The Sun Devils have pulled major upsets in the Herm Edwards era. What if they do it again this year?
Edwards still has unfinished business: He has yet to play for a conference championship, get to the Rose Bowl or finish in the top 15.Arizona State football, Herm Edwards slammed in college football coach hot seat rankingTo pull it off, he’ll have to defy expectations from a slew of media outlets and observers who put the Sun Devils anywhere from last place to pretty close to last place.
“There’s always a team to be predicted here, another team predicted there … that’s the uniqueness of sports, that’s what makes it so great. And if you do something different, people say ‘Wow!’ I don’t worry about that stuff,” he said, pausing and laughing. “I don’t worry about it, at all.” Not to overstate things, but Buster Douglas didn’t worry about predictions before he fought “Iron” Mike Tyson. The Giants didn’t worry about predictions before playing the undefeated Patriots. And Michael Jordan didn’t worry about predictions that time he played the Monstars.
To be clear, everything is stacked against Coach Herm. He’s got new coordinators. A new quarterback. New receivers. New running backs. New linemen. A new secondary. And a depth problem at linebacker that’s so bad position coachPlus, there’s that NCAA investigation into who did what during the COVID-19 recruiting freeze and a segment of the fanbase that’s still sore over the dismissal of“We’ve got 12 games,” Edwards said.
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