Nice to hear comments like this from a team that hasn't played here very often before.
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The trip to Lubbock allowed the Sun Devils to experience a truly hostile Big 12 road environment for the first time as newcomers to the conference.
And at times on Saturday, the Sun Devils looked uncomfortable in the road atmosphere, which included a Texas Tech fan tradition of throwing tortillas onto the field.
“The home field advantages in this league are real. They are absolutely real,” Dillingham said. “That environment we played in at Tech was a real environment. It was loud, there were cowbells throughout the game, there were tortillas.”
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ASU football reflects on Big 12 loss in Lubbock as it begins bye week
Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham and the Sun Devils suffered their first loss of the season, 30-22, to Texas Tech and got their first taste of the hostile environments that await in the Big 12 Conference.
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The trip to Lubbock allowed the Sun Devils to experience a truly hostile Big 12 road environment for the first time as newcomers to the conference.
And at times on Saturday, the Sun Devils looked uncomfortable in the road atmosphere, which included a Texas Tech fan tradition of throwing tortillas onto the field.
“The home field advantages in this league are real. They are absolutely real,” Dillingham said. “That environment we played in at Tech was a real environment. It was loud, there were cowbells throughout the game, there were tortillas.”