Holiday Bowl - vs. Kansas State - L 27-34
2004 Sun Bowl - vs. Purdue - W 27-23
2005 Insight Bowl - vs. Rutgers - W 45-40
2006 Hawaii Bowl - vs. Hawaii - L 24-41
2007 Holiday Bowl - vs. Texas - L 34-52

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Team Records
Passing
Passing Yards (Game) - Andrew Walter (2002) - 536
Passing Yards (Season) - Andrew Walter (2002) - 3,877
Passing Yards (Career) - Andrew Walter (2001-04) - 10,617
Passing Touchdowns (Game) - Mike Pagel (1981) - 7
Passing Touchdowns (Season) - Andrew Walter (2004) - 30
Passing Touchdowns (Career) - Andrew Walter (2001-04) - 85
Rushing
Rushing Yards (Game) - Ben Malone (1973) - 250
Rushing Yards (Season) - Woody Green (1972) - 1,565
Rushing Yards (Career) - Woody Green (1971-73) - 4,188
Rushing Touchdowns (Game) - Ben Malone (1973) - 5
Rushing Touchdowns (Season) - Terry Battle (1996) - 18
Rushing Touchdowns (Career) - Woody Green (1971-73) - 43
Receiving
Receptions (Game) - Ron Fair (1989) - 19
Receptions (Season) - Shaun McDonald (2002) - 87
Receptions (Career) - Derek Hagan (2002-05) - 258
Receiving Yards (Game) - Ron Fair (1989) - 277
Receiving Yards (Season) - Shaun McDonald (2002) - 1,405
Receiving Yards (Career) - Derek Hagan (2002-05) - 3,939
Receiving Touchdowns (Game) - Shaun McDonald (2002) - 4
Receiving Touchdowns (Season) - Doug Allen (1984) - 14
Receiving Touchdowns (Career) - Derek Hagan (2002-05) - 27
Defense
Sacks (Game) -
Sacks (Season) - Terrell Suggs (2002) - 24
Sacks (Career) - Terrell Suggs (2000-02) - 44
Interceptions (Game) - Manuel Aja (1950) - 4
Interceptions (Season) - Henry Rich (1950) - 12
Interceptions (Career) - Mike Richardson (1979-82) - 18

* - Record Broken in Dynasty

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SEASON RECAPS

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RECRUITING HISTORY

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CONFERENCE SHAKEUP
Arizona State, Utah, and others are on
the move in the latest conference shift

(AP) — So the Texas Longhorns stayed put and the Big Twelve didn't dissolve seemingly overnight, but the Pac-10 wasn't out of ideas just yet and quickly moved onto plan B.

Looking to improve the quality of their conference, in football particularly, and not being able to expand the size of their conference, the Pac-10 settled on just replacing a team already in the conference.

Winning two BCS bowl games in the past five years would put any program "on the map", and now the Utah Utes have used that success to upgrade from the Mountain West Conference.

After a week of meetings at their headquarters in Walnut Creek, California, Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott and the other presidents came to a conclusion. Utah would join the conference, but at the expense of another school.

It came down to a vote between the ten school presidents with the majority vote being the final decision.

Arizona and Arizona State banded together and voted against Washington State, however none of the other schools felt the same way and the remaining eight voted against the Sun Devils.

The tribe had spoken, Arizona State was on the outside looking in.



After the decision was announced, the dominoes began to fall.

The Mountain West replaced Utah with UTEP from Conference USA forcing C-USA to find a replacement team.
C-USA was able to talk Army into joining the conference again, but in the East division. With unbalanced divisions, Memphis was shifted over to the West to fill the hole left by UTEP.

Arizona State is now an independent in the college football world, Deserted in the Desert.

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ARIZONA STATE 2010 ROSTER
- 10 Seniors, 24 Juniors, 16 Sophomores, 18 Freshman
- 11 Returning Starters: 4 Offense, 5 Defense, 2 Special Teams

