Eric Allen Named To San Diego's Breitbard Hall Of Fame
Allen was a part of three bowl teams in his ASU career
Oct. 15, 2008
Former Arizona State University football player Eric Allen has been named to the Breitbard Hall of Fame, the San Diego Hall of Champions announced today. Allen will be inducted on Feb. 18 at the 63rd annual Viejas Salute to the Champions dinner at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego.
Allen, who graduated from San Diego's Point Loma High School, played at ASU from 1983-87. He was a part of three bowl teams, including the 1986 team that defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl. He finished his Sun Devil career with 15 interceptions, and he went on to play in the NFL for 14 seasons and was a six-time Pro Bowl selection. Allen will also be inducted into the ASU Athletics Hall of Fame this year.
Allen will be inducted alongside former NFL running back Marshall Faulk, former MLB player Floyd Robinson and San Diego off-road racing icon Ivan Stewart. Allen and Faulk were elected by a vote of the San Diego media and the San Diego Hall of Champions Board of Directors, while the Hall of Champions' Veterans Committee selected Robinson and Stewart.
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Five Sun Devils Earn Mid-Season All-Pac-10 Honors From Phil Steele
Sun Devils shine in 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. - Five Arizona State University football student-athletes have been named to Phil Steele's 2008 Mid-Season All-Pac-10 Team. Defensive end Dexter Davis and linebacker Mike Nixon each received First Team honors, wide receiver Michael Jones made the Second Team and offensive linemen Paul Fanaika and kicker/punter Thomas Weber are on the Third Team.
Davis leads the Sun Devils with 5.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss, and he also has 17 tackles, a forced fumble and a pass break-up on the season.
Nixon has a team-leading 48 tackles on the season. He also has two interceptions, one in each of ASU's last two games, three pass break-ups and one sack.
Jones leads the Sun Devils with both 30 receptions and 427 yards, Fanaika has started all six games at right guard and Weber has eight field goals and is averaging 41.9 yards per punt on the season.
Head Coach Dennis Erickson announces the 2008 Recruiting Class
27 Signees headed for Sun Devil greatness!
The 2007 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year assembled what is largely recognized as one of the school's most talented signing classes in the past 25 years and consists of elite athletes from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada.
Similar to the Sun Devils' tremendous improvement on the field in Coach Erickson's first season in Tempe, the reigning Pac-10 Conference Co-Champions skyrocketed up the national recruiting rankings, as only two teams ranked in the nation's top-20 signing classes of 2008 improved more from 2007 than ASU has, jumping from 38th last year to 16th this season (Scout.com).
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Congratulations to the New York Giants!
Former Sun Devil Grey Ruegamer is a Super Bowl Champion
The Sun Devil Football family would like to extend congratulations to former Sun Devil Grey Ruegamer and all of the New York Giants on their exciting 17-14 win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Grey Ruegamer was a four-year starter at ASU, a part of the 1997 Rose Bowl Team, and was coached by current tight ends coach Dan Cozzetto. By the time he left Arizona State, Grey had received first team All PAC-10 honors, was a Walter Camp and Playboy All-American selection and was a finalist for the Lombardi Award.
Congratulations, Grey, from the Sun Devil Football family!
Holiday Bowl highlights some future Sun Devil starters
Many of the underclassmen got an opportunity in Holiday Bowl
Danny Sullivan got the opportunity to lead the team for almost an entire quarter on December 27th during the Holiday Bowl. He was able to convert on several opportunities, and got valuable playing time in a big game scenario. He completed a 10 yd pass to Mike Jones for a score. Jarrell Woods also got some carries including a 3 yard touchdown run.
With his two field goals and four extra points, PK Thomas Weber brought his season scoring total to 118 points, tying him for the most in program history with Mike Barth, who also scored 118 in 2002 (49 PAT and 23 FG). In overall scoring, Weber's 118 points ranks tied for third-best in a single season.
QB Rudy Carpenter completed the game with 187 yards on 18-for-36 passing with two touchdowns and two interceptions. In his career, Carpenter now ranks second all-time in completions with 246. His second touchdown pass gave him 65 for his career and tied him with Jake Plummer (1993-96) for the second-most in school history while his 25th scoring strike of the season is the second-most in a single campaign. Carpenter now has 3,202 season yards passing, the second-most in a single season behind Andrew Walter's 3,877 yards in 2002.
