I have posted the 2010 schedule on the main page, primarily to get rid of memories of 2009 as quickly as possible.
Keep in mind that the Pac-10 opener will be Oregon on September 25 -- this game was moved up from its original date so that both schools get a bye week in the middle of the season.
With 2009 wrapped up, the conference opener predictor worked again. Counting conference games only, since joining the Pac-10 in 1978, ASU has lost the conference opener 18 times, and in those seasons has gone a combined 59-77-2 (a 43% win percentage). However, in the 12 seasons in which we have won our first Pac-10 game, the composite record is 60-36-0 (a 63% win percentage). We tied our opener in 1983 and 1986 and finished a combined 9-4-2 in those seasons.
Since 1982, ASU has only once (in 1999) lost the conference opener and finished with a winning record in the Pac-10. Conversely, 2008 and 1994 were the only seasons where the Sun Devils won their conference opener but finished below .500 in the Pac-10.
Next season's home schedule is ugly, with five Pac-10 road games and our "A" out-of-conference game at Wisconsin. Remember, we are still looking for a replacement for the September 11 game at SDS.
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ASU will stink up the field in 2010 and DE will be gone. I see only one way that DE keeps his job after 2010 - he must get to a bowl game and beat UA.
I don't see either of those happening for several reasons: 1) the recruiting has been awful across the board; 2) in several key positions (QB, RB, Oline, TE) the recruting has been worse than awful; 3) Strength and conditioning program is a joke
I look for ASU to go 1-8 in conference play next season and 3-9 overall (assuming the TBD OOC opponent is a winnable game).
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