GAME #6: OFFICIAL YEAR ONE, GAME ONE

KENT STATE @ ARIZONA STATE

8.29.19

KENT STATE - 7

ARIZONA STATE - 30

MY GOD 110 DEGREES IS NOT COLD. EVEN AT NIGHT. HOW AND WHY DOES PHOENIX EXIST? ANYWAY...

THE FIRST DART GAME OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL YEAR OF THE TOUR. TEMPE IS A LOVELY PLACE. VERY CLEAN, GREAT FOOD AND FRIENDLY, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. IT WAS TOO DAMN HOT TO WANDER AROUND, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE MUCH OF THE CAMPUS. WE STAYED NEXT TO IT, AND THE STADIUM IS JUST TO THE NORTH, SO WE BASICALLY WALKED BETWEEN OUR PLACE AND THE GAME AND TRIED NOT TO MELT IN THE MEANTIME.

LOVELY FACILITY. THE GAME WAS AGAINST KENT STATE, SO WE WEREN'T EXPECTING A CLOSE GAME, AND IT WASN'T. THIS WAS ALSO OUR FIRST GAME IN OUR 'UNIFORMS' - ME IN THE LOUDEST ORANGE AUBURN SHIRT & HAT, ROB IN THE LOUDEST OREGON YELLOW SHIRT AND HAT. GOT SOME COMMENTS AND SOME CONFUSED LOOKS. GOT SOME QUESTIONS. WITH OREGON BEING IN THE SAME CONFERENCE AS ASU, ROB GOT CALLED AN ASSHOLE [ACCURATE]. COOLEST PART FOR ME IS THAT ASU'S STRENGTH COACH IS AN AUBURN ALUM. HE HOLLERED AND I WENT AND SHOOK HIS HAND OVER THE RAIL. PRETTY COOL - MILEY CYRUS.

GAME TIP: PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PLACE. NOTHING TO WARN OTHER THAN YOU CAN STILL COOK EGGS ON THE PAVEMENT AT NIGHT IN TEMPE IN AUGUST.

SIDE TIP: THE TEAM SHOP IS AT THE STADIUM. THEY HAVE GOOD STUFF, BUT THERE'S A BETTER SELECTION OF SHIRTS AND HATS AT THE SHOP A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

TRAVEL TIP: REALLY EASY IN & OUT. TONS OF WELL PRICED OPTIONS RIGHT BY CAMPUS. YOU CAN EVEN ACCIDENTALLY BOOK THE LARGEST BALCONY ON EARTH LIKE WE DID [PICTURED BELOW].

WHAT TO EAT: WE WENT TO EL JEFE FOR EVERY MEAL. GREAT SPOT!