Everyone always talks about talent, recruiting rankings, and flashy transfers when predicting who will win in college football. But one of the most underrated factors is something way less exciting: coaching continuity. And right now, Arizona State might have more of it than almost anyone in the Big 12. In today’s college football world, coaches leave all the time. One good season, and the assistants are gone, either for better jobs or more money. That’s just how it works now. But Arizona State has been different. Arizona State quarterback Cutter Boley (8) during practice on March 24, 2026, at Kajikawa Practice Fields in Tempe. | Rob Schumacher/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Most of Kenny Dillingham’s staff has stayed put. Year after year, the same voices, the same system, the same expectations. That might not sound like a big deal, but it actually is. Because when players don’t have to relearn schemes every season, they get better faster. Simple as that.…