s athletic director ray anderson giving his vote of confidence. todd graham will return next season. anderson suggested accountability. the football program is in a good state and they have the support of michael crow and the board of regions. during husband tenure, five seasons, 29-4, this year, losses to colorado, washington state, oregon and utah. here is the head c >> everyone is accountable. everyone understands that winning is part of the formula but for us, you win in a lot of ways not just on the field and todd has done that consistently. >> we're a young football team. we had a massive amount of injuries and we played pretty good people and we make no get done with that. >> reporter: what does a pro-football player do on your day off? if you're part rick peterson, you create another fabulous library. patrick has stepped up. he loads up with hundreds of books and encourages these kids to embrace the whole process of a passion for reading and peterson, it is a joy to step up low income neighborhoods and inner city youth. >> that is something

athletic director ray anderson making it clear today saying odd graham will be my football coach in 2017. there should be no question in anyone's mind as far as he is concerned. he brought discipline, stability, academic upgrade to the program and everyone should appreciate where we came from. graham having a rough year this year. will to the washington huskies. >> everyone is accountable. everyone understands that winning is part of the formula but for us frankly, you win in a lot of ways, not just on the field and todd has done that consistently. >> we're a young football team. we've had a massive amount of injuries and we played pretty good people down the stretch here. we make two more games to play and we'll evalue -- evaluate it. >> reporter: a.s.u. at washington and fox 10 news after the game. cal state hosting bakersfield. marc mmarc martinez right now wx >>> coming up, a is -- cement truck crash at a busy intersection. what happened to the driver when the truck rolled over? >>> donald trump chalked arizona in his win column but could that be changing? >>> a father is in trouble

ray anderson with a strong statement on the status of his head football coach. you will find out what that is you love all-day breakfast. i love all-day breakfast. but you don't love that you can't get all your favorites all day. i don't love that. like mcgriddles. i love mcgriddles... so you'll have to find something else to not love. hey buddy! like exploding fist bumps. pggggggghew! or forgetting what you're about to do. wait...what was i about to do? or when people who say you look like... james lipton. oh man...it's uncanny. >> reporter: it is a question that will in all likelihood determine the fate of the cardinals football season. can arizona wynton road with five of the seven remaining phoenix stadium. here is the story, tyrann mathieu will practice tomorrow. we don't know if he will be ready for sunday's game with the shoulder injury. the way he played last year, he was a defensive player of the year candidate. when will the knee brace come off. if he comes back, he moves back to that slot defender, marcus cooper goes back tyrann mathieu asked today ab

today ray anderson told 98.7 that regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, he will be back on the sideline next season. anderson praise grand for his fundraising he's brought program and expressed confidence would get things turned around on the field. >> let's step inside the arizona cardinals huddle. the cardinals re-sign drew butler. he was weight on october 4 because of an injured calf. they reach an injury settlement & ryan quickly to replace him. healthy and eligible to rejoin the team, they made room on the butler averaged over 42 yards per kick placing 62 inside the 20. in the meantime, the minnesota vikings have cut ties with their place kid or blair walsh. he missed an extra point and a 27 yard field goal. he missed a potential game- winning kick and last season's playoff game. he has missed for field goals and the vikings have signed someone else. purple nor does he like anything about minnesota. >> i'm mad jack and i've got problems. these guys when 5 in a row and then they lows for in a row. we're going to go up to the vikings and crushed them in their own hous

. >>> sun devil athletic director ray anderson saying no matter what happens, they need to win some games. todd graham in 2013, playing without start therz season, and is lost three quarterbacks due to injury. >>> wildcats back stateside after friday night's buzzer-beating win over michigan game kadeem allen not in the lineup tonight, out with a sore knee. trierre still in street clothes facing questions about his eligibility. ua up 7 here, baker back in the game. the 7-foot freshman from finland, quite a home debut. the three of them -- let's just call him the finish finish! he and u of a wins. >>> the lopes on the road at penn state. bronze for 3 right here. he had 25. gcu kept it a game for about 35 minutes. final 85-76. >>> duke and kansas, gilbert christian's mitch lightfoot, big the game with an injury, returns and helps tie the game. buries the game-winner with a second left. 77-75 the final. >>> usa looking to bounce ban after losing on home soil on friday. the americans get embarrassed. the rally is on after that. the worst shutout loss in world cup qualifying for the >>> today p

