PHOENIX — Think Arizona State was bummed to play in a bowl game only eight miles from its campus?
The Sun Devils disagree.
“Sometimes we travel so much during the year it’s super-nice to just stay home,” said senior quarterback Mike Bercovici, whose team faces West Virginia in Saturday night’s Cactus Bowl.
Besides, the players aren’t technically at home. They’re experiencing the full-bowl treatment while staying at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass, where resort officials equipped a room with pool tables, pop-a-shot basketball, video games and Bercovici’s specialty, ping-pong.
“I think I’m 22-1 at ping-pong, with that loss in the dark,” he said.