GLENDALE, Ariz. — Why do extraterrestrials always seem to choose the desert for their close encounters?That question, for some reason, popped into my head as I got my first glimpse of the University of Phoenix Stadium, where Ohio State will play Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Eve in the College Football Playoff. The huge aluminum-colored saucer, gleaming like an enigmatic prop from “The X-Files,” is plopped down in the arid outreaches of western suburban Phoenix. The stadium, also the home field for the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, is more or less surrounded by entertainment and shopping venues. But when stadium construction began in 2003, it was way, way out there. “They put that stadium up quickly in the middle of nowhere,” said Ike Reynolds, whose Reynolds Travel agency takes Buckeyes fans to bowl games each year. “The first time we went out there, there was still a guy…
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