Article: ASU's Carpenter back in pocket: Sophomore reclaims starting QB role after coach changes mind.

Byline: Ryan Finley

Sep. 1--TEMPE -- Rudy Carpenter bites his lip, trying to think of a polite way to say you're wrong. Carpenter doesn't want to be mean or dismissive. It's just that Arizona State's sophomore quarterback doesn't think there's any extra pressure to succeed this season.

Even if you insist otherwise. "Pressure isn't playing football," the 20-year-old Carpenter said after a long, thoughtful pause. "Pressure is going to work every day and having three kids or something." Football pressure is being embroiled in a soap-opera position battle all summer long, one that ended when coach Dirk Koetter admitted he "screwed up" and rival Sam ...

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