Arizona at ASU discussion thread

[Merkin]

Fuck ASU.

[Carcassdragger]

I'd really like to know when this game will be played as wifey and I may go depending on the start time.

[Merkin]

I imagine Colorado at Utah will have a lot more national interest than the UA/ASU game just due to Prime.

I do miss when UA/ASU was the only game on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

[Chicat]

Just a quick reminder….

70-7

Let’s get some fucking revenge.

[ASUHATER!]

Absolutely. I want a blood bath

[EastCoastCat]

Show no mercy.

[AZCatGirl]

As 97 used to say... 100-0.

[azgreg]

Just a quick reminder….

70-7

Let’s get some fucking revenge.

Unfortunately with our style of play that ain't happening.

[wyo-cat]

I imagine Colorado at Utah will have a lot more national interest than the UA/ASU game just due to Prime.

I do miss when UA/ASU was the only game on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

ESPN can have the Coach Jive game.

Noon will be cool wid me.

[Frybry02]

Better start studying now for all the gimmick formations ASU is going to run out there.

[Carcassdragger]

Let's destroy those fuckers.

[UAEebs86]

Fuck ASU

[arizonawildcats]

Fuck ASU

Fuck ASU

[Chicat]

Fuck ASU right in the ASSU.

[dovecanyoncat]

Fuck ASU

Fuck ASU

Skullfuck ASU

[BBQ wildcat]

After seeing how Fisch reacted to Utah's play over the last minute, I am confident he will run up the score as much as possible, if given the opportunity.

[dovecanyoncat]

Here's to imposing a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" upon the ShitShovels.

[scumdevils86]

Skull fucking is on the menu.

[dovecanyoncat]

Skull fucking is on the menu.

[Siempre Verde]

Just a quick reminder….

70-7

Let’s get some fucking revenge.

I don’t need a billboard on the 101 worthy score…..


Pfft. Yes, I do.

[wyo-cat]

Skull fucking is on the menu.

With a side of gravy

[ASUHATER!]

The seniors on this team were freshmen (well the ones that were here the entire time, I dunno how many of those there are) when we lost 70-7. Time for revenge as seniors

[Carcassdragger]

Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

[PHXCATS]

Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

Tonight or tomorrow morning

[84Cat]

Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

Here ya go, ESPN it is

[Carcassdragger]

Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

Here ya go, ESPN it is

BDW brothers and sisters coming through again!! Thanks man.

Edit: and it seems that we'll know beforehand if we're playing for a chance at the championship.

[EastCoastCat]

How wild would it be in the last “real” year of the Pac the best team was Arizona?

Even wilder would be to do the double with Bball.

[azgreg]

Cats open as a 10 point favorite.

[azcat49]

Hoping cat fans buy a bunch of tickets and it’s a 50/50 crowd. That line shows while we are winning on the road, we certainly have been much better at home. Just hope we do them dry

[Merkin]

Cats open as a 10 point favorite.

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/ ... -0Ck7imMFY


As expected, the Arizona Wildcats are big favorites to win the 2023 Territorial Cup.

Arizona has opened as a 10-point favorite against Arizona State, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. No over/under has been listed yet.

The Pac-12 announced last night that the Territorial Cup will kick off Saturday at 1:30 p.m. MST in Tempe on ESPN.

10 points are the most Arizona has been favored by in the Territorial Cup since being 12.5-point favorites in 2008. Arizona won that game in Tucson 31-10.

Historically, Arizona has rarely been favored to win in Tempe.

According to OddsShark’s College Football Database, there have only been three such instances since 1999, and the Wildcats have failed to cover all three of those times.

[Carcassdragger]

Just bought tickets.

[Carcassdragger]

Dillingham is a douche but has been coaching his ass off this year. We definitely could get beat by these guys. Seriously.

I'm counting on Captain Oblivious coming through for us.

[TheCat]

They have two players on offense that scare me. One is QB from Tucson and the other is the running back that is a lot like Oregon State's guy. Sorry I don't know their names.

[TheCatInTheHat]

With the exception of their win over WSU, they haven't scored a ton of points. The cautionary tale would be their win at UCLA. And, it's theoretically possible their freshman QB Jaden Rashada could be healthy enough to play some against us, which would give them a different (poor man's) Jaden Daniels look. Otherwise, it's likely the swinging gate, Skattebo throwing option passes and making quick punts, fake field goals, and the rest of the kitchen sink.

