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LB - SCOOBY WRIGHT III
Arizona, Sophomore
The sophomore made the key strip to seal the win over Oregon and has 70 tackles and 11 TFLs already.
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LB - SCOOBY WRIGHT III
Arizona, Sophomore
The sophomore made the key strip to seal the win over Oregon and has 70 tackles and 11 TFLs already.
Newcomer of the year: RB Nick Wilson, Arizona. Remember when there was all that concern about how Arizona would replace Ka'Deem Carey? Wilson, a true freshman, is more than the Wildcats could have hoped for. His 114.6 rushing yards per game ranks third in the Pac-12 and 17th nationally, and the one game he missed due to injury was Arizona's only loss.
Best coach: Rich Rodriguez, Arizona. With apologies to Utah's Kyle Whittingham and Dykes, who are equally deserving, Rodriguez gets the nod after leading the Wildcats to a 5-1 start and a No. 16 ranking in the AP poll. The job he's done resurrecting Arizona during Michigan's demise is one of the more entertaining storylines of the college football season.
Best game: Arizona 49, Cal 45. Well, there certainly wasn't a lack of choices. Ultimately, this game was chosen over Cal's 60-59 win against Washington State and only because a Hail Mary finish is infinitely more exciting than a missed 19-yard field goal. Austin Hill's catch in the end zone capped a 36-point fourth quarter for Arizona that helped erase an 18-point deficit.
I really just care about winning each game, but this puts the first half of Anu's season into perspective. He is not only on pace to break 4 NCAA records for a Freshman QB, but would shatter all 4 records if he keeps up this pace.Most Attempts/Completions/Passing Yards/Plays by a Freshman in FBS History
Rich Rodriguez has not put a leash on his freshman quarterback, Anu Solomon, and the results have been difficult to argue with.
Solomon is on pace to finish a 13-game season with 602 pass attempts, 377 completions, 4,628 passing yards and 722 plays (pass attempts + carries), all of which would be FBS freshman records.
Jared "Hefty Lefty" Lorenzon set the current attempts (559) and completions (321) records at Kentucky in 2000, and Brett Hundley set the yardage (3,740) and plays (638) records at UCLA two years ago.
Solomon and Hundley will share the field when UCLA hosts Arizona Nov. 1.
Its going to be AWESOME when this starts happening!UALoco wrote:Can you imagine what his numbers are gonna look like when he can string together 4 solid quarters every game. A lot of those stats are from the fourth quarter.
"There is so much stuff that's happened," senior wide receiver Austin Hill said. "It's crazy that only half the season is done. We have been so crazy, stressed-out, excited and sad ... we've gone through the emotions of a whole season and it's half a season."
After a 58-13 walkover in the season-opener against UNLV, the next five games were all in doubt in the final minute, decided by a touchdown or less.
"I don't think Coach Rod likes that," Hill said. "We don't want to give him a heart attack any time soon. I think a couple more of these games and we might lose a couple of staff members."
These are not good records. They only reflect heavy usage, not effectiveness or efficiency, unfortunately. Give me yards per attempt records or passer rating records or something similar, and I'd be ecstatic.ANGCatFan wrote:From Bleacher Report's story on players on pace to break NCAA records:
I really just care about winning each game, but this puts the first half of Anu's season into perspective. He is not only on pace to break 4 NCAA records for a Freshman QB, but would shatter all 4 records if he keeps up this pace.Most Attempts/Completions/Passing Yards/Plays by a Freshman in FBS History
Rich Rodriguez has not put a leash on his freshman quarterback, Anu Solomon, and the results have been difficult to argue with.
Solomon is on pace to finish a 13-game season with 602 pass attempts, 377 completions, 4,628 passing yards and 722 plays (pass attempts + carries), all of which would be FBS freshman records.
Jared "Hefty Lefty" Lorenzon set the current attempts (559) and completions (321) records at Kentucky in 2000, and Brett Hundley set the yardage (3,740) and plays (638) records at UCLA two years ago.
Solomon and Hundley will share the field when UCLA hosts Arizona Nov. 1.