[Mick]

As an aside, NEVER get in between ASU and U of A fans.  There is a hatred there that is very difficult to explain from the outside looking in.  It goes to the political.  Arizona tried to stop ASU from being a full fledged university multiple times.  Even more recently, they blocked an ASU attempt at starting its own medical school.  Then, using the battery that was a U of A loaded board of regents (which governs ASU, Arizona and NAU together), they started a medical school in the same Phoenix area ASU wanted as a conglomerate- Only to run off ASU and NAU before it was even certified.  Despite the fact that Arizona's Tucson medical school is becoming a running joke.  My sister and her husband took offers there from Johns Hopkins, and ran for the hills within a year.  Absolute disaster in multiple fields.  But it's more important nobody else plays ball on their turf, at least until Mayo showed up.  It can get really, really ugly in AZ.

I understand this is a completely unprompted response.  I just think it's very important for other Pac 12 fans to understand that Tucson is full of inveterate trash that should be ground to an absolute pulp.

I figured there was quite a rivalry there.  I worked for a law firm based in Detroit but with a very significant Phoenix office.  The ASU law school is very strong, we had a lot of ASU grads, and the founding partner of the Phoenix office was very tied in with the ASU law school.

[Mick]

As an aside, NEVER get in between ASU and U of A fans.  There is a hatred there that is very difficult to explain from the outside looking in.  It goes to the political.  Arizona tried to stop ASU from being a full fledged university multiple times.  Even more recently, they blocked an ASU attempt at starting its own medical school.  Then, using the battery that was a U of A loaded board of regents (which governs ASU, Arizona and NAU together), they started a medical school in the same Phoenix area ASU wanted as a conglomerate- Only to run off ASU and NAU before it was even certified.  Despite the fact that Arizona's Tucson medical school is becoming a running joke.  My sister and her husband took offers there from Johns Hopkins, and ran for the hills within a year.  Absolute disaster in multiple fields.  But it's more important nobody else plays ball on their turf, at least until Mayo showed up.  It can get really, really ugly in AZ.

I understand this is a completely unprompted response.  I just think it's very important for other Pac 12 fans to understand that Tucson is full of inveterate trash that should be ground to an absolute pulp.

I figured there was quite a rivalry there.  I worked for a law firm based in Detroit but with a very significant Phoenix office.  The ASU law school is very strong, we had a lot of ASU grads, and the founding partner of the Phoenix office was very tied in with the ASU law school.