Sunday Morning Hangover: ASU-UNLV
Here are three things we think we think after ASU’s 23-20 loss to UNLV last night. What did you take away from the game?
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Here are three things we think we think after ASU’s 23-20 loss to UNLV last night. What did you take away from the game?
Enjoy this article? Buy us a beer for just $4. (Credit Card / Paypal)It is at times difficult to love sports. When you watch a movie, you’re virtually assured a happy ending. Batman wins, James Bond gets the girl, Hickory runs the picket fence.
When you watch sports, there are no assurances. Sometimes Bryce Drew hits the big 3. Sometimes Boise State pulls out the old Statue of Liberty play. Sometimes your Heisman Trophy candidate throws a game-changing interception within a few yards of the end zone.
Gamers call it pwnd. We call it sport. Don’t throw yourself off Mill Avenue bridge. UNLV has 85 scholarships too. Congratulations.
We’re kicking off a new feature on the Facebook page this weekend. Every Sunday, we’ll set up an album for Sun Devil fans to upload pictures of themselves wearing gold, flashing pitchforks and generally showing love for ASU before, during and after the previous night’s game.
So don’t forget to take your digital camera to the game on Saturday and drop your photos on the Facebook page on Sunday!
Now, on to the links. If you haven’t been reading Echo from the Buttes this week, here’s what you missed:
And in non-football news:
That’s it. Don’t forget your cameras on Saturday, and Go Devils!
Enjoy this article? Buy us a beer for just $4. (Credit Card / Paypal)In our weekly peek into ASU Olympic Sports, the ASU women’s golf team dedicates one of its biggest wins since 1994 to a cancer-stricken comrade, and the Sun Devil soccer squad receives some very bad news.
ESPN The Magazine’s Rick Reilly says minor leaguers like former Sun Devil Mitch Jones should sue Major League Baseball. And we can’t wait to see Knowshon Moreno run into Lawrence Guy.
We asked the sports editor for the awesomely-named UNLV Rebel Yell five quick questions about the Sun Devils’ next opponent. Confidence does not seem the order of the day in Las Vegas.
March Madness was made for guys like Jeff Pendergraph. But was ASU’s recently-released schedule made for getting there?
Could an unlikely former Sun Devil win the American League Most Valuable Player Award? We think so.
