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ASU ready to open practice at Camp Tontozona

Like nearly everyone else, Todd Graham has his favorite Camp Tontozona memories. In 2013, the Arizona State coach took the plunge, jumping off a cliff into Tonto Creek, what was then a camp tradition.

"I didn't look very good doing it,'' Graham said. "We don't need to let anybody see that. It's kind of embarrassing. And if I wasn't heckled, I wouldn't have jumped off there."

OK, so maybe that's not a favorite. But outdoor shenanigans are a part of the Tontozona experience, and that's what makes it memorable.

Throughout Graham's first four ASU years, the Sun Devils left for Tontozona – a mountainous retreat 17 miles northeast of Payson – about a week or so into preseason practice.