We uphold traditions to honor those who came before us, and so it is with Arizona State football, maintaining a legacy started by the program’s godfather, Frank Kush.
Coach Kush started taking his guys to Payson for training camp in 1960, and today every Sun Devil worth his pitchfork knows the story of Camp Tontozona.
"There’s a lot of history, man," sophomore defensive lineman Tyler Johnson said.
He described Mount Kush, the mementos left by previous teams and the notoriously spartan living conditions.
"You go up that hill … and you’ll see stuff from the 1980s and 1990s nailed to trees.