Haboob blows through Mountain America Stadium to start ASU football game week

It appears Sparky has started his trek toward Mountain America Stadium. Queue AC/DC’s Thunderstruck.

A haboob plowed through the Valley on Monday evening, and Arizona State football posted an epic time lapse of the massive dust storm blowing through the stadium five days before Saturday’s season opener.

Well, glad we washed the seating bowl today.

😑

— Graham Rossini (@GrahamRossini) August 26, 2025

ASU athletic director Graham Rossini added the not-so-fun tidbit that the stadium’s staff had just washed the bowl seating earlier Monday.

The late-summer haboob perhaps best signals that ASU football season is here, considering Sparky brings the storm with him before stomping on the opposing bus to kick off every home game in Tempe.

The No. 11 Sun Devils will take on Northern Arizona Saturday night at 7 p.m. MST to open a highly anticipated season after their College Football Playoff appearance in 2024.

Just saw this out my airplane window flying back in from the Bahamas. #Haboob #Sparky https://t.co/AP1azGXAWZ pic.twitter.com/95jFKTDoJ4

— RezDevil (@rez_devil) August 26, 2025

Hopefully no dust storms impact the game itself, as a haboob delayed head coach Kenny Dillingham’s debut during the 2023 season opener against Southern Utah.

Shout out to the videographers who braved the elements:

Cardinals show off storm

The Arizona Cardinals also shared a video of their practice facility with the oncoming storm.

a storm’s brewing… pic.twitter.com/hWXYoDU7S0

— Arizona Cardinals (@AZCardinals) August 26, 2025

Apparently, nobody warned wide receiver Simi Fehoko …

Soooo nobody wanted to tell me bout these dust storms here in az? I walked outside and got a face full of dirt

— Simi Fehoko (@Simi_Fehoko) August 26, 2025

Related

Dillon Brooks credits viral meme to oddly timed LeBron James fan interactionCam Skattebo can’t quite stick landing on backflip during Fanatics FestMike Trout reveals son Beckham is a Diamondbacks fanTorey Lovullo could not be less subtle in signaling for Jorge BarrosaMichael Bidwill gives up presidential suite for hopeful bride on weekend of Cardinals-GiantsGood with a grunt: Less is more for Cardinals’ Isaac Seumalo