Tucked in the far south end of the Scottsdale Waterfront property is a little museum that not a lot of people know about.

Visitors to the Fiesta Sports Foundation Museum are treated to a wall displaying the helmet of every team to ever participate in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, a time capsule of the bowl’s history going back to its beginnings in 1971 (when ASU beat Florida State 45-38) and the bowl’s current trophy, with its $1 million in 18 karate gold and diamonds.

It also has the original Fiesta Bowl Trophy, a bronze statue of a ball runner being tackled by two defenders - no gold or diamonds in this one.

It’s got a program, jerseys and newspaper clippings from the famous 2007 Fiesta Bowl in which No. 9 Boise State upset No. 7 Oklahoma 43-42 in overtime as well as autographs from Boise Sta

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