Bear Down Wildcats

TheCatInTheHat

A couple of sportswriters listed our all-time records against future Big XII opponents. Obviously the record is the record, and some people are into snapping the record book shut like it's the Bible and slamming it on the table. But that doesn't tell the whole story when the whole point is to glean ...

TheCatInTheHat

LOL. It's like vinyl...an outdated overpriced collectable. Twelve bucks at B&N until they go out of business because nobody reads anything more than a couple of hundred characters long.

TheCatInTheHat

They had last season's game at the RB on again on Pac-12 last evening. It was slim pickings for sports elsewhere, which I like to have on while in the hot tub time machine. I'm more of a look-ahead person, rather than looking back, but that was enjoyable. Who knows how the last season of the Pac-12 ...

TheCatInTheHat

TheCatInTheHat

A quick shout-out to the Star and their Arizona Football beat writer Justin Spears. He's continuing Lev's work ethic and approach. Ten years ago and earlier, it seems like it was mostly a case of showing up after practice in time for the coach's comments and Q&A. And other than collecting quotes, it...

TheCatInTheHat

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/couch-nobody-wins-bully-big-044243441.html Why are we being branded as reluctant? If we weren't saddled with ASU we would've moved sooner and with less drama. Yeah...writers stick with whatever narrative they invent. There's a lot of post-mortem on all of this that's to...

TheCatInTheHat

Typically twisted, misrepresented, and overstated to make the story better. Before adopting the stage name John Wayne, Marion Morrison (who never legally changed his name), played as a backup tackle for USC in 1925 and 1926. And that was in something called the Pacific Coast Conference, which includ...

TheCatInTheHat

Uhh...made the mistake of reading Hansen this morning before my two cups of Pike. Trashes Tucson, the place he's lived for 40 years. Calls it Death Valley; the neighbors must love that. But he only did it for the money. (Yeah, those big-money medium market newspaper guys.) And of course, the Big XII...

TheCatInTheHat

I figure, what the hell; we might as we embrace it...

TheCatInTheHat

That's awesome!

TheCatInTheHat

Lots of people, like David Kelly (who I just blocked) starting out with "It's a sad day..." God, what absolute bullshit. It's a GREAT new day. All of the whining and hang-wringing is over (except for any pathetic soul who lives just for that.) The Pac with the LA schools was neat, but it had a LONG ...

TheCatInTheHat

Yeah, but few options left in terms of money or visibility. Highly doubtful the Big Ten would make the bad business decision to take Cal and Stanford, even for whatever sliver of the Bay Area TV market they'd deliver. So it would be charity in terms of watering down the other league teams' shares of...

TheCatInTheHat

We don't know if they'll keep the name Big XII, or exactly how things will work. At this point, I'm not concerned with any comments made by anybody when circumstances were different. (At one point, Robbins said we were firm with the Pac-12.) In any event, Lev mentioned this same obvious geographic s...

TheCatInTheHat

Big XII boards are funny. They're pissed at ASU and Utah dragging their feet and totally happy to cap it at 14 for now, or even take WSU and OSU over them. I'm sure that won't happen, and ASU and Utah will get to vulture in after we did all the heavy lifting. But I don't think we'll have to worry ab...

TheCatInTheHat

I am casting aside. There is zero chance that Arizona is on the B1G radar. Put it this way, the Michigan’s Ohio State’s etc.. think of Arizona the same way we look at the Mountain West or WCC conference schools. You think some of the PAC schools think their shit doesn’t stink it’s nothing compared ...

TheCatInTheHat

https://twitter.com/InsideTheBig12/status/1687153439359262720 Would take some time to litigate but that’s even fewer B1G/SEC slots for those still believing we’ve got a shot at getting an invite. You'd think Florida State and Clemson would be a no-brainer, unless somebody thinks they'd have an easi...

TheCatInTheHat

And that's been one of the big problems in the conference for a long time. This whole media rights thing has been a remedial class in how much it's about football. But Pac-12 presidents set the tone harrumphing about the various non-revenue sports. I like them all just fine, but you shouldn't have t...

