Bear Down Wildcats

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Everything they want is still in front of them.

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I want Oregon to win tonight. Then it's the perfect setup for this game. Oregon has a chance to get that "Oregon has an Arizona problem" monkey off their back. Arizona has a chance to prove that they really are a better team than the Ducks.

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I got a text from a friend on the drive with the Grandon pick: "They're going to tie this game." My response was "Not so fast." Arizona knew ASU was going air attack and I had a feeling the Cats were due for a pick. Sure enough...

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So, it looks like Graham refused to give the Cats credit, saying that they beat themselves. Hmmm... Nick Wilson beat your entire secondary. Samajie Grant and Anu Solomon beat your DBs. Tellas Jones beat your punt protection. Scooby Wright beat your OL like a drum. Parker Zellars (all 6-1 247 of him)...

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When Turituri was hurt and down on the turf, an ASU fan a couple of rows down yelled "Get that pansy off the field!" (Mocking an injured player... classy.)

Cat fan two seats down said "What, all 11 of your guys?"

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Sure hope RR remembers these moments when the major programs come calling. And they will. What he will be remembering is that next year he has Solomon, Wilson, Grant, Neal, Jones, Griffey, Phillips, Scooby, McCall and more coming back. This is a Top 10 team next year out of the gate. Go somewhere e...

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Cats aren't afraid of Oregon and they know they can compete. Solomon isn't as sharp as e was earlier in the year, but if his ankle holds up he'll play well. Cats have IMO the better coaching staff. The Ducks have the playoff at stake. This will get both teams' best effort, but the Cats have to like ...

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Chaos scenario: Auburn beats Alabama OR 'Bama loses the SEC title game. Florida or Georgia Tech beats FSU. Texas beats TCU. Ole Miss wins the Egg Bowl (or Miss. St. wins the SEC West with Auburn's help and MSU loses the SEC title game.) Arizona wins out and beats Oregon in the Pac-12 title game. Any...

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Also, why isn't Bryne doing some politicking about how we had injury issues during losses, etc? Or is he waiting to see what happens this weekend first? I think the AD and staff are going to take the long view and realize that making their case in the media will only put a sour taste in the mouth o...

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No fluke either. Arizona controlled that game against the Ducks. They didn't just hang in there due to a few mistakes.

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devilswin99 wrote:Are sea gerbils able to swim? I would believe so if they live in the sea. I wonder what sea gerbils eat?

They swim in seas of Fireball.

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Drew Riggleman is fourth nationally in punting. .03 behind Tom Hackett for third place, and averaged 50+ last week.

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Nick Wilson & Drew Riggleman both get Pac-12 POW honors.

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CalStateTempe wrote:
azgreg wrote:
Awesome, does he have that type of pull with GB?

Oh, I would think maybe juuuust a bit.

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As I said last night, everybody is and has been talking about how great ucla is and nobody will be giving Stanford a chance on Friday. Defense travels, and Stanford's offense is showing some signs of life lately. If I had to place money on the game I'd be putting it on UCLA, but I do think Stanford...

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They might need help, but RichRod will still hold this line and he's right: Everything they want is still in front of them.

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I've felt since early last year that this team is almost better on the road than at home. They're 8-4 on the road dating to last season and two of those losses were Denker getting his "hello to the big leagues" moment. RR emphasizes the "business trip" aspect of road games and it seems like once the...

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The Red Out is on the season tickets, as was the whiteout. It'll be red-red-red as it has been I past red outs.

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If AZ ends up in one of the big six bowls against Michigan St., Ann Arbor is going to need a lot of therapy.

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No word yet. RichRod said that the trainers told him at half that he couldn't go. Also said he didn't know if he'd be ready to go against ASU. I really wouldn't be surprised to see RR keep things vague on this all week to force them to prepare for different guys.

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UAEebs86 wrote:

Considering that he was just about gone from the team, and then what he had to do to work himself back into playing time... what a year for him.

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UAdevil wrote:When was the last time ASU and UA had a combined 18 wins heading into the rivalry game?

1975.

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RockyRaccoon wrote:Anu wont play on Friday

Has this been confirmed?

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Nick. Muthaf***in'. Wilson.

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Macho Grande wrote:Hate to say it, but I think the writing is on the wall for this game.

I'll wait to pass judgement. 60 minutes of Arizona (and hopefully 15 minutes with no more injuries.)

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Low 40s and rain. Temp probably had already peaked for the game. This one's gonna hurt for both teams.

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I would argue that Utah had a more physical front DL 2 years ago with Star L. and yet we rushed for over 300 yards on them. I would also argue that Utah knew exactly what was coming LY in regards to KaDeem getting the ball and we still rushed for 300 yards. They knew what was coming last year and h...

