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site_link post a commentDating back to 1899 the football rivalry between the Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils is the best in the West and regretfully most college football fans outside the Grand Canyon State aren t familiar with its great history On and off the field the rivalry between the Sun Devils and Wildcats is tumultuous for athletic geographical political and personal reasons The winner of the annual football game at the end of each season receives the Territorial Cup the oldest collegiate rivalry trophy in the United States Learn about what makes this rivalry one of the most heated and emotional in the country and read about the behind the scenes moments that have come to define the rivalry straight from over 150 former and current players coaches and analysts who were interviewed for Territorial Territorial The History of the Duel in the DesertA comprehensive history of the UA ASU football rivalry Bear Down 9781482672022 Shane Dale is really passionate about the Duel In The Desert series as evidenced by this 325 page book He really gave readers an expansive look at a college football series that isn t that popular outside of the Grand Canyon State Moreover the fact that Arizona UA and Arizona State ASU haven t been contenders outside of the Pac 10 Pac 12 conference for many years is a big reason why the Duel in the Desert series is ignored outside of the state of Arizona. Nonfiction territorial seed When I found out on page xii of the Preface section of the book that the author was a UA grad I thought Territorial was gonna be a complementary book on UA football since the late 1890s Boy I was dead wrong Dale weaved through this book with an objective lens on both Arizona and Arizona State football like a good sports journalist is supposed to. Territorial kindle direct My favorite part of this book was the discussion of the 1980 through 2011 Duels or the 54th through 85th editions of this series Dale helped boost the analysis of those 32 games with testimonies from players coaches and journalists who covered those games. Territorial io I found out later in this book that Dale interviewed 150 people for this book That s means he labored through a lot of begging coaxing for interviews he conducted a lot of phone calls and he had to do a lot of listening. Territorially definition Pros of this book He could have just ran down a whole bunch of stats game scores and generic analysis of 86 games he studied the 1899 2012 Duels a couple of years there were no Duels because of wars suspension of seasons and etc But he chose to write pages and pages on just about all the 86 games of this Grand Canyon State series. Territorial nonfiction articles Cons of the book I know how hard it is to get interviews with sports figures but I just wish the author would have got some interviews with Sun Devil head coach Bruce Snyder before he died in 2009 defensive back Chris McAllister UA linebacker Marcus Bell UA defensive lineman Tedy Bruschi UA defensive back Brandon Sanders UA defensive lineman Rob Waldrop UA defensive lineman Terrell Suggs ASU and running back Trung Candidate UA. Territorially All in all Territorial is a book any football fan can enjoy But the main demographic for this book is those fans who have experienced many or a few Duels in the Desert 9781482672022 Must read for all Sun Devil fans Even though the author is a Wildcat he does a great job of keeping his bias at bay Plus you can t ever cover up the sheer dominance of Arizona State football over its lowly rival no matter how biased you may be 9781482672022