The team broke its tradition of holding camp at Camp Tontozona this season because of the completion of the facility.
Unlike previous years, the team was at the camp about 17 miles northeast of Payson for just one day this year, Aug. 16.
The indoor facility has offered the team more than a break from the heat.
It also has a synthetic surface, FieldTurf, which help prepares the team for their road games, ASU coach Dennis Erickson said earlier this month.
"We play just about everybody on the road on FieldTurf, so that helps," he said.
"We will use (the bubble) in different situations. If they're a little sluggish because of the heat we could go in there. There are different reasons that you might go in there, but I want to stay out as much as we can."
Other teams and athletes have been using the facility, in addition to the football team.
"It's a good change of pace," junior wide receiver Kyle Williams said earlier this month. "(Outside), guys are losing weight and cramping up. The first day out here, I was light-headed, ready to pass out. Going in there, it's nice."
So they stayed in Phoenix for the 1st time in 16 years to only use the facility once? Really?
:lol: