Anti-Cardinal ASU Fans

[MaoTosiFanClub]

I've been seeing more and more of this pop up on my social media feeds recently so I wanted to go straight to the source.

Is there still a decent chunk of ASU fans that hate the Cardinals over the lawsuit (that ASU lost mind you) or is it just the lunatic fringe? Or is the lawsuit an excuse and it's mostly over sour grapes and resentment with the Cardinals overtaking them in popularity and relevance and taking what they perceive as some of ASU's share of the Valley's sports dollars?

More curious that anything.

 

[overseascardfan]

I've been seeing more and more of this pop up on my social media feeds recently so I wanted to go straight to the source.

Is there still a decent chunk of ASU fans that hate the Cardinals over the lawsuit (that ASU lost mind you) or is it just the lunatic fringe? Or is the lawsuit an excuse and it's mostly over sour grapes and resentment with the Cardinals overtaking them in popularity and relevance and taking what they perceive as some of ASU's share of the Valley's sports dollars?

More curious that anything.

ASU grad and Cardinals fan. ARZ needed a new stadium to get them out of the NFL gutter.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

I've been seeing more and more of this pop up on my social media feeds recently so I wanted to go straight to the source.

Is there still a decent chunk of ASU fans that hate the Cardinals over the lawsuit (that ASU lost mind you) or is it just the lunatic fringe? Or is the lawsuit an excuse and it's mostly over sour grapes and resentment with the Cardinals overtaking them in popularity and relevance and taking what they perceive as some of ASU's share of the Valley's sports dollars?

More curious that anything.

Lunatic fringe.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

ASU grad and Cardinals fan. ARZ needed a new stadium to get them out of the NFL gutter.

Same here. ASU grad and diehard Cardinals fan.

 

[AZ Native]

ASU grad and Cardinals fan. ARZ needed a new stadium to get them out of the NFL gutter.

Same here, agreed.

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

Sounds like a Wildcat "false flag" or prank, but what do I know, I am just and ASU grad, fan & Cardsfan

 

[82CardsGrad]

I moved to the valley in '01. I know tons and tons of ASU grads who, almost to the person, are passionate Cards fans. I also have 2 kids who attend ASU and they, along with most of their friends and parents of their friends, are both fans of the Devils and the Cards...
This seems like a very odd, off-the-wall thread...

 

[Dback Jon]

I have seen it - friends that went to ASU that are not Cardinal fans

 

[gmabel830]

I have never heard of this, and lived in AZ my whole life.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm a Cardinals and a Sun Devil fan. They go hand-in-hand quite nicely.

I watched the movie "Jerry Maguire" last night and I was digging the references to ASU and the Arizona Cardinals.

 

[ajcardfan]

I suppose there are a few ASU fans still holding resentments. But, it is moronic. The Cardinals not only brought the NFL to the Valley, UofP stadium also greatly benefits college football fans in the valley. Plus, the fact that Tillman loved both the Cards and the Devils ... you have to be a real ********** to still hate the Cardinals over a simple business dispute that was settled about a decade ago.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Sounds like a Wildcat "false flag" or prank, but what do I know, I am just and ASU grad, fan & Cardsfan

It ended up on my Twitter because of some guy named Joe Healey who's a writer for one of the ASU sites. He's a Phoenician who hates the Cardinals and yes he mostly got flak for his comments he did have some support. Wasn't sure if it was the lunatic fringe or if animosity still existed.

If it makes you feel better there is a lunatic fringe of UA fans that likely hate the Cardinals due to their association with Phoenix.

 

[Shaggy]

Lived here my whole life and never knew there was a lawsuit or hatred for cards moving to UofP. ASU attendee, fan and a die hard cards fan.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Can't say I've heard of this but my guess would be that it's that annoying contingent that lives in the valley and just can't bring themselves to cheer for any of the local teams. Just look at how bad things get when a Chicago team comes to town

 

[ajcardfan]

Lived here my whole life and never knew there was a lawsuit or hatred for cards moving to UofP. ASU attendee, fan and a die hard cards fan.

I'm not sure how you could've possibly missed the lawsuit then. It was a dispute about whether the Cardinals were getting the appropriate amount of signage due to them at SDS. They couldn't resolve it, so the Cardinals went to court. ASU wound up paying a small settlement as they were in the wrong. But, the common take around here was a big pro sports team was bullying a college. This was also when the Cards were having some awful seasons, and piling onto the Bidwills was easy to do.

 

[Shaggy]

I'm not sure how you could've possibly missed the lawsuit then. It was a dispute about whether the Cardinals were getting the appropriate amount of signage due to them at SDS. They couldn't resolve it, so the Cardinals went to court. ASU wound up paying a small settlement as they were in the wrong. But, the common take around here was a big pro sports team was bullying a college. This was also when the Cards were having some awful seasons, and piling onto the Bidwills was easy to do.

I guess I didn't care as I was happy they were getting their own stadium and didn't listen to the little things.

 

[clif]

Sun devil and cards fan. I would love to meet a unicorn.

 

[chickenhead]

I've seen this. In fact, in my circle the bigger Cardinals fans were more likely to be U of A grads than ASU grads, and not just because of the red. A lot of fans' loyalty runs deeper with ASU than the Cards. Many of them didn't like it when the field at SDS, which had been one of the best in the nation, started to look butchered--all for the benefit of a pro team that was suing the school for revenue from a stadium that wasn't theirs while waiting for the public to build them a new one. And keep in mind that the Cardinals still had only a single winning season (at 9-7) in Arizona, and were still doing things like letting Plummer and Boston walk in the same offseason. (Posters here have their opinions about Plummer, and Boston didn't help his own case, but to the average fan at the time? More cheapskating).

This is the second Bidwill "reminder" I've made in as many days: I'm not trying to have an axe to grind, but sometimes people have a hard time understanding why some Phoenicians never became Cards fans. The Bidwills spent a long time giving them good reasons not to...

[PS - says the guy with Cardinals-era SDS as his avatar ]

 

[CardLogic]

Move along; there's nothing to see here.

 

[ozzfloyd]

http://www.scout.com/college/arizona-state/forums/1679-devils-inferno/14474486-kind-of-a-confession

There are a few folks here with lingering anti-Card feelings. It's not a made up phenomenon or anything.

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

who cares

 

[ozzfloyd]

who cares

Well you've cared enough to post twice in this thread...

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

Make that 3 posts and still no one cares

 

[ozzfloyd]

Sounds like a Wildcat "false flag" or prank, but what do I know, I am just and ASU grad, fan & Cardsfan

Sounds like you cared...and were wrong.