Filling in for injured redshirt freshman Sam Leavitt, senior backup quarterback Jeff Sims threw for 155 yards and completed only 52.2% of his passes. Senior running back Cam Skattebo also had a quiet day by his standards, rushing for 75 yards on 17 carries with a fumble.

There appears to be a very open kicking competition at Arizona State ahead of Week 9. ASU coach Kenny Dillingham was so frustrated with his team’s kicking woes after Saturday’s loss at Cincinnati that he said any student who can kick a football should email him.

The Sun Devils coach is exploring all options after his team missed a pair of field goals in the fourth quarter

Arizona State head football coach Kenny Dillingham said Saturday that he is holding a kicking tryout next week after sophomore kicker Ian Hershey missed

Arizona State's kicker missed two field goal attempts on Saturday in the Sun Devils' 24-14 loss to Cincinnati. He might well have expected to hear about it from his coach, but Kenny Dillingham went further in his post-game press conference,

The Arizona State Sun Devils fell to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday thanks in part to unreliable kicking and head coach Kenny Dillingham did not mince words about the problem after the game. Sun Devils kicker Ian Hershey missed two fourth-quarter field goals (from 48 and 41 yards) in the team’s 24-14 loss.

Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham has seen enough from his kickers and is ready to start looking for alternatives anywhere he can find them.