Kenny Dillingham, the head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils football team, has a way of standing out. The 34-year-old has brought the team back from the basement, after only winning three games during his first season in 2023. And his tenure as ASU football coach marks the first time both an alumnus and an Arizonan has held the position. That goes a long way in explaining his move earlier this week after he earned a $200,000 bonus. I’ll get to that in a minute.
Saturday’s game against in-state rivals Arizona was one of Thanksgiving weekend’s premier college football games, with high stakes for Arizona State. It ended up as a rout (the Sun Devils won 49-7 against the Wildcats in Tucson, to take the Territorial Cup), and ended more peaceably than the Ohio State vs. Michigan game:
With the win, ASU sits at 10-2, and will now vie for a chance to appear in…
