The wildcat family is spray-painted with ASU. Photo taken Monday, Nov. 25.
  • Maya Sederholm
  • The wildcat family is spray-painted with ASU. Photo taken Monday, Nov. 25.

It’s about that time, again everybody. And as you probably know very well, Arizona’s biggest rivalry, the game between Sun Devil and Wildcat football, is only days away now. As is tradition, the two schools have taken to showing their spirit by bringing their colors to their opponent’s doorstep.

Except this year ASU got their entire ‘A’, of their ‘A’ mountain painted— and UA got away with a failed attempt at a first-grade handwriting assignment. In response to a new red coat of paint for ASU’s famous ‘A’, the Devils took to the iconic Wildcat Family Statue on the University of Arizona mall, and sprayed a lackluster ASU on its side.

Guys, we painted your entire ‘A’. It had to be seen from out of a helicopter, I mean, come on! Is this the best you’ve got? Hopefully your football is better than your chirography Devils, I was hoping for a game.

Bear down!

This article appears in Nov 21-27, 2013.

6 replies on “ASU Retaliates and Defaces Wildcat Family Statue”

  2. Here’s a little piece of history for Wildcat fans. John”Button” Salmon, U of A football player and student body president in 1926, was also a star baseball player, working behind the plate for thethe Arizona varsity team. Considered a serious prospect for the big show, Button (a 1921 graduate of Bisbee High School) spent his 1926 summer playing as a catcher for the Bisbee Bees of the outlaw Copper League, which operated in southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico and far west Texas. Among the players in the Copper League during the 1926 season were Chick Gandil, Lefty Williams and Buck Weaver. Those three were members of the 1919 Chcago White Sox team and were three of the “Eight Men Out” who were forever banned from organized baseball for conspiring with gamblers to fix the World Series. Also playing in that league was Hal Chase, the best first baseman in the early 20th century, fired by Christy Mathewson from the Cincinnatti Reds for “laying back” in games and former New York Giant Jimmy O’Connell, banned for suspected game fixing. So, Wildcat fans, another reason to take pride in our school. The man responsible for coining “Bear Down” tangled with the infamous Black Sox on the field shortly before his untimely death. And his home field, 104-year-old Warren Ballpark, is still used year round in Bisbee.

  3. How about some of the U of A Frat guys protecting the Wildcat statue for a couple weeks before the big game? Or maybe having the U of A admin allocating some extra funds to have the U of A cops (or even the parking police) spend some extra time in front of the Wildcats? Heck, make it a social event. The admin could buy some steaks and dogs and make it something fun. (the frat guys could bring the beer!! lol) We can spend millions of dollars on projects how about some overtime shifts? Bring in the Alumni and have rich Rod stop by for a quick visit or KaDeem Carey etc.
    We CANNOT allow the Scummies do this. BEAR DOWN

  6. I just visited the “Button” Salmon bust at its new location, and I noticed a change on the plaque: Button’s name has been expanded! He’s now John BYRD “Button” Salmon. Now 100 years later, his middle name suddenly matters? Ya learn something new every day…

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