Monday, September 8, 2014

More on ASU Sun Devils

Ive been to this stadium before. It has a very rich view of the field of play.

The Inferno
The Inferno can be found at all ASU athletic events when the student section becomes a sea of solid gold due to the long-established tradition that all students wear gold to show their school spirit and support.

The Victory Bell
The Victory Bell, found just outside the southeast entrance to Sun Devil Stadium, was a gift to ASU students from Judge Ross F. Jones in the late 1960s. Ringing the bell calls students and fans to the stadium before each football game. After victories, the number of rings equals the number of points scored by the Sun Devils. The historic bell weighs more than 2000 pounds and is believed to have come from Michigan on one of the freight shipments to Winslow via the Santa Fe Railway around 1879.

Some information about the stadium "Sun Devil"


Sun Devil Stadium, home to the Pac-10 champion football team since 1958, holds 75,000 people. Sun Devil Stadium was the original home of the annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and hosted the 2008 Insight Bowl and the 1996 NFL Super Bowl.


Constructed between two mountain buttes, the stadium was literally carved from the desert. The stadium has been expanded and renovated four times. A stadium addition in 1992 provided Sun Devil Stadium with a more durable playing surface, improved patron sight lines in the lower seating levels, expanded the sideline area for player safety and improved access for television and print photographers.

I see Sun Devil going along way this CFB season and like always the Wildcats will be no problem for the Forks.

ASU is a great university and it is ranked in the top 100 in the world. Here is a little more about the academics of it.

Arizona State University has developed a new model for the American Research University, creating an institution that is committed to excellence, access and impact. ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes. ASU pursues research that contributes to the public good, and ASU assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality of the communities that surround it. 

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