 Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson also played a year of football at Arizona State for Kush on a football scholarship before switching to baseball.Darryl Rogers replaced Kush and led the Sun Devils to a 37–18–1 record in five seasons.The best season of the Rogers era came in 1982, a 10–2 campaign that resulted in a Fiesta Bowl win and a #6 ranking in the final AP and Coaches' polls.