TEAM PRESTIGE


TEAM RATINGS
B OVR, B- OFF, B+ DEF, A+ SPT

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OFFENSE
QB 14 Steven Threet - rJR. - 82 OVR
QB 17 Brock Osweiler - SO. - 78 OVR
QB 10 Samson Szakacsy - rJR. - 77 OVR
QB 15 Taylor Kelly - FR. - 59 OVR
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HB 26 Cameron Marshall - SO. - 78 OVR
HB 22 James Morrison - rSO. - 77 OVR
HB 20 Marcus Washington - FR. - 70 OVR
HB 24 Damien Williams - FR. - 69 OVR
HB 25 Taylor Walstad - FR. - 68 OVR
HB 27 Deantre Lewis - FR. - 68 OVR
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FB 87 Christopher Coyle - rFR. - 64 OVR
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WR 5 Kerry Taylor - SR. - 85 OVR
WR 4 Aaron Plfugard - rSR. - 83 OVR
WR 8 Gerell Robinson - JR. - 83 OVR
WR 32 Jamal Miles - SO. - 79 OVR
WR 85 George Bell - FR. - 75 OVR
WR 80 J.J. Holiday - rFR. - 69 OVR
WR 9 A.J. Pickens - rSO. - 68 OVR
WR 7 Mike Willie - JR. - 66 OVR
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TE 45 Trevor Kohl - JR. - 75 OVR
TE 89 Dan Knapp - rJR. - 74 OVR
TE 81 Josh Fulton - FR. - 73 OVR
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OT 66 Matt Hustad - rJR. - 80 OVR
OT 71 Brice Schwab - JR. - 75 OVR
OT 76 Patrick Jamison - rSO. - 71 OVR
OT 62 Evan Finkenberg - rFR. - 69 OVR
OT 78 Kyle Johnson - rSO. - 68 OVR
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OG 59 Jon Hargis - rSR. - 86 OVR
OG 75 Zach Schlink - rSO. - 77 OVR
OG 77 Adam Tello - rJR. - 70 OVR
OG 69 Kody Koebensky - rFR. - 70 OVR
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C 52 Garth Gerhart - rJR. - 82 OVR
C 72 Andrew Sampson - rSO. - 75 OVR

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DEFENSE
DE 34 James Brooks - rJR. - 89 OVR
DE 17 Gregory Smith - SO. - 85 OVR
DE 46 Dean Deleone - SR. - 80 OVR
DE 92 Jamaar Jarrett - JR. - 80 OVR
DE 55 Jamarr Robinson - rSR. - 75 OVR
DE 98 Nduka Onyeali - SR. - 72 OVR
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DT 50 Lawrence Guy - JR. - 88 OVR
DT 77 Saia Falahola - rSR. - 85 OVR
DT 68 Corey Adams - SO. - 83 OVR
DT 90 William Sutton - SO. - 80 OVR
DT 96 Toa Tuitea - rSO. - 76 OVR
DT 99 Jonathan English - rJR. - 72 OVR
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OLB 48 Brandon Magee - JR. - 85 OVR
OLB 13 Shelly Lyons - JR. - 83 OVR
OLB 21 Colin Parker - rJR. - 80 OVR
OLB 18 Oliver Aaron - JR. - 79 OVR
OLB 41 Anthony Jones - rFR. - 73 OVR
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MLB 7 Vontaze Burfict - SO. - 89 OVR
MLB 47 Gerald Munns - rSR. - 82 OVR
MLB 30 Derrall Anderson - JR. - 76 OVR
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CB 3 Omar Bolden - JR. - 89 OVR
CB 12 Matthew Tucker - FR. - 83 OVR
CB 23 Josh Jordan - JR. - 81 OVR
CB 19 Osahon Irabor - rFR. - 74 OVR
CB 1 Deveron Carr - rSO. - 71 OVR
CB 31 Devan Spann - FR. - 67 OVR
CB 35 Ronald Kennedy Jr. - FR. - 65 OVR
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FS 10 Keelan Johnson - rSO. - 83 OVR
FS 2 Eddie Elder - JR. - 71 OVR
FS 20 Jonathan Clark - rJR. - 65 OVR
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SS 9 Clint Floyd - JR. - 83 OVR
SS 16 Ramon Abreu - FR. - 73 OVR
SS 29 Shane McCullen - rFR. - 69 OVR

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SPECIAL TEAMS
K 28 Thomas Weber - rSR. - 94 OVR
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P 38 Trevor Hankins - rSR. - 85 OVR

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ARIZONA STATE 2010 SCHEDULE

AUG. 28 — NEW MEXICO, 12:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 110
Team grades: D+ OVR, D+ offense, C defense, A- special teams

SEPT. 4 — HAWAI'I, 3:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 100
Team grades: C OVR, C+ offense, C defense, B special teams

SEPT. 11 — at ARIZONA, 12:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 37
Team grades: B- OVR, B+ offense, B- defense, B- special teams

SEPT. 18 — at WISCONSIN, 12:00 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 11
Team grades: A- OVR, A offense, B+ defense, B+ special teams

SEPT. 25 — COLORADO, 12:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 76
Team grades: B- OVR, B- offense, B- defense, B- special teams

OCT. 2 — at TEXAS A&M, 12:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 58
Team grades: B+ OVR, A- offense, B defense, B+ special teams

OCT. 9 — RUTGERS, 12:00 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 38
Team grades: B OVR, B+ offense, B defense, A- special teams

OCT. 17 — UTAH STATE, 3:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 112
Team grades: D+ OVR, C- offense, D+ defense, C special teams

OCT. 30 — AIR FORCE, 3:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 64
Team grades: C OVR, C+ offense, C defense, B- special teams