TheCatInTheHat

I know ...Fuck ASU and all... But once it sinks in when our 1st Big 12 schedule is released and you see it filled with teams like Iowa St, Texas Tech, Kansas St... I think we will all feel a little more at home with ASU on our schedule. We could easily see a Big XII West for football comprised of t...

TheCatInTheHat

Wilner's really something. Will be so happy not to ever come across his thoughts on Arizona ever again. Reason enough to join a new conference. Now if we could only get rid of Hansen too. Maybe he’ll stay on the Utah beat. No such luck. I seem to recall he's retired from full-time work in Tucson an...

TheCatInTheHat

Wilner's really something. We could "link arms with the richest, most influential, most innovative, savviest, smartest company in the world." Woo-hoo! And "Yep, the schools are already (and smartly) thinking about...2029" Talk about slapping cosmetic products on a boar. Yeah, and we're going to have...

TheCatInTheHat

The best scenario for us right now, assuming we do go to the BIG12, is for the rumor UW, Oregon, Clemson, and FSU are all going to the B1G. This would be a huge blow for the ACC and the PAC, making the BIG12 a clear #3 conference. And the only conference ESPN may have for future 4th window games. M...

TheCatInTheHat

Hansen linked this from a former Seattle sportswriter's web page. Interesting summary of the Pac's arrogance "informing" it's decisions through the years.

https://madhoopsthebook.com/2023/07/29/ ... ng-hubris/

TheCatInTheHat

Assuming the inevitable happens and we join the Big XII, it won't be the end of the world. Once Schaefer took Harvill's choke-chain off and hired a competent staff, Jim Young did fine with plenty of California players when the Arizona schools were the closest to LA in their conference. Yeah, he inhe...

TheCatInTheHat

There it is. Thanks!

TheCatInTheHat

I probably missed it, and they haven't updated the on-line roster, so somebody help me out. I've got the following: Boswell, Love, Larsson, Johnson, Ballo, Bradley, Lewis, Phillips, Murauskas, Veesaar, Krivas, Borovicanin, Martinez, and Anderson. Haven't seen anything official, but all apparently ag...

TheCatInTheHat

Something we can both agree on, time for Fifita! JDL never developed all that much since his FOY play at WSU, and tends to try and make things happen instead of staying with Fisch's system. Fifita's very good, no doubt. But having watched the Arizona media day segment with Fisch going on and on abo...

TheCatInTheHat

So that's that in the new Vegas venue. Hotter'n Hell, but unless they put it out at Tarrenea or up at Santa Cruz or something, any place in July is likely to be on the warm side. I'll guess/assume the media thing will be announced in the next two weeks, and then it'll be fall camp already, and the o...

TheCatInTheHat

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:05 pm For me it's way too easy just to join in the witch hunt when we in fact know almost nothing about what actually happened.

Agree

TheCatInTheHat

Particularly with the LA schools leaving, it makes sense to have it in Vegas, along with everything else the Pac does, instead of that odd mall setup at Hollywood & Highland. It was kind of weird last year watching people getting interviewed while perched in director's chairs and sweltering in littl...

TheCatInTheHat

8:45a Utah: Kyle Whittingham, Cameron Rising (QB) & Cole Bishop (S) 9:20a USC: Lincoln Riley, Caleb Williams (QB) & Mason Cobb (ILB) 9:55a Stanford: Troy Taylor, John Humphreys (WR) & Tristan Sinclair (ILB) 10:30a Arizona: Jedd Fisch, Jayden de Laura (QB) & Treydan Stukes (CB) 11:05a WSU: Jake Dicke...

TheCatInTheHat

Interesting take on the impact of the somewhat de-fanged NCAA on the ASU situation. You're probably right. I suppose they'd say we got some benefit in hoops. Whatever; I just want to kick their ass in Tempe on November 25.

TheCatInTheHat

That's a nice opportunity for Brian. I'm sure it's mostly indoor practices and life on the road until well into March, but after that, I wouldn't think it would be too bad to play baseball about a mile from Lake Michigan. Maybe we can work out a 4-game series with the purple Wildcats from Evanston a...

TheCatInTheHat

I used to go to Someplace Else as the last stop on a date. Great location just north of campus. Cheap drinks, free popcorn, and sit outside by the fire pit late on a cool night, which was nice. Don't recall going inside, but I heard the stories. Never figured that guy out. He literally got on the ba...

