That's it, I'm switching to Sun Devils tickets

[Marcus Garvey]

Okay, I've been debating this for a while now. I'm a college football fan. If I lived in Flagstaff, I'd have NAU tickets. I lived in Tucson for 7+ years, so I had Arizona tix. My wife graduated from there too. Last year was the first season of living in Tempe and keeping UofA tickets. I was only able to attend 3 of 6 home games. 2 were due to conflicts with my wedding plans, and 1 was because the UofA scheduled a Thurs. night game, and it's not possible for me to get to Tucson in time for a weeknight game. I figure it was costing me an average of $35 in gas for the round trip. Even if costs me an extra $200 per season for 2 tickets to ASU games, that money I'd spend on gas anyway, plus I only live a few miles from the Stadium, so I won't be spending 4+ hours driving.
I'm also tired of Mike Stoops theatrics on the sideline, and his high turnover amongst assistants, that's been attributed to the fact that Stoops is a pain in the ass to work for.

The final straw came this week:
Stoops adds to 'Zona-ASU rivalry, calls Sun Devils a J.C. program (http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/10624317)

What I see is a very frustrated coach who is unlikely to outrecruit his conferece foes ever again. Thus he must outcoach his oppenents. I've seen little evidence among his teams that allows me to believe that is possible. Unless he goes 7-5 and makes a bowl game, he's done in Tucson. I'm done too.
We'll still go to 1 game per year in Tucson, ASU, and homecoming the years they play in Tempe.
I should thank him though. I simply couldn't make up my mind if I should keep the tickets, but his idiot remarks helped me finally decide.

[ucdtim17]

And ASU is a lot better. That'll help

[PantherRob82]

I can't imagine switching teams. Doesn't sound like you had any reason to be loyal to UA though.

[schmofstra]

Think globally, but act (and drink) LOCALLY!

Unless the alumna wife is insisting, switch to your new hometown team.

ASU has a nicer stadium too, right?

[Marcus Garvey]

Think globally, but act (and drink) LOCALLY!

Unless the alumna wife is insisting, switch to your new hometown team.

ASU has a nicer stadium too, right?


Actually, my wife wants me to switch to ASU. She attended there in the mid-90's before dropping out. She eventually went back to school, getting her degree from UofA.
Sun Devil Stadium isn't any better than Arizona Stadium. It's bigger, but that's about it. It's nothing special, but nothing terrible either.

[Marcus Garvey]

I can't imagine switching teams. Doesn't sound like you had any reason to be loyal to UA though.

I've always liked both teams. Since I moved to Arizona in '99, I've been a fan of both programs. I do root for UofA when they play ASU in football, and ASU for basketball! :D

I had high hopes that Stoops would turn the corner last season, but he proceeded to get outcoached against New Mexico, BYU and Stanford. xrotatehx

It's not worth it for me to make the drive anymore. There are bars and restaurants along Mill Ave., which is very close to the stadium. Also, it's a $15 cab ride (give or take a couple) from Mill Ave. to my house, so catching a drink after the game is easier, and requires less concern on my part since I don't have to drive if I choose no to.

[schmofstra]

Oh, I thought ASU played in that new stadium where they had the Super Bowl. Glad to hear they're still in the old place. It's probably easier for the student rowdies to get to and probably maintains the old tailgating traditions, right? Tickets remain cheaper too.

Since I moved to metro New York, it's nice to get up on a Saturday morning and, with zero planning, just decide you want to go to see Hofstra or Fordham or Wagner or Columbia and just basically jump on mass transit and be there in an hour or so. (If Momma Schmofstra gives me permission, of course!:D )

That's the beauty of adopting the local team(s) as your own.

Plus, there's always that dreaded drive home that can be several hours when you root for a far-away team. That can drastically cut down on the tailgating possibilities and even ruins the 4th quarter of the game, when you're already starting to dread the exhausting drive and the traffic exiting the stadium.

It's sort of like when you're a kid and you're watching the 4 p.m. NFL games, and then all of a sudden the CBS "60 Minutes" clock starts ticking and you realize the weekend is about to end and you better start doing your homework! In actuality, there's still several hours of weekend left, but you can't enjoy it. When "The Jeffersons" came on, then you KNEW the weekend was over.

Sadley, it's almost impossible for me to go to see my alma mater Morehead unless I cobble together a 3- or 4-day weekend.

Order your ASU tickets today. Skroo UA.

[Marcus Garvey]

Yeah, I hear that. When I lived in Nashua, NH, I used to pick a game each Sat to attend. If the weather was cooperative, I'd go:
UNH, Boston Univ., Harvard, Northeastern, Brown, Boston College, Dartmouth, etc..

After my first 2 years in New England, I had seen all the I-AA teams within a reasonable drive, including UMass. I was planning on hitting DII and DIII, but wound up transferring to Arizona instead.

[813Jag]

Oh, I thought ASU played in that new stadium where they had the Super Bowl. Glad to hear they're still in the old place. It's probably easier for the student rowdies to get to and probably maintains the old tailgating traditions, right? Tickets remain cheaper too.

Since I moved to metro New York, it's nice to get up on a Saturday morning and, with zero planning, just decide you want to go to see Hofstra or Fordham or Wagner or Columbia and just basically jump on mass transit and be there in an hour or so. (If Momma Schmofstra gives me permission, of course!:D )

That's the beauty of adopting the local team(s) as your own.

