UA Wildcats Suck notes for ASU Sun Devils - by Echo from the Buttes

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UA Wildcats Suck news and notes for Arizona State Sun Devil sports fans.

Rudy Carpenter vs. Willie Tuitama: What do They Say about Us?

Sun Devil quarterback and Wildcat signal caller Willie Tuitama are linked by history and numbers but viewed very differently by their fans. What do comparisons between the two reveal about the fan bases that support them?

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Wall Street-Sized Meltdown for ‘Cats: “The Inexperience Bug Just Bit Arizona”

Arizona’s basketball team managed a late-game situation against UAB like the CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler handled the last two decades. Sun Devil fans must see this video.

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Move Over Wildcats, the SI Cover Belongs to the Sun Devils

Sports Illustrated’s college basketball preview hits newsstands today and features (as opposed to, say, Chase “goatboy” Budinger) on the cover. That’s got former Sun Devil walking a bit taller in the NBA.

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Texas Fan Loses Bet, Posts Painful Video of Himself Singing the Tech Fight Song

This has absolutely nothing to do with Arizona State athletics, but considering our relationship with the gentlemen down south, we think all Sun Devils can respect someone who mans up and sings a rivals’ fight song after losing a bet. Man, we love college football.

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ESPN Reports Lute Olson is Stepping Down

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The Arizona Daily Star reported this morning that Lute Olson missed practice and a Rotary Club appearance yesterday, and now ESPN is reporting Lute is stepping down.

Obviously we hope him no ill will from a health standpoint, but it’ll be a pleasure watching Arizona’s basketball program fall apart without him. Leave any thoughts you’d like to share in the comments below.

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UA’s Grigsby: “They’re Going to See We’re No Joke”

We already said what we had to say about Saturday’s game. So with the Sun Devils enjoying a week off from competition, we take a look down I-10 to check in with our friends to the South. All of Nic Grigsby’s big bowl talk seems a little silly now.

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Lunch Links: Cal is Hurting and Mike Stoops is Very Whiney

Cal collected a costly win this weekend, Mike Stoops was picked as one of college football’s whiniest coaches, and the largest student body in Arizona State history has collectively chosen not to head South.

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We Have a Winner, Thanks to the Wildcats’ Nine-Year Bowl Drought

The Wildcats haven’t played in a bowl game since 1998. Yes, it’s been that long. Echo from the Buttes readers thought a drought of such proportions deserved special recognition—perhaps on the University of Arizona’s new billboards.

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