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Sun Devil Countdown To Kickoff: All 100 Entries of ASU Lore

Get after it, Devils.  (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Get after it, Devils. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Hey there. It's 6 AM in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Have some trouble sleeping? So did we -- with ASU's season only 13 hours away, there's simply no time for shut eye.

The staff at House of Sparky toiled away all summer, bringing you 100 of the biggest reasons to love the Sun Devils. We covered an incredible array of subjects, and we're insanely proud of the final result. In case you missed any (or all 100) entries from the Sun Devil Countdown to Kickoff, here they are in all their glory.

While we could never constrain the entirety of ASU football history into 100 stories, we think it is a great representation of our collective fandom. What do you think?

Check back often today as we have a lot of great content lined up for the first game of the season. GO DEVILS!

1- Because it's Sun Devil football season

2 - ASU, 1987 Rose Bowl champions

3 - Frank Kush

4 - 19-0

5 - Beating UofA

6 - Camp T

7 - Randall McDaniel

8 - 12-0 & No. 2

9 - The Catch

10 - The Fight Song

Ninety more exciting moments in Sun Devil history after the jump. Go on, click through. You won't regret it.

11 - Sparky's Pushups

12 - Mike Haynes

13 - Danny White

14 - The Fiesta Bowl Threepeat

15 - The James Brooks Block Party vs. UofA

16 - Jake "The Snake"

17 - The Ring of Honor

18 - Woody Green, G.O.A.T.

19 - The Buttes

20 - Whizzer White

21 - Beating USC to end the streak

22 - "Mr. Sun Devil", Bill Kajikawa

23 - Coach Bruce Snyder

24 - The pitchfork hand gesture

25 - Ron Pritchard, on the field and in the ring

26 - Sun Devils in the NFL

27 - Beating eventual national champion USC in 1978

28 - Mike Richardson does the Super Bowl Shuffle

29 - Juan Roque paves the way to Pasadena

30 - Charley Taylor goes third, then first

31 - Terry Richardson's PR TD vs. UofA

32 - The Keith Poole touchdown photo

33 - David Fulcher's imposing stature

34 - The 1970s-era jerseys

35 - "The Run" to beat UofA

36 - Bob Breunig: WAC Nightmare

37 - Protecting 'A' Mountain

38 - Vontaze Burfict vs. Matt Barkley

39 - J.R. Redmond: Do it all

40 - Wearing gold at games

41 - Big Play Steve Holden

42 - Homecoming

43 - The Sparky helmet debuts

44 - Omar Bolden's "Positive" Impact

45 - Danny Kush's FG beats Nebraska

46 - A 49-0 win over Cal sends ASU to their first Rose Bowl

47 - Al Harris is the first unanimous All-American

48 - Aaron Cox has a three-peat

49 - The Student Section

50 - The Caldwell Legacy

51 - Brock Osweiler turns 4,036 into 57

52 - From pool boy to starting RB, Tom Pace

53 - The Victory Bell tolls for thee

54 - Jim Jeffcoat is a beast

55 - Sun Devil Stadium night games

56 - Bobby Mulgado does everything and then some

57 - Remembering Pat Tillman on July 4th

58 - The 1989 aerial attack vs. Washington State

59 - The homefields before Sun Devil Stadium

60 - Burgers at The Chuckbox

61 - Freddie Williams runs into the record book

62 - Andrew Walter was a stud

63 - Cameron Marshall takes flight

64 - Jake Plummer's TD catch vs. UCLA

65 - Derek Hagan's awesome career

66 - Uniform redesign, 'Fear The Fork'

67 - Jamal Miles hits Aaron Pflugrad against Missouri

68 - Fireworks after points ... hell yeah!

69 - Omar Bolden takes it to the house vs. Wisconsin

70 - ASU Defeats Cal In 2007, Goes 8-0 Overall

71 - ASU and LSU raise over $1-million for the Katrina relief fund

72 - ASU Defeats Purdue in 2004 Sun Bowl

73 - Cameron Marshall goes Beast Mode on Oregon State

74 - Shaun McDonald's sets records in 2002

75 - The 1970 Peach Bowl puts ASU on the national stage

76 - Curley Culp establishes the D-line legacy

77 - Sparky Stomping the Bus

78 - John F. Goodman: Quarterback, Top Gun, general and hero

79 - Brock Osweiler jumps the team to a win over UofA

80 - Rudy Carpenter polarizes the fans

81 - Todd Heap is a hometown hero...twice

82 - Luis Zendejas > Tony Dorsett

83 - J.D. Hill is the first to top 1,000

84 - Danny Sullivan's Hail Mary to beat Washington

85 - The play-by-play of Tim Healey

86 - Thomas Weber wins the Lou Groza Award

87 - The Malone brothers in the backfield

88 - ASU shatters bowl records during Insight Bowl victory over Rutgers

89 - Blacking out the Missouri Tigers in OT

90 - The prelude to the Blackout

91 - Sparky The Sun Devil's creation & mass appeal

92 - D.J. Foster stays home

93 - The classic battle: Tempe Normal vs University of Arizona, 1899

94 - Pat Tillman wins the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year award

95 - Thomas Weber finds redemption vs. UofA

96 - GRob has the game of his life against Boise State

97 - ASU rallies from a 19-point deficit to beat Oregon State

98 - ASU mascots before Sparky the Sun Devil

99 - Terrell Suggs breaks NCAA sack record in 2002

100 - The sunburst helmets from the late 1970s