The Sun Devil football team gets some time to enjoy San Diego as they prepare to take on Texas in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl. Day 1 was a visit to the Naval Base and a luncheon, while Day 2 found them at the San Diego Zoo.
Holiday Bowl practice continues for the Sun Devils in San Diego on Sunday Dec 23rd
Sun Devils focused on win #11
The Arizona State Sun Devils will head for San Diego this weekend and begin practice at the Spanos Training Facility on the campus of the University of California at San Diego. Practices are open to the public.
The Holiday Bowl will be played on Thursday, December 27th at 5:00 PM.
Sun Devils finish their regular season with a 20-17 victory over Arizona Wildcats
11th ranked Sun Devils (10-2) now headed to San Diego to take on Texas in Holiday Bowl
ASU completed its first double-digit win season since 1996 with a 20-17 win over Arizona Saturday in front of a third consecutive sellout crowd of 71,706 at Sun Devil Stadium.
"You've got to give credit to these players and what they've done," head coach Dennis Erickson said. "I'm just so proud of what they've done since I came here. For them to do what we ask and to end up 10-2, it's an amazing accomplishment by my coaches and my players."
The Sun Devils are now headed to a bowl game for the fourth consecutive season, tying the longest streak in school history, as they will meet Texas in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Dec. 27.
The win was also ASU's third straight and seventh out of the last nine in the Territorial Cup rivalry game with Arizona.
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No. 9 Sun Devils Claw Back to Down Bruins
Arizona State's BCS hopes remained in tact with a 24-20 comeback win at the Rose Bowl
For the fourth time this season, the ASU football team won despite trailing by double digits after the first quarter, this time coming back from down 10-0 to defeat UCLA 24-20 Saturday.
It was also the fifth time in their seven Pac-10 games that the Sun Devils have come back from a halftime deficit to get a victory.
"I guess we're a second-half team," wide receiver Chris McGaha said. "Guys came together and made some plays. It was interesting, but we came out on top, and that's all we can ask for."
The victory was ASU's first in the Rose Bowl since a 42-34 win over UCLA on Oct. 12, 1996.
"We always seem to find a way," head coach Dennis Erickson said. "I've been around a lot of teams in my days, and this team is just so resilient. UCLA played really well, and we were fortunate to win."
ASU has now outscored its opponents 177-50 in the second half this season
Herring's 71-yard touchdown run was his third run of 70 yards or more this season
This was also Herring's third 100-yard rushing game of the season and sixth of his career
Weber's 53-yard field goal was the third-longest in ASU history
ASU's Gerald Munns Named Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week
Junior Linebacker recognized for outstanding play
TEMPE, Ariz.--Arizona State University junior linebacker Gerald Munns has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the Pac-10 office announced today.
TEMPE, Ariz.--Arizona State University senior quarterback Rudy Carpenter has been named to the Watch List for the 2008 Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.
TEMPE, Ariz. -- By Carmen Vitali, ASU Media Relations
A historic defensive performance led the Arizona State football team to a 34-9 victory over UCLA on Friday at Sun Devil Stadium. It was the third straight win for ASU, who is now 5-6, 4-4 in the Pac-10, on the season.
The Sun Devil defense tied an NCAA record by scoring four touchdowns against the Bruins, returning three interceptions and one fumble.
"I've never seen anything like it in my many years of coaching," head coach Dennis Erickson said. "I've never seen four touchdowns scored on defense and such total control of the game. It's unbelievable."
Gregg Smith begins his first season as offensive line coach at Arizona State and his 38th year overall as a football coach.
Smith has coached alongside Dennis Erickson for 24 years and has 37 total years of football coaching experience. During the majority of Smith's career, he has served as Erickson's assistant head coach and offensive line coach. Smith spent the 2006 season coaching at the University of Idaho after spending the 2003 and 2004 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. Under Smith's direction, offensive lineman Jade Tadvick earned First-Team All-Western Athletic Conference honors for the Vandals in 2006.