Offense:
16 QB Trenton Bourguet 6-0 190 RS-JR 60.89 % 185.75 YPG 1 TD/4 INT
4 RB Cam Skattebo 5-10 225 JR RUSH: 61.82 YPG/ 8 TD REC: 26.00 YPG/1 TD PASS: 11.82 YPG/1 TD PUNT: 8 FOR 42.25
2 WR Elijah Badger 6-2 190 RS-JR 64.82 YPG/3 TD LONG: 65
1 WR Xavier Guillory 6-3 210 RS-JR 25.11 YPG/1 TD LONG: 47
9 WR Troy Omeire 6-4 215 RS-JR 23.13 YPG/2 TD
12 TE Jalin Conyers 6-4 270 RS-JR 35.10 YPG LONG: 50
75 LT Bram Walden 6-4 305 RS-SO
55 LG Cade Briggs 6-3 310 RS-JR
79 C Leif Fautanu 6-2 320 RS-JR
69 RG Joey Ramos 6-6 315 RS-SR
65 RT Aaron Frost 6-5 310 SR

Bench:
5 QB Jaden Rashada 6-4 185 FR 56.67 % 201.50 YPG 3 TD/1 INT
25 RB DeCarlos Brooks 5-10 220 RS-JR RUSH: 55.00 YPG/3 TD
7 WR Melquan Stovall 5-9 185 SR 18.82 YPG
6 WR Giovanni Sanders 6-0 185 SR 10.36 YPG
13 TE Bryce Pierre 6-5 255 RS-SR 12.64 YPG
74 OL Sean Na'a 6-3 300 FR 8
64 OL Ben Bray 6-5 305 RS-JR 5
58 OL Max Iheanachor 6-6 320 JR 5

Defense:
35 DE B.J. Green .6-1 270 JR 37.0 T 6.0 S
0 DT Dashaun Mallory 6-1 275 SR 44.0 T 2.0 S
96 DT Anthonie Cooper 6-2 285 RS-SR 12.0 T 0.5 S
32 DE Prince Dorbah 6-2 230 RS-JR 30.0 T 6.0 S
24 LB Tate Romney 6-2 220 RS-FR 50.0 T 1.0 S
22 LB Caleb McCullough 6-2 225 RS-JR 48.0 T 1.0 S
7 CB Shamari Simmons 6-0 185 RS-SR 65.0 T 1.0 S 1 INT
5 S Chris Edmonds 6-2 215 SR 68.0 T
9 S Ro Torrence 6-3 200 RS-JR 35.0 T 2.0 S 1 INT
1 S Jordan Clark 5-10 185 RS-SR 46.0 T
10 CB Ed Woods 6-0175 RS-JR 29.0 T 1 INT

Bench:
82 LB Tre Brown 6-2 245 SR 46.0 T 0.5 S
4 DB Demetries Ford 5-9 180 RS-SR 28.0 T
14 DB Alphonso Taylor 6-0 195 SR 26.0 T
66 LB James Djonkam 6-3 250 JR 20.0 T
3 DE Clayton Smith 6-4 230 RS-SO 17.0 T 4.5 S

Kicking
16 P Josh Carlson 6-0 205 SR 37.83 YPP
37 K Dario Longhetto 6-0 185 SR 68.75 % LONG 51 2 BLK
37 KO Dario Longhetto 6-0 185 SR 21-41 TB 1 OB
7 PR Melquan Stovall 5-9 185 SR 7.00 YPP LONG: 19
2 KR Elijah Badger 6-2 190 RS-JR 28.90 YPR LONG: 81

[U.P. Zona Fan]

Ah the predictable UA football letdown. A tale as old as time.

I think he's got a couple extras in the hopper. Do we actually need him to predict a letdown in the individual game discussion to be a reverse jinx? Are we it's an actual reverse jinx?
Mr owl, is Captain obvious an actual wildcats fan?
The world may never know.

[tgrumpy2]

I would love to witness the skull fucking and the ass fucking of sunny sundevil (that is such a lame name for a mascot). I would love to see
Joe Morgan stick that trident right up their ASSu. I know better than to shoot my mouth off. The favored team has lost this game way to many times. I'll just go with fuck ASU.

[azcat49]

Got a bad feeling about this. Not because I think we will lose as I think we are going to lay down an epic beating of these $hitheads.

My concern is they will cheap shot some of our guys and someone may get injured. I think about how hard Morgan has worked to get back and the payoff is right in front of him

[Siempre Verde]

Got a bad feeling about this. Not because I think we will lose as I think we are going to lay down an epic beating of these $hitheads.