athletic director ray anderson says no matter what happens in the final two games, graham will be back for 2017. he is potentially looking at two back-to-back seasons of 500 -- .500 or worse. these fired up for a crack at the university of washington on saturday. >> we are motivated to play washington. hopefully we will get some guys back little more healthy and looking forward to going up to a great opportunity to play probably the best team in our league. >>> from the vote of confidence to playing with confidence, the performance on sunday is a reason for hope. 100 yards was put up by [ name indiscernible ] this past week. carlson palmer prophesied that he would explode in the second half of the season and so far >> [ indiscernible - low volume ] him coming up to you and saying the second half he's going to make plays. that was great. part of that is having confidence. [ background noise ] >> you looks like he will return to action this week. more coming up at 5: 45. >>> it was one of the most contentious topics on the campaign trail. we are talking immigration. >> now many police de

ray anderson said no matter what happens in these final two games, coach todd graham will be back for 2017... riding a four game losing streak. grahams has had to play without 10 starters this season.. and has lost 3 quarterbacks to injury.. today, a tough task at number six washington new general manager and manger in place and the arizona diamondbacks reshaping their roster. the team says goodbyeforme r horizon high and arizona state catcher tuffy gosewich.. has been claimed off waivers by the atlanta braves.. along with dominic leone, tyler wagner and edwin escobar coyotes center brad richardson underwent surgery friday after suffering a broken tibia and fibula thursday night in vancouver.. gotta feel for him, he scored his 5th goal of the season before the injury.. the coyotes lost in a shootout, they're home tonight to face the sharks.. brandon knight with the suns for now. making a trek to indiana to face the pacers. a good knight for the big sauce allan willaims, fifteen points, fifteen rebounds, bench, playing the give and go with williams, and kncoking down the triple, knight

anderson reports, a lot of people wanted to give her a hero's welcome. >> u.s. army reservist major micki simmons has been deployed her husband ray and three kids just found out she was coming home about 40 hours ago. >> i didn't expect this at all. i'm just very thankful to be home and thank you everyone for your support especially to my , family, and, my god it's been , a long 10-11 months so just really glad to be home. >> major simmons is an individual augmentee, meaning she did not deploy as a unit, so she did not have aof so a bunch of ray's co-workers and friends at ge planned this welcome home surprise. >> it was long and crazy and very challenges but there is , still a lot to do so keep , those soldiers and airmen that are still deployed in your prayers and in your thoughts because they don't get to celebrate this just yet. >> while major simmons has been retired army reservist himself and the children have had to , fend for themselves. >> i don't think multitasking is a natural element for men and i just started realizing that and appreciate my wife so much more now. >> it's been said that absence makes the heart grow f

anderson reports a lot of people wanted [ applause ] mike: u.s. army reservest major mickey simon has been deployed in the middle east almost a year. her husband, ray, and three kids, just found out he was coming home 40 hours ago. >> i didn't expect this at all. so i'm just very thankful to be home and thank you for your support. especially to my family. especially while i have been gone. a very long 10 to 11 months. so home. mike: major simons did not deploy as a unit, so did not have an official redeployment ceremony. so a bunch of coworkers planned this welcome home surprise. >> it was long and crazy and very challenging. but there is still a lot to do. keep the soldiers and airmen in your prays and thoughts. deployed, her husband a retired army reservist and the children had to friend for them -- fend for themselves. >> i don't think multi tasking is good for men. mike: absence make the heart go fonder and it does. >> have you going to stop smiling now? >> i don't think so. my cheeks are going to hurt. thema: that was mike anderson reporting. well, you have a chance to brighten a veteran's day this holiday season. the city of milwaukee and mil