Last week, Arizona State head football coach Kenny Dillingham was asked about working a contract extension given the Sun Devils' unprecedented turnaround this season. He said he was more worried about his coaching staff than himself.

Kenny Dillingham has Arizona State on the rise. The Sun Devils now control their destiny for a spot in the conference title game in Dillingham's second season.

While the Cougars and Sun Devils are set to face off Saturday in one of the most important games in either program’s history — the winner would essentially eject the other out of the conference title game picture — Sitake still had plenty of praise for his young coaching counterpart.

"We've already sold out [for the BYU game]," Dillingham said during his Monday press conference. "There's like a thousand person wait line for tickets. For The Valley to be able t