Arizona State football 'clearly the favorite' in Big 12, David Pollack says
In June, college football analyst David Pollack raved about Arizona State football quarterback Sam Leavitt and his odds to win the Heisman Trophy in 2025.
He's also very high on Arizona State's chances to repeat as Big 12 Conference champions.
Pollock, a former ESPN analyst, praised the ASU football team in a recent episode of his podcast, See Ball Get Ball, talking about how he's buying stock in Kenny Dillingham and the Sun Devils and how he was taking Arizona State to win the Big 12.
"I don't think you should slow down on this stock," Pollack said. "This is going to be a very, very good stock for a long time. Kenny Dillingham is a stud. He's a stud, he's young. This is a guy who is at his place. He's at his home. He's at his dream job. … It's obviously a great fit when you look at the takeaway."
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'The conversation starts with Arizona State'
Pollack wasn't done with nice things to say about ASU.
"When you look at this roster, experience coming back," he said on the podcast. "A lot of experience winning coming back. …They ain't going nowhere. …"
Pollack, a College Football Hall of Famer, did bring up the loss of Skattebo and ASU's defense as potential areas of concern for the Sun Devils, but he wasn't very concerned about them.
"To me the conversation starts with Arizona State, and then everybody else underneath them," he said of Arizona State's Big 12 title chances. "They are clearly the favorite to me. Talent, coaching. … It's going to be fun and if I am Arizona State I am pretty jacked up and excited."
Pollack concluded the segment by saying "I think we're all in on Arizona State."
Arizona State opens the season on Aug. 30 against Northern Arizona.
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