Pride of Arizona works as hard as Arizona football program

Pride of Arizona works as hard as Arizona football program 

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More on worth ethic: Of the 51,111 people at Arizona Stadium on Thursday night, few knew what it took for the Pride of Arizona to be in working form on opening night. The marching band probably put in as much, or more, training camp time than Rich Rodriguez’s football team. And most of their daily rehearsals were in the mid-day sun. Rather than kick back and take a long Labor Day weekend after the UTSA game, the UA’s band was back on the McKale lawn at 2:30 Friday afternoon for a 90-minute rehearsal.