Herm Edwards wants ASU to consistently run the ball going forward

Herm Edwards is always thinking big picture in his first season as Arizona State football coach.

To that end, Edwards said Monday, what the Sun Devils looked like on offense last week against Washington – a run-first team playing ball control in part to help the defense – is what Edwards envisions them being in the future.

"You have to play complementary football," Edwards said. "Right now we have a young defense. What do you do to help them? You take time off the clock.

"If you can run the ball consistently, to me those are tough football teams. Now you become multi-dimensional. We can dictate the terms of how we want the game played. That's what we're going to become. We have to continue to…