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Dec. 4, 2006
Categorized in: Glendale Arizona
The final BCS standings are out and Ohio State will be facing Florida in the BCS National Championship game January 8 right here in Glendale at University of Phoenix (nee Cardinals) Stadium. My sympathies to Michigan, who likely were more deserving of the trip to the desert.
Ohio State fans should be familiar with the Valley, if not Glendale, as the Buckeyes won the national championship here in 2003. From what I was told it was the greatest college football game in history. I missed it - I was on my first date with my lovely wife, watching The Two Towers. And I only remind her of this every couple of months. As for the Gator folk, welcome to a whole new world - what you will see here bears little resemblance to the Valley the last time you were here in 1996.
College football playoff debate aside, what is there to do in Glendale?
There's Glendale Glitters in downtown. There's shopping at Arrowhead Towne Center, as well as micro-brewed beer at Rock Bottom where you can find the name of a truly talented real estate agent and beagle owner permanently etched on a keg. You can play a round of golf at the Legend at Arrowhead Ranch or any one of the dozens of other courses in the West Valley.
Check out a Phoenix Coyotes game - you have to get here early or late, as they play at home December 30 and not again until January 11 - or for something completely different, go to the Arizona Sting's National Lacrosse League opener on January 5 against Colorado. (Don't hold me to it, as I haven't checked the schedule, but I'm fairly sure I'll be there with the family - my wife fell in love with the Sting last season.)
AMC Theaters just opened at Westgate - my daughter and I watched Happy Feet there yesterday - and when all else fails, you can sit inside the newly-opened Gordon Biersch mere steps from the stadium and watch the world go by over a hand-crafted lager.
And this list doesn't include the Fiesta Bowl sanctioned events, including the Fiesta Bowl parade through downtown Phoenix.
With all of this to do, only one question remains ... will Maureen take her Columbus Best Blog on the road? The first beverage is on Tobey if she makes the trip.
(c) Jonathan Dalton, 2006 / Jonathan Dalton's Arizona Homes
Ohio State fans should be familiar with the Valley, if not Glendale, as the Buckeyes won the national championship here in 2003. From what I was told it was the greatest college football game in history. I missed it - I was on my first date with my lovely wife, watching The Two Towers. And I only remind her of this every couple of months. As for the Gator folk, welcome to a whole new world - what you will see here bears little resemblance to the Valley the last time you were here in 1996.College football playoff debate aside, what is there to do in Glendale?
There's Glendale Glitters in downtown. There's shopping at Arrowhead Towne Center, as well as micro-brewed beer at Rock Bottom where you can find the name of a truly talented real estate agent and beagle owner permanently etched on a keg. You can play a round of golf at the Legend at Arrowhead Ranch or any one of the dozens of other courses in the West Valley.
Check out a Phoenix Coyotes game - you have to get here early or late, as they play at home December 30 and not again until January 11 - or for something completely different, go to the Arizona Sting's National Lacrosse League opener on January 5 against Colorado. (Don't hold me to it, as I haven't checked the schedule, but I'm fairly sure I'll be there with the family - my wife fell in love with the Sting last season.)
AMC Theaters just opened at Westgate - my daughter and I watched Happy Feet there yesterday - and when all else fails, you can sit inside the newly-opened Gordon Biersch mere steps from the stadium and watch the world go by over a hand-crafted lager.
And this list doesn't include the Fiesta Bowl sanctioned events, including the Fiesta Bowl parade through downtown Phoenix.
With all of this to do, only one question remains ... will Maureen take her Columbus Best Blog on the road? The first beverage is on Tobey if she makes the trip.
(c) Jonathan Dalton, 2006 / Jonathan Dalton's Arizona Homes