NOV. 6 — at ARKANSAS, 2:00 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 20
Team grades: B+ OVR, A offense, B defense, B+ special teams

NOV. 13 — at NOTRE DAME, 3:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 43
Team grades: B OVR, B+ offense, B defense, A special teams

DEC. 5 — WASHINGTON STATE, 3:30 p.m.
Preseason ranking: No. 96
Team grades: C+ OVR, B- offense, C+ defense, B- special teams

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AROUND THE COUNTRY

Pre-Season Top 25
1. Alabama (32)
2. Ohio State (27)
3. Texas (1)
4. Oregon (1)
5. Boise State
6. Florida
7. Virginia Tech
8. TCU
9. Nebraska
10. Iowa
11. Wisconsin
12. Georgia Tech
13. Southern Cal
14. Miami
15. Oklahoma
16. Pittsburgh
17. LSU
18. Penn State
19. Oregon State
20. Arkansas
21. Florida State
22. North Carolina
23. Utah
24. Cincinnati
25. Houston

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Heisman Watch
1. Mark Ingram, HB - Alabama
2. Case Keenum, QB - Houston
3. Kellen Moore, QB - Boise State
4. Terrelle Pryor, QB - Ohio State
5. Jake Locker, QB - Washington

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August 28th, 2010
Sun Devil Stadium - Tempe, AZ

vs.

Erasing all doubts, Sun Devils win opener

[B][U]                             1Q    2Q    3Q    4Q       FINAL[/U][/B]
[B]New Mexico[/B] (0-1)              0     0     7     0       7
[B]Arizona State[/B] (1-0)           7    14    14     0       35

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SCORING SUMMARY

1st Quarter
ASU: M. Tucker, returned fumble 4 Yds (Kick Good) - 6:11
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2nd Quarter
ASU: C. Marshall, 2 Yd run (Kick Good) - 4:29
ASU: T. Kohl, 4 Yd pass from S. Threet (Kick Good) - 1:03
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3rd Quarter
UNM: C. Hernandez, 17 Yd pass from B. Holbrook (Kick Good) - 7:09
ASU: G. Robinson, 2 Yd pass from S. Threet (Kick Good) - 4:06
ASU: C. Marshall, 15 Yd run (Kick Good) - 3:34
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4th Quarter
- No Scoring

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PLAYER STATS

[SIZE="5"][B]ARIZONA STATE[/B][/SIZE]

[B][U]PASSING                   COMP     ATT     YDS     TD     INT[/U][/B]
14-Steven Threet            22      32     237      2       0

[B][U]RUSHING                    ATT     YDS     AVG     TD     LNG[/U][/B]
26-Cameron Marshall         22      91     4.1      2      24
22-James Morrison            5      43     8.6      0      22

[B][U]RECEIVING                  REC     YDS     AVG     TD     LNG[/U][/B]
26-Cameron Marshall          6      21     3.5      0       7
4-Aaron Plfugard             5      99    19.8      0      54
32-Jamal Miles               3      43    14.3      0      22
45-Trevor Kohl               3      24     8.0      1      17
5-Kerry Taylor               2      25    12.5      0      13
8-Gerell Robinson            2      18     9.0      1      16
89-Dan Knapp                 1       7     7.0      0       7

[B][U]DEFENSIVE                  TCK     TFL     SCK    INT      TD[/U][/B]
77-Saia Falahola             7       3     1.0      0       0
13-Shelly Lyons              7       1     0.0      0       0
7-Vontaze Burfict            4       1     1.0      0       0
3-Omar Bolden                4       0     0.0      1       0
12-Matthew Tucker            3       0     0.0      0       1

[SIZE="5"][B]NEW MEXICO[/B][/SIZE]

[B][U]PASSING                   COMP     ATT     YDS     TD     INT[/U][/B]
12-BR Holbrook              17      29     199      1       1

[B][U]RUSHING                    ATT     YDS     AVG     TD     LNG[/U][/B]
1-Desmond Dennis            15     118     7.8      0      17
13-James Wright              2      10     5.0      0      11

[B][U]RECEIVING                  REC     YDS     AVG     TD     LNG[/U][/B]
18-Chris Hernandez           7      48     6.8      1      17
84-Ty Kirk                   5      84    16.8      0      30
7-Bryant Williams            1      59    59.0      0      59

[B][U]DEFENSIVE                  TCK     TFL     SCK    INT      TD[/U][/B]
17-Freddy Young             10       2     1.0      0       0
28-Bubba Forrest             9       1     0.0      0       0
27-Dante Caro                8       1     0.0      0       0
6-Anthony Hooks              7       1     1.0      0       0
58-Carmen Messina            7       2     0.0      0       0

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I like this a lot, great updates. Good job starting out 1-0, good luck in the Independent Conference