We'll hear from ASU coach Dennis Erickson late Tuesday morning.

In the meanwhile, a short scouting report on the Sun Devils:

ARIZONA STATE (2-6 OVERALL, 1-4 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE)
4 p.m. Saturday, FSN, at Husky Stadium
Coach: Dennis Erickson, 12-9 in second season at ASU, 160-74 in 19th season as a head coach at six schools.

Last week: ASU lost, 27-25, at Oregon State. The Sun Devils marched 72 yards in the final two minutes for a touchdown, but their two-point try to tie failed. QB Rudy Carpenter completed 15 of 27 passes for 217 yards with one TD and no interceptions. TB Shaun DeWitty rushed for 110 yards on 16 carries.

Against the Huskies: UW leads the series, 15-12, although ASU has won four straight – its best run in the series. The Sun Devils won 44-20 last season in Tempe, Ariz. In the 2006 meeting at Husky Stadium, ASU won 26-23 in overtime.
Washington connections: Erickson is from Everett and is a former coach at Washington State and with the Seattle Seahawks. Arizona State’s roster includes only one player from the state of Washington: CB Cameron Harkey, a junior from Spokane/Lewis & Clark H.S. There are two Huskies from Arizona: CB Matt Mosley and LB Kurt Mangum, both from Chandler, less than 10 miles from the ASU campus.

Scouting report: ASU started 2-0 but has lost its last six games. … The Sun Devils rank seventh in the Pac-10 in scoring offense (20 ppg) and scoring defense (26.63 ppg). ASU started the season with questions along it offensive line, and those have not been adequately answered. The team ranks 115th nationally with 85.88 rushing yards per game, and 109th in sacks allowed. DeWitty got his first career start last week and become ASU’s first 100-yard rusher this season. … The Sun Devils’ defense has forced nine turnovers of its last three games. … QB Rudy Carpenter is sixth in Pac-10 career touchdown passes and is ninth in passing yards and total offense. … Michael Jones is fifth in Pac-10 receptions and receiving yards this season. … Kyle Williams leads the league in punt return average (15.6), and Thomas Weber leads in field goal percentage (70.6). … LB Mike Nixon is the league’s No. 3 tackler.

There wasn't much news from the UW football press conference today. A little more reaction to the big news that is now one week old -- UW's decision to dismiss coach Tyrone Willingham at the end of the season -- and what that meant to the team's concentration at USC and what it might mean this week against Arizona State.

The rest was mostly personnel updates:

Defensive tackle Cameron Elisara suffered a stinger in Saturday’s loss at Southern California, but is expected to return to practice Tuesday.

Similarly, receiver Cody Bruns suffered a mild concussion at USC but is expected to be available Tuesday.

Cornerback Mesphin Forrester, who missed the USC game due to a knee injury could miss another game or two, but the injury isn’t seen as long-term.

Willingham said he is waiting for direction from the university on how to deal with the high school recruits who have given their oral commitments to play at UW. He also said the next coach will decide whether to grant a fifth season to fourth-year players with eligibility remaining.

Washington-UCLA game on Nov. 15 has been selected for national broadcast by FSN.

The game, which features the return of former UW coach Rick Neuheisel, will kick off at 7:15 p.m.

UW has lost 10 straight games and Arizona State has lost six straight. But Vegas doesn't seem to have much doubt about which is the more struggling team, installing the Sun Devils a 14-point favorite Saturday at Husky Stadium.

I should have some information from the weekly UW press conferences at noon today, and I'll blog that once I have it.

Meanwhile, a couple of links for the week:

The official ASU football website.

The Arizona Republic's ASU coverage.