My concern is they will cheap shot some of our guys and someone may get injured. I think about how hard Morgan has worked to get back and the payoff is right in front of him

I have not wanted to say that out loud, but now that you’ve brought it up…

I fear the scummies will lay Fifita out a la LSU and Tuitama. What’s 15 yards (and this time being thrown out) when you can knock out the hot hand? Not like they have to worry about missing a bowl game.

[wyo-cat]

If the score gets big, JDL will go in.

Why leave Feef at risk for a cheap shot?

[Fishclamps]

They have two players on offense that scare me. One is QB from Tucson and the other is the running back that is a lot like Oregon State's guy. Sorry I don't know their names.

You're scared of Trenton Bourguet? Because you shouldn't be, like at all.

[EastCoastCat]

There is nothing from the last 5 weeks to indicate this team will not come out and take care of business and smash the scummies.

I actually have a real good feeling about this game.

[pc in NM]

I'm confident, but not overly so.

I will never forget the 1982 U of A (5-4) vs. ASU (9-1) game - the most difficult ticket and highest intensity football crowd I ever encountered in Tucson. Larry Smith vs. Darryl Rodgers - the situation was the opposite of this week's. The 'Cats were serious underdogs, and had long operated in the Devils' shadows...

From the Daily Star:

Two days after Thanksgiving, November 27, 1982, the UA’s ascent began with one of the most dramatic football games in school history.

The Wildcats (5-4-1) were supposedly looking down the wrong end of another Sun Devil juggernaut, a 9-1 team that only needed to win in Tucson to jump into their first Rose Bowl game and further expand the competitive gulf between the rival schools.

ASU had created a revolutionary, blitz-from-everywhere defense that included future NFL standouts Vernon Maxwell, Jim Jeffcoat and Mike Richardson. The Sun Devils were 12-point favorites.

There was no telecast, live or delayed, of the game. A crowd of 58,515, which was then an Arizona Stadium record, settled in on a chilly November evening.

Walking back from the practice field Thursday night, Smith told the Tucson Citizen’s Corky Simpson and me that he wasn’t sure Arizona could beat ASU “even if we play a perfect game.”

“I’ve never seen a defense like it,” he said.

But Smith was the mastermind of three colossal upsets in his first three UA seasons. He bumped off No. 2 UCLA in 1980, shocked No. 1 USC in 1981, and took down undefeated and No. 9 Notre Dame a month earlier in South Bend, Indiana.

It wasn’t like Arizona was without talent; All-America linebacker Ricky Hunley and future NFL starters Randy Robbins, Vance Johnson and all-conference players Max Zendejas, Jeff Kiewel and David Wood populated the roster.

It was scoreless early in the second quarter when junior quarterback Tom Tunnicliffe retreated into the end zone under a typically strong ASU blitz.

“My assignment was to dump the ball off quickly when ASU blitzed,” Tunnicliffe said. “They had to leave someone open.”

Tailback Brian Holland stood alone at the 8-yard line, unguarded by the onrushing Sun Devils. Tunnicliffe tossed him the ball and Holland sprinted 92 yards for a touchdown.

In the 87 years of football at Arizona Stadium, the noise created during Holland’s long run probably set a record for decibel levels. But it would get even louder in the third quarter when nose guard Joe Drake smothered ASU tailback Darryl Clack for a safety, giving Arizona a 12-0 lead.

I was in an ASU section - only tickets I could get - and surrounded by very confident fans most of whom were carrying roses!

That 96-yard TD, and the two safeties were among the most exciting plays I've ever witnessed.

BTFD!!!!

[UAEebs86]

^^^^ My freshman year - I was with my family in LA for Thanksgiving. Only home game I missed that year as I lived in Sierra dorm. The game was actually on the radio in LA because if we won, UCLA was going to the Rose Bowl.

My dad asked if I really thought we had a chance. I said yes of course! (We had attended the game the year before in SDS with some family friends who were ASU season ticket holders - hadn't made my college decision yet at that point but was an Arizona lean )

The start of The Streak. I was out of college 5 1/2 years before I experienced losing to the Scummies in football.

[CatsbyAZ]

Better start studying now for all the gimmick formations ASU is going to run out there.

Yes, the weird stuff they threw at UCLA and the cheap, dirty tricks they'll specifically have planned for us.

They have two players on offense that scare me. One is QB from Tucson and the other is the running back that is a lot like Oregon State's guy. Sorry I don't know their names.

RB Cameron Skattebo and also WR Elijah Badger are ASU's weapons I'm worried about. Scattebo can carry a load and wear down a defense. Badger can quick strike if you blink.

Bourguet is an efficient QB who does a very good job managing a passing game when defenses focus on stopping the run. Though he's been hobbled by a lingering ankle injury, he's toughed it out.

