TEMPE, Ariz. — As the Sun Devils stepped foot onto the practice field early Sunday morning, the dejecting news that ASU self-imposed a one year bowl ban for the 2023 season hit the team. The ban will start in coach Kenny Dillingham’s debut game and Sun Devils season opener against Southern Utah on Thursday Aug. 31. at Mountain American Stadium.
The Sun Devil football program has been under NCAA investigations for three years for alleged recruiting violations in 2020 under former coach Herm Edwards. ASU hosting recruits on campus during the pandemic year, which required a 15-month no contact period, is among one of the violations ASU is being accused by the NCAA.