Following Excellence: Previewing Arizona State’s 2025 Football Season

The desert air in Tempe crackles with anticipation as Arizona State enters the 2025 season riding the momentum of one of the most remarkable turnarounds in college football history. Just two seasons removed from a dismal 3-9 campaign, Kenny Dillingham transformed the Sun Devils into Big 12 champions and College Football Playoff participants in 2024, proving that his vision for … Read More

Cam Skattebo’s Next Phase: the Talented Arizona State Star Enters the NFL

Last weekend the NFL Draft was held; it’s like Christmas morning for NFL general managers and football fans, but for college players it’s a truly transformative moment. It’s when their lifelong dreams are fulfilled and their lives are changed. One of the players for whom this is true is Cam Skattebo, the star Arizona State running back who tore up … Read More

Scottsdale Community Bank Investing in the Next Generation of Arizona Entrepreneurs

Local Bank Partners With Arizona State University’s J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute to Support Local Ventures, Encourage Business Growth Scottsdale Community Bank has a lengthy history of supporting local students and start-ups, and now, it’s expanding its commitment even further through two key partnerships with Arizona State University’s J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute. As part of … Read More

ASU Head Football Coach Kenny Dillingham, Arizona Civil Rights Icon & Oscar-Nominated Producer Set to Speak at The Idea Salon’s 3rd Edition May 7 at Arizona State University Football Stadium

Community Leaders to Share Impactful Stories of “Overcoming Extraordinary Odds” The Idea Salon returns next month with a timely and thought-provoking theme: “Overcoming Extraordinary Odds.” The third installment of the event series will welcome three bold voices who’ve done exactly that for an evening of raw, real conversation about resilience and their relentless drive to make a difference. Set for 5 … Read More

Skattebo Prepares for NFL Draft (and Prepares to Pay Up)

Arizona State football had an absolutely magical season this past year, defying everyone’s expectations and energizing the entire region by winning the Pac 12 division and taking #3 Texas to double overtime in the playoffs in perhaps the best game of the year in college football. Phenom running back Cam Skattebo was a big reason for this, and as he … Read More

The Slipper Fits: Arizona State’s Cinderella Season Becomes Even More Magical

The Valley of the Sun has been a success desert for football recently, best typified by the performance of the Arizona State Sun Devils. Two straight seasons of 3-9 records and sanctions left extremely little reason for hope, and the preseason expectations demonstrated that. Preseason polling had Coach Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils at the very bottom of the Big 12 … Read More

The Slipper Fits: Arizona State’s Cinderella Season Becomes Even More Magical

The Valley of the Sun has been a success desert for football recently, best typified by the performance of the Arizona State Sun Devils. Two straight seasons of 3-9 records and sanctions left extremely little reason for hope, and the preseason expectations demonstrated that. Preseason polling had Coach Kenny Dillingham’s Sun Devils at the very bottom of the Big 12 … Read More

Has the Tide Completely Turned for Football in the Valley?

For Arizona football fans, this life has not been an existence that has been flush with success. It has been a full decade since both the Arizona State Sun Devils and Arizona Cardinals have exited the regular season with a winning record, an outcome that statistically speaking is quite unlikely. It seems as though the tide might finally be turning … Read More