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BY STEPHEN GUGLIOCIELLOTEMPE — The news of Ray Anderson’s resignation as Arizona State vice president for university athletics dropped on Monday before Sun Devils head football coach Kenny Dillingham held his weekly press conference.“I found out this morning in a staff meeting,” Dillingham said. “Thankful for him giving me the opportunity to be the head coach here at my alma mater, my dream job, so ...

Arizona State athletic director Ray Anderson resigned on Monday after almost six years of a tumultuous tenure at the school.Social media had thoughts on Anderson's resignation, with many calling it a great day for the Arizona State athletic department.They rejoiced over the resignation on X, formerly Twitter, with some wondering how Anderson lasted so long as the head of Sun Devils athletics.Calls ...

USC players crowded the sideline, craning their necks to see the drive that could decide the Trojans’ playoff fate. Some stood on top of the bench as Utah drove 54 yards into field goal range. Others climbed on top of crates used to transfer equipment to see the final play.Caleb Williams was the only one sitting as Utah’s game-winning field goal went through the uprights.Four days after the heartbreaking ...

Published Oct. 24, 2023, 12:35 p.m.By Nathan Baird, cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio — With Emeka Egbuka unavailable the past two weeks, Ohio State football’s Marvin Harrison Jr. stepped in with a career-best performance.The Buckeyes did not rip through Penn State’s highly ranked defense in their 20-12 victory. The running game plodded a times. Quarterback Kyle McCord’s accuracy wavered for stretches.However, ...

Yahoo Sports is reporting that Oregon State and Washington State, the last two remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference, have been in talks with Mountain West Conference officials about scheduling games.Oregon State and Washington State are expected to operate as a two-school Pac-12 Conference next year, the only remaining schools after several programs jumped ship.If they schedule games with the ...

The Wyoming Cowboy football team’s offensive line was named to the Joe Moore Award midseason honor roll this week.The Cowboys were named to the midseason honor roll alongside 23 other FBS programs, including prestigious football programs such as Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oregon. Mountain West opponent Air Force was also named to the midseason honor roll as well.The Joe Moore Award ...

| Oct. 25, 2023, 12:07 p.m.The Pac-12 title picture is starting to come into focus as we head into the final week of October. Washington didn’t score an offensive touchdown against Arizona State yet still managed to walk away with a win. Utah kept its hopes for a third consecutive conference title alive with a walk-off win over USC, and Oregon kept pace with the top of the league in a two-score win ...

Oct. 24, 2023 11:41 a.m.This post was updated Oct. 24 at 10:50 p.m.The Buffaloes and Bruins’ upcoming clash is a tale of two vastly different situations at quarterback.Following coach Chip Kelly’s decision to bench freshman quarterback Dante Moore in favor of redshirt junior Ethan Garbers in Saturday’s win over Stanford, No. 23 UCLA football has a level of uncertainty at quarterback that Colorado has ...

Oregon State junior Taliese Fuaga is a mountain of a man, 6-foot-6 and 334 pounds.Fuaga ultimately could be at the top of a mountain metaphorically, as the school’s first offensive lineman chosen as an NFL first-round draft pick.Fuaga is beginning to emerge as a first-round pick in several NFL mock drafts.OSU’s best-ever is Andy Levitre, who in 2009 went in the second round, No. 51 overall, to the ...

Bo Nix is a finalist for the Campbell Trophy.Oregon’s quarterback is among 16 finalists for the award, known as the academic Heisman, which recognizes combined academic success, football performance and leadership. Each finalist will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2023 National Football Foundation national scholar-athlete class.Nix, who graduated magna cum laude from ...