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Latest from NWS for Salt Lake City for tomorrow: Saturday - Rain, mainly after noon. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 52. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Possible heavy rain and crazy wind. Ugly, ugly conditi...

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ANGCatFan wrote:

Great shot of that kick. Perfect from the get-go.

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Saw on Twitter that they practiced with the sprinklers on.

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RichRod last year after the game sounded like a very, very defeated man. His post game interview was short, he spoke very quietly and in a voice that was unfiltered disappointment. We've seen in the past that he doesn't forget these things (ask Oregon). But as much as we - and he- want to beat ASU, ...

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I'm using Sprint. It's better for sure. Last year everything timed out on my phone, even with what appeared to be a very strong signal. This year I can get data fairly consistently, but it's still slow as hell. I'd love to see free public wi-fi set up as many NFL stadiums now have enabled. Expensiv...

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FAN Alliance is a group that they solicited volunteers for. It's kind of a focus group/suggestion board that the AD can get ideas from and bounce ideas off of. Sound system is finally tweaked to where it needs to be from what I've seen. I'm in 201 and I hear everything fine. The bigger problem is th...

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I'd agree with everything but Norman. OU draws a significant portion of their fans from the OKC metro area where there is arguably more to do than in Tucson, including NBA. Norman is part of the OKC metro region, and the Sooners have been the area's team since long before the Thunder. They also pul...

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I think so too, and I only brought it up because I thought it was odd that the PA announcer made such a big deal out of every single play that occurred around Scooby. If anything I would think that Scooby might be a bit ticked or embarrassed at all the "over" attention. Marketing. Arizona fans know...

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I have not watched too much of Utah this season, but I remember hearing that while they are very good on the defensive front 7, they are not as big and physical as USC, UCLA or Stanford but play very well and are very fast. Is that accurate? If so, this seams to be a defense the Cats can do well ag...

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NWS now says 44 and rain on Saturday. Still miserable.

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do you think they're still just keeping it simple for anu to get him through his first year of starting then unleash him next year 100%? I'm hoping that's the case I guess. I don't think that's the case. One thing I've noticed, over the years, is that fans always seem to think coaches holding back ...

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The front sevens of both UCLA and UW had a lot to do with the performance of the offense in those games. Anu was under pressure a lot of the time and getting the run game going was an uphill battle. The O-line was getting overmatched. We have another ridiculous D-line to face this week. However, let...

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There has been lots of talk across all of the Arizona message boards and on 1290 bashing Arizona fans and for not filling Arizona stadium. This is not one of those posts. I want to instead stand up for the fans who have been there to support Wildcat football. The fans that have been in the stadium ...

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Going for some popcorn. BRB...

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It seems to me like cherry picking reasons to be pissed. Yeah, we improved in the overall record to a level not seen since 1998, but we really didn't play well while winning. We have improved our position exponentially since the day Mike Stoops left the desert, and our coach might be big program hu...

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Merkin wrote:Redshirt freshman Gerhard de Beer is the Student of the Week.

And I thought we wouldn't see his name at all this year.

I'm still curious if they're going to find a way to get him out there. Huge dude.

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azcat49 wrote:So we should finish at about a 51K average after the ASSU game which isn't to bad.

We need a military night and get about 5k from the airbase to wrap around homecoming and family weekend

Send that sucker to GB. I like it.

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Weather is supposed to be about 35-40 degrees for kickoff with scattered showers and mixed frozen crap. Sucks, but that's gonna be cold and miserable for both teams. Utah might be up in colder country but they practice indoors so I don't know that they'll have much of an advantage over AZ with the ...

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With all this talk going on, I keep reminding myself that none of this is any sort of surprise to GB and he's done as much preparation for this as he can knowing that the speculation of RR's name coming up for other jobs was going to happen. In the end, Florida probably hires someone else, RR gets s...

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RichRod is a bad coach and Florida shouldn't even look at him. Not for a second. Nope. No sir. They should look elsewhere for a coach who is actually good and brings in nothing but four and five star recruits. Really, he's not worth their time.

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I went looking around at some of the Gators news sites and the writers there didn't mention RichRod. I really think he'd be a tough sell to the Gator faithful and the boosters. Also remember that Foley has had two coaching hires (Zook and Muschamp) that didn't pan out, so I don't think he's going t...

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dc4azcats wrote:
Gladiator Cat wrote:Not in a million years did I think OSU would beat ASSU. I'm simply stunned.

At this point anything could happen to end the season and the PAC South.
I'm not.

Dude, it's not like you've been calling ASU's record suspect at all this year... oh wait

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I went looking around at some of the Gators news sites and the writers there didn't mention RichRod. I really think he'd be a tough sell to the Gator faithful and the boosters. Also remember that Foley has had two coaching hires (Zook and Muschamp) that didn't pan out, so I don't think he's going to...

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