| It's early fall in Phoenix, and that means another | | | | remains stable, and the wide receivers make |
| season of ASU football is upon us. After a shared | | | | consistent plays. |
| PAC-10 championship in his initial year, fan | | | | My prediction |
| approval of Dennis Erickson was off the charts. | | | | The offense will be improved, but not stellar. The |
| Following two disappointing seasons — the initial | | | | possible lack of offensive line depth will stay a |
| back-to-back losing seasons in 60 years — | | | | issue. The defense will not be quite as good as |
| there's open discussion amongst fans of who ASU | | | | last 12 months, but will probably be a solid and |
| should pursue for the head coaching job in 2011. In | | | | formidable force. Right after losing 4 games by a |
| what is otherwise a wide-open year for the Rose | | | | combined 13 points, we ought to see far better |
| Bowl, the media has picked ASU to finish ninth | | | | special teams play with Weber's return. Erickson |
| within the conference. | | | | will pull out the stops when necessary; he'd much |
| What to anticipate | | | | better, his job is exactly in danger. |
| While the team will be returning what's expected | | | | This will be a better group than the 2009 group. |
| to be a stellar defense, the questions all center | | | | Will it be enough? |
| around the offense. New offensive coordinator | | | | Unfortunately, I think we'll nonetheless end up a |
| Noel Mazzone has installed an up tempo, spread | | | | game or two short from a bowl game. We'll win |
| ‘em out and throw offense. That's excited | | | | 5-6 games, but unless the offense improves |
| some fans, even though it resembles the fast | | | | significantly, I don't think that we'll be bowling again |
| strike offense so many of them came to despise | | | | this 12 months. You may still find too several |
| about Dirk Koetter. Nevertheless, this defense | | | | questions on offense, a challenging schedule, and a |
| just might have sufficient depth for this | | | | disinterested fan base. However, if the offense |
| philosophy to work. That's, however, if the | | | | can get it going, this group will not finish 9th within |
| offensive line stays healthy and manages to play | | | | the conference and will remain within the bowl |
| above expectations, the quarterback position | | | | mix. |