Plus, there's always that dreaded drive home that can be several hours when you root for a far-away team. That can drastically cut down on the tailgating possibilities and even ruins the 4th quarter of the game, when you're already starting to dread the exhausting drive and the traffic exiting the stadium.

It's sort of like when you're a kid and you're watching the 4 p.m. NFL games, and then all of a sudden the CBS "60 Minutes" clock starts ticking and you realize the weekend is about to end and you better start doing your homework! In actuality, there's still several hours of weekend left, but you can't enjoy it. When "The Jeffersons" came on, then you KNEW the weekend was over.

Sadley, it's almost impossible for me to go to see my alma mater Morehead unless I cobble together a 3- or 4-day weekend.

Order your ASU tickets today. Skroo UA.
When I moved to Tampa that's what I did. Although I do miss the days of driving to Raymond James on gameday and getting great seats from the box office on game day. I just can't get into driving to Tallahassee or Baton Rouge unless I'm pretty confident my team will win.

[proasu89]

Oh, I thought ASU played in that new stadium where they had the Super Bowl. Glad to hear they're still in the old place. It's probably easier for the student rowdies to get to and probably maintains the old tailgating traditions, right? Tickets remain cheaper too.

Since I moved to metro New York, it's nice to get up on a Saturday morning and, with zero planning, just decide you want to go to see Hofstra or Fordham or Wagner or Columbia and just basically jump on mass transit and be there in an hour or so. (If Momma Schmofstra gives me permission, of course!:D )

That's the beauty of adopting the local team(s) as your own.

Plus, there's always that dreaded drive home that can be several hours when you root for a far-away team. That can drastically cut down on the tailgating possibilities and even ruins the 4th quarter of the game, when you're already starting to dread the exhausting drive and the traffic exiting the stadium.

It's sort of like when you're a kid and you're watching the 4 p.m. NFL games, and then all of a sudden the CBS "60 Minutes" clock starts ticking and you realize the weekend is about to end and you better start doing your homework! In actuality, there's still several hours of weekend left, but you can't enjoy it. When "The Jeffersons" came on, then you KNEW the weekend was over.

Sadley, it's almost impossible for me to go to see my alma mater Morehead unless I cobble together a 3- or 4-day weekend.

Order your ASU tickets today. Skroo UA.

xlolx

I just had a post school day's panic attack. That damn ticking clock to this day reminds me of some English lit paper or biology test coming up Monday morning. Sunday afternoons were so much fun...pick up football or basketball games, golf with Dad, Redskins on every Sunday. Then, bam, the cold hard reality that Monday was just around the corner and the homework hadn't been touchedxoopsx

[schmofstra]

xlolx

I just had a post school day's panic attack. That damn ticking clock to this day reminds me of some English lit paper or biology test coming up Monday morning. Sunday afternoons were so much fun...pick up football or basketball games, golf with Dad, Redskins on every Sunday. Then, bam, the cold hard reality that Monday was just around the corner and the homework hadn't been touchedxoopsx

Yeah, but wasn't in a great feeling just 6.5 hours earlier, at 12:30 p.m., when Brent Musberger came on and said, "YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE at snowy Busch Stadium in St. Louis, where the Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles are hoping to end the season on a positive note ..."

Or, in your case, "YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE at a sold-out RFK Stadium in Our Nation's Capital, where the Washington Redskins will try to clinch home-field advantage ..."

What a different 6.5 hours made.

Then later it was a different story -- ticking clock, Archie Bunker's Place, One Day at a Time, then The Jeffersons ... oh, you'd better have your homework done by the time the Jeffersons came on cuz you're gonna fall asleep during Trapper John, M.D. ...

Isn't it the same feeling when you've just enjoyed a tremendous college football game, having fun with your friends, shouting your bloody head off, but suddenly time is running out in the 4th quarter and that feeling comes over you that you're about to sit in a one-hour traffic jam leaving the stadium and it's XXX number of hours on the interstate to get home...

[Cobblestone]

Okay, I've been debating this for a while now. I'm a college football fan. If I lived in Flagstaff, I'd have NAU tickets. I lived in Tucson for 7+ years, so I had Arizona tix. My wife graduated from there too. Last year was the first season of living in Tempe and keeping UofA tickets.


How long is the drive from Tempe to Flagstaff? (I'm too lazy to map it on Google Earth), if it's not too bad a drive I'd go with NAU tickets. Support your nearest FCS team.

[813Jag]

How long is the drive from Tempe to Flagstaff? (I'm too lazy to map it on Google Earth), if it's not too bad a drive I'd go with NAU tickets. Support your nearest FCS team.
I do that for the Florida Classic, but I refuse to drive to see a FAMU or BCU home game. xlolx

[Marcus Garvey]

How long is the drive from Tempe to Flagstaff? (I'm too lazy to map it on Google Earth), if it's not too bad a drive I'd go with NAU tickets. Support your nearest FCS team.

Dunno, I've never been to Flagstaff. I know that It's 10-15 minutes to Sun Devil Stadium from my house. Since Flag is 160 miles from my house, I'm going to just assume it's a hell of a lot longer drive to Walkup Skydome.
Anyway, I don't prefer any one division (or subdivision) over another.

[schmofstra]

Don't prefer one subdivision over another?

Isn't that an AGS Terms of Service violation?:D