Arid-Zona State Preview--what have they got? A stud fullback.

Every time the cameraman found FSU Jen (wasn't tough since she was always on the front row), MushMouth couldn't talk.
 
Dionysus said:
A bit of Peach Bowl history:

- The first Peach Bowl was played Dec 30, 1968 where LSU beat Florida State 31-27
- Texas has never played in the Peach Bowl
- #8 Arizona State was Peach Bowl champion in 1970, beating North Carolina 48-26 — ASU’s Monroe Eley was offensive MVP while ASU’s Junior Ah You was defensive MVP
- The 1995 Peach Bowl featured Georgia’s Hines Ward at QB who tallied a record 469 all-purpose yards
- in 2019 LSU’s Joe Burrow had 8 all-purpose TDs in a 63-28 win against OU
- Dec 31, 2022: #1 Georgia beat #4 Ohio State 42-41 in the CFP Semi-final
- Clemson has 8 total Peach Bowl appearances with a record of 3-5
- LSU has 7 appearances with a record of 6-1
- In 1969 South Carolina held West Virginia to a Peach Bowl record low of 3 passing yards
- In the 2009 Peach Bowl Virginia Tech held Lane Kiffin’s Tennessee team to a bowl record low of 5 yards rushing
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Fairfield peaches are just as good as Georgia peaches.
 
Their program was built by the hardest of the hard-a$$ed old school coaches in the history of the game: Frank Kush.

Not always a joy to play for him (or go to his brutal training camps), but his teams over-achieved with a lot less HS talent than many of their opponents. Reggie Jackson played for him (as well as the ASU baseball team).

Here's a little bit from Wiki:

"During his time at Arizona State, Kush earned a reputation as one of the most physically demanding coaches in the game. He was notorious for abusing his players both physically and emotionally. His daily football practices in the heat of the Arizona desert remain the stuff of legend. One drill was known as "Bull in the Ring." Players form a circle and Kush would put a player in the center. He would then call out a uniform number and blow his whistle. That player called would charge the player in the middle and the two would engage in padded full contact until Kush blew the whistle again. Whichever of the two players gave the best effort would go back to the circle, while the player "dogging it" would remain until Kush decided he could quit.

The most famous of Kush's motivational techniques was called "Mount Kush." Mount Kush was a steep hill near Camp Tontozona, the Sun Devils' training camp near Payson. It featured several large rocks, cacti, and no shade from the Arizona sun. If Kush felt a player especially needed discipline, that player would have to run up and down that hill numerous times.

During his lengthy career in the desert, Kush compiled a record of 176–54–1, "
 
Chop said:
Their program was built by the hardest of the hard-a$$ed old school coaches in the history of the game: Frank Kush.

Not always a joy to play for him (or go to his brutal training camps), but his teams over-achieved with a lot less HS talent than many of their opponents. Reggie Jackson played for him (as well as the ASU baseball team).

Here's a little bit from Wiki:

"During his time at Arizona State, Kush earned a reputation as one of the most physically demanding coaches in the game. He was notorious for abusing his players both physically and emotionally. His daily football practices in the heat of the Arizona desert remain the stuff of legend. One drill was known as "Bull in the Ring." Players form a circle and Kush would put a player in the center. He would then call out a uniform number and blow his whistle. That player called would charge the player in the middle and the two would engage in padded full contact until Kush blew the whistle again. Whichever of the two players gave the best effort would go back to the circle, while the player "dogging it" would remain until Kush decided he could quit.

The most famous of Kush's motivational techniques was called "Mount Kush." Mount Kush was a steep hill near Camp Tontozona, the Sun Devils' training camp near Payson. It featured several large rocks, cacti, and no shade from the Arizona sun. If Kush felt a player especially needed discipline, that player would have to run up and down that hill numerous times.

During his lengthy career in the desert, Kush compiled a record of 176–54–1, "
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Coaches like this usually did well in the 4th quarter of games.
 
mchammer said:
SC has the best peaches - no question.
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And Curly Culp was their greatest player of all time. Now that dude controlled the line of scrimmage (including in the NFL).
 
Chop said:
More from SI on Arizona State:


"Defense Overview: Strong Against the Run, Susceptible in the Secondary​

Defensively, Arizona State has been solid, especially against the run, where they rank No. 13 nationally.

Their front seven is physical and disciplined"



They're going to make Quinn beat them throwing.
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This is great. If they crowd the box to stop our running game then then Ewers will pick them apart.
I’m getting more confident by the minute.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
They talk like Aggy
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They’re traditionally 4th or 5th fiddle in the PAC 10. They’ll be upper third of what’s left of the gutted Big 12, eaking out 1 point wins against Texas Tech, etc. Big deal ………….

I know of them as a really large sized party school with only slightly above average academics and athletics. Plenty of pretty blonds, I’ll give them that.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
They talk like Aggy
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Annoying, jealous little *******. They understand NOTHING about barbecue or the 3 century long fusion of Spanish, Native American, northern Mexican cowboy, and Texas settler cooking that created "Tex-Mex". I've been to "Mexican" food places in Aridzona and the food was strikingly similar to "Tex-Mex".... more so than in New Mexico.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
They talk like Aggy
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It’s just a bunch of failed-state, Texas-hating Californians out there anymore.

Going back to the same stadium where you were just defeated 3 weeks ago is altogether motivational and chance for Longhorn redemption,
even though it’s not Georgia.

The dreadful thought of another defeat in the same place and flying back eliminated might be unbearable.
 
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Desert aggy has not played in almost a month. Texas with two weeks off and a game and then 10 days off should have the advantage of being in game rhythm and enough time off to get healthy (except possibly Bond and Williams). Although they are a run heavy offense, they are coming off a long layoff and will be facing a defense with overall speed and quickness that they have not seen, especially on the d-line and in an atmosphere that they have never been in.
 
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