Think ASU linebacker Vontaze Burfict will be fun to watch? These guys do: Walter Camp Award, Bronco Nagurski Award, Lombardi Award, Butkus Award and the Bednarik Award. All have Vontaze on their pre-season watch lists… The latest holder of the title “Comeback Kids” has to be the Arizona Diamondbacks. After 124 games and 69 wins, […]
Risser’s Ramblings – Sports Along The Rail
ASU Men’s Basketball season is finally over. After 3 straight 20 win seasons, 12-19 is a tough pill to swallow. Let’s hope Coach Sendek has the right pieces coming in next season… DBacks lefty Zach Duke suffered a broken hand in Saturday’s game after being struck by a line drive. Doctors say 6-8 weeks for […]
Risser’s Ramblings – Sports Along the Rail
The ASU men battled hard at Washington, but they could not keep up. The current 5 game losing streak is the longest since Herb Sendek’s second season as head coach… With spring training right around the corner, did you know the Priest and Washington light rail stop is just a couple blocks south of Phoenix […]
Risser’s Ramblings – Sports Along the Line
Cool doubleheader at Wells Fargo Arena tonight beginning at 5pm as the ASU men take on Long Beach State, followed by the Lady Sun Devils at 7:30 against 16th ranked DePaul. Two for the price of one… The Insight Bowl matchup is the best yet with 12th ranked Mizzou against the Big Ten Iowa Hawkeyes… […]
Risser’s Ramblings – Sports Along the Line
Ahhh… Rivalry week… ASU heads down south to the U of A and Arizona Stadium in the battle for the Territorial Cup and this game will be competitive… 6’8" Brock Osweiler will start with Threet or Szakacsy backing him up. An ASU win will leave both the Devils and Cats with 4-5 PAC-10 records. Huge […]
Risser’s Ramblings – Sports Along the Line
As big as the win over Washington State was last Saturday, the looming challenge that is USC is huge… Alan Trammell, Don Baylor, Charles Nagy and Eric Young bring tons of major league experience to Kirk Gibson’s staff… I love seeing Hakim Warrick play so aggressively offensively, and his early work with Nash on the […]