I really beleive that anyone who was at McDuffy’s that day will never forget it. Easily the most memorable sports viewing experience I’ve ever had that didn’t involve me being at the event. What an electric atmosphere!

Check out this article from the archives …

When Arizona State football fan Kevin Felix of Gilbert found out the Sun Devils’ road game Saturday at Oregon would not be televised, he was livid.
“When we heard it wasn’t going to be picked up (on television), we were jumping and screaming,” Felix said.
But the ASU Alumni Association used a little modern technology to save Felix and more than 1,200 other East Valley football fans who packed into McDuffy’s sports bar in Tempe from listening to ASU’s 45-42 upset win over the Ducks on radio.
Gold-clad members of the overflow crowd stood four rows deep at the bar, sat on pool tables and on the floor, and cheered loudly as the Sun Devils rallied from a 21-point first-half deficit to post their biggest victory since 1997.
Midway through the third quarter, McDuffy’s general manager, Jake Guzman, was forced to close the bar’s doors to customers who were drawn to the establishment by cellular phone-toting patrons inside. Not to be deterred, fans lined the fence around McDuffy’s and watched the game on television sets on the patio.
“I expected a big turnout, but nothing like this,” Guzman said. “We’ve never had to turn people away when the team was on the road.”
The week leading up to the impromptu party was filled with enough cloak-and-dagger intrigue to fuel a bad James Bond film.
Days after it was announced the game wouldn’t be televised in Oregon or Arizona, an anonymous Internet-user known only as “L.A. Duck” posted the coordinates for the Oregon Sports Network’s satellite feed of the game on a popular ASU message board called Cactus Ranch. The feed was intended for the Yes Network, a New York-based cable channel that broadcasts Oregon football games on tape delay.
The ASU Alumni Association saw the post and contacted McDuffy’s about hosting a viewing party. When McDuffy’s agreed, the association announced the party on e-mail lists and Cactus Ranch. Within two days, the association received 280 RSVPs and McDuffy’s was fielding calls from sports bars up and down the West Coast for the coordinates. The ABC network also saw the Internet messages and had the feed’s coordinates changed.
But Guzman’s satellite operator was able to locate the new feed and the party was on to the delight of ASU fans.
“When (the feed) goes into the sky if you have the proper equipment you can pull it down,” Guzman said. “I’d say the East Valley is definitely jumping on the (ASU) bandwagon.”

I can’t argue with the Top 5 list, but I would add one more drinking/ASU memory that Matt will surely appreciate. It had something to do with Iowa in town, a luxury box and two bottles of Capitan Morgan. Thanks Marsh!

I like your site Matt. I’ve had it bookmarked, just haven’t had a lot of time this week to respond. Keep up the good work and hopefully we’ll have much to discuss this year with ASU football.