TheCatInTheHat

TheCat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:45 am Anyone remember poco loco's on Speedway. Dusty Chaps use to play there all the time. Lots of ladies.

THAT'S the house band at Stumble Inn I was trying to remember.

TheCatInTheHat

Here's a shot of the Bum Steer somebody shot with a flash that probably caused instant blindness...

TheCatInTheHat

That sounds right. Also, they weren't a house band, but here's a shot of Bob Meighan playing there...

TheCatInTheHat

Country swing to the house band at the Stumble Inn with cheap pitchers. Did a lot of weaving home from that place. And going further back, the Point After on Speedway and Country Club, across from the Blue Note, which was about like that stripper bar in the movie Diner . (Yikes.) The Point After had...

TheCatInTheHat

Washington's picked just behind USC, with Penix & Co supposedly poised for a big year. But, they've got questions in their O-line, and we put some points up on them last year in Seattle, so sure it's a possibility. I believe MSU lost some skill people, but retain their QB and a lot of that defense t...

TheCatInTheHat

I was curious to see if all the transfer portal activity would affect Athlon's predictions, and it did...they moved ASU ahead of Colorado, LOL. I think they've got it about right with the four teams in each of the thirds of the conference. Last I heard, Cam Rising was not doing as well as hoped with...

TheCatInTheHat

The definition of embarrassed is "feeling or showing a state of self-conscious confusion and distress." If anybody wants to walk down the street feeling self-conscious, confused, or in distress over the behavior of some sports administrators they have no control over, I don't think that's particular...

TheCatInTheHat

It is all embarrassing. From the President’s absolutely turning a blind eye on Scott to not caring one but about athletics. They continue with a weak charter in not allowing the commissioner certain powers to speak and act in the benefit of the conference which is archaic. Kliavkoff is a lap dog wh...

TheCatInTheHat

Not sure if that's a response to me, after I already said pride in the conference has obviously been diminished by the various missteps, or if it's intended for previous posts. But being disappointed isn't the same as caring about any attempts at humor by rival fans on the internet. I used to travel...

TheCatInTheHat

Hard to deny that there was once a time when you felt very proud to be a member of the Pac-10/Pac-12. One of the big dogs, with some great academic institutions, and in some of the most spectacular parts of the country. And hard to deny that those feelings have been diminished...by the two biggest d...

TheCatInTheHat

You can tell it's the s-l-o-w season. Not sure why I'm bothering, but for some reason, I wondered about ASU's roster for the coming season, and there's not that much out there. But, from what I was able to piece together, here's a stab at it. After the mass exodus through the transfer portal, Hurley...

TheCatInTheHat

We have basically one per recruiting class. (I'd guess Powell may redshirt behind Burnett this year and turn that into a de facto Jr/RS-So deal the following season with Thomas as a true So or RS-Fr.) Crowell will replace the senior McLachlan as a TE on the roster after next season. For a balanced c...

TheCatInTheHat

I've been through some pretty sketchy parts of NYC, Chicago, DC, Boston, and Philly. To me, Oakland may be the worst. The A's have a long and impressive history, but they spent 67 years in other cities before moving to Oakland, so I can see why they'd leave for Vegas if they get anything remotely cl...

TheCatInTheHat

So do I overstate the obvious that after he's canned (sorry), WVU can hire Bobby Hurley and then ASU can hire "reformed" Huggins? The fit is so ideal, it's hard to ignore, just based on ordinary things like logic and stuff.

TheCatInTheHat

Some recruiting services don't rank kickers or punters for their own reasons. Probably mostly because the range of their coverage and level of expertise would be exposed. Personally, I think good specialists at those positions can be absolutely critical weapons. I've hated it when coaches have shrug...

TheCatInTheHat

CatsbyAZ wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 7:14 am Probably? If it was Bud Light he was drinking that’s a no-go across WV.

badda-bing!

TheCatInTheHat

The new pitching coach, the righty Candiotti from Wichita, and the lefty Telfer from Pepperdine are strong moves. You always welcome more pitchers, but with likely 7 position players gone, like to see a few additions from the portal there, in addition to the incoming high school recruits.

Login • Register

Search found 1206 matches