Arizona State Football 2010 Preview

Arizona State Sun Devils Football 2010 Preview, Predictions, Picks, Odds

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2009 Record: 4-8 PAC 10 Record: 2-7 2010 Returning Starters: 13: 4 Offense, 7 Defense, Kicker, Punter

Coach: Dennis Erickson (At Arizona State: 19-18, 3 years)

Offensive Coordinators: Noel Mazzone Defensive Coordinators: Craig Bray

2010 Arizona State Players to Watch: LB Vontaze Burfict, DT Lawrence Guy, WR Aaron Pflugrad, LB Brandon Magee, WR Kerry Taylor, DT Saia Falahola, CB Omar Bolden

2010 Arizona State Strengths:
The defensive line and linebacker groups are fast, athletic and feisty, with Burfict and Guy leading the way. If Burfict needs to improve in one area, It’s avoiding the personal foul penalties that plagued him in 2009. Guy may be a big year away from leaving early for the NFL.

2010 Arizona State Weaknesses:
A radical offensive retooling is never easy, and neither of the Sun Devils’ top Quarterback candidates, Steven Threet or Brock Osweiler, has much familiarity with the spread attack. The defensive secondary is oh-so-green around Bolden, with many of the starters and top replacements former offensive players.

2010 Arizona State Offense:

Coach Dennis Erickson hired friend and former Oregon State assistant coach Noel Mazzone to pump up the offense after two of the worst seasons in school history. ASU implemented a spread attack similar to the Houston/Texas Tech model in spring practice, although the Sun Devils plan to integrate a tight end rather than exclusively play four wideouts and a running back. Job one is picking a quarterback. Michigan transfer Steven Threet and holdovers Brock Osweiler and Samson Szakacsy are the candidates, although Szakacsy missed spring practice because of a shoulder injury. Neither Threet nor Osweiler took command in the spring. Wide receivers Kerry Taylor, Gerell Robinson and Oregon transfer Aaron Pflugrad will be the main targets, and downhill runner Cameron Marshall will be the lone back. The offensive line, beset by injuries a year ago, was banged up in the spring and remains unsettled.

2010 Arizona State Defense:

ASU led the high-powered Pac-10 in five defensive categories in 2009, including total defense, where it finished 13th in the nation. Thus Erickson’s disappointment over a 4-8 season that ended with six straight losses. The coach still recruits speed, and the Sun Devils worked in both 4-3 and 3-4 fronts during the spring, promising some 3-4 looks this season to get more of that speed on the field. Sophomore middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict a gifted, physical player who is sometimes prone’ to over-aggressiveness, is the lynchpin. He was named the Pac-10 Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2009. Outside linebacker Brandon Magee, a junior and one of three starting linebackers from Carson (Calif.) Centennial High, should mesh well in his first chance to start. Junior defensive tackle Lawrence Guy, a 300pounder who can move his feet, anchors the line. Guy was a first-team Freshman All-American in 2008, and he led ASU with 4.5 sacks last season. Cornerback Omar Bolden, granted an extra year of eligibility after playing briefly last season, is a big hitter.

2010 Arizona State Special Teams:

Senior Thomas Weber won the Lou Groza Award as the nation’s best placekicker as a freshman in 2007, when he made 24 field goals, and his 51 career field goals trail only Luis Zendejas in school history. But he’s coming off a groin injury that rendered him ineffective last season. Former walk-on Trevor Hankins led the Pac-10 with a 44.2-yard punting average in 2009. Bolden is a return threat; he had a kick return for a touchdown against Louisiana-Monroe last season.

2010 Arizona State Predictions:

The Sun Devils performed offensive transplant surgery in the offseason and are committed to a wide-open attack – always in the shotgun, passing perhaps 70 percent of the time. The change was as necessary as it was radical after a composite 9-15 stretch during 2008-09 that included six-game losing streaks in each of those years. The next question: Can quarterback candidates Osweiler or Threet make it work?

2010 Arizona State Betting Odds:

Arizona State Current odds to win a National Championship: 100-1

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