We are the last team in the conference that can afford to overlook ASU's 3-8 season.

[TheCatInTheHat]

I think the players know what to expect. ASU has no choice but to try and turn it into a one-game season. I like our team in all phases, including their determination, and the way they've improved over the course of the season. ASU can bounce off the walls at kickoff, wag their tongues, and run Statue of Liberty plays or whatever they want, but I expect we'll see a very serious Arizona team show up with every intention of taking care of business. While we lead all-time by 5 games, one sidebar story is that the two schools have gone 22-22-1 in Pac-10/Pac-12 play, so the game this Saturday will be the rubber game of the series prior to joining the Big XII.

[tgrumpy2]

I'm confident, but not overly so.

I will never forget the 1982 U of A (5-4) vs. ASU (9-1) game - the most difficult ticket and highest intensity football crowd I ever encountered in Tucson. Larry Smith vs. Darryl Rodgers - the situation was the opposite of this week's. The 'Cats were serious underdogs, and had long operated in the Devils' shadows...

From the Daily Star:

Two days after Thanksgiving, November 27, 1982, the UA’s ascent began with one of the most dramatic football games in school history.

The Wildcats (5-4-1) were supposedly looking down the wrong end of another Sun Devil juggernaut, a 9-1 team that only needed to win in Tucson to jump into their first Rose Bowl game and further expand the competitive gulf between the rival schools.

ASU had created a revolutionary, blitz-from-everywhere defense that included future NFL standouts Vernon Maxwell, Jim Jeffcoat and Mike Richardson. The Sun Devils were 12-point favorites.

There was no telecast, live or delayed, of the game. A crowd of 58,515, which was then an Arizona Stadium record, settled in on a chilly November evening.

Walking back from the practice field Thursday night, Smith told the Tucson Citizen’s Corky Simpson and me that he wasn’t sure Arizona could beat ASU “even if we play a perfect game.”

“I’ve never seen a defense like it,” he said.

But Smith was the mastermind of three colossal upsets in his first three UA seasons. He bumped off No. 2 UCLA in 1980, shocked No. 1 USC in 1981, and took down undefeated and No. 9 Notre Dame a month earlier in South Bend, Indiana.

It wasn’t like Arizona was without talent; All-America linebacker Ricky Hunley and future NFL starters Randy Robbins, Vance Johnson and all-conference players Max Zendejas, Jeff Kiewel and David Wood populated the roster.

It was scoreless early in the second quarter when junior quarterback Tom Tunnicliffe retreated into the end zone under a typically strong ASU blitz.

“My assignment was to dump the ball off quickly when ASU blitzed,” Tunnicliffe said. “They had to leave someone open.”

Tailback Brian Holland stood alone at the 8-yard line, unguarded by the onrushing Sun Devils. Tunnicliffe tossed him the ball and Holland sprinted 92 yards for a touchdown.

In the 87 years of football at Arizona Stadium, the noise created during Holland’s long run probably set a record for decibel levels. But it would get even louder in the third quarter when nose guard Joe Drake smothered ASU tailback Darryl Clack for a safety, giving Arizona a 12-0 lead.

I was in an ASU section - only tickets I could get - and surrounded by very confident fans most of whom were carrying roses!

That 96-yard TD, and the two safeties were among the most exciting plays I've ever witnessed.

BTFD!!!!

I was sitting in the ASU endzone that game and watched Clickedy Clack get stuffed. I had driven down with a good friend that was and still is an ASU fan. We had come in his car. He was so livid I was checking my resources to see if I had enough to take the bus back to Phoenix.

[Chicat]

I think the players know what to expect. ASU has no choice but to try and turn it into a one-game season. I like our team in all phases, including their determination, and the way they've improved over the course of the season. ASU can bounce off the walls at kickoff, wag their tongues, and run Statue of Liberty plays or whatever they want, but I expect we'll see a very serious Arizona team show up with every intention of taking care of business. While we lead all-time by 5 games, one sidebar story is that the two schools have gone 22-22-1 in Pac-10/Pac-12 play, so the game this Saturday will be the rubber game of the series prior to joining the Big XII.

Stellar nugget of info. Let’s go out on top.

[84Cat]

No mercy

[EastCoastCat]

^^^^ My freshman year - I was with my family in LA for Thanksgiving. Only home game I missed that year as I lived in Sierra dorm. The game was actually on the radio in LA because if we won, UCLA was going to the Rose Bowl.

My dad asked if I really thought we had a chance. I said yes of course! (We had attended the game the year before in SDS with some family friends who were ASU season ticket holders - hadn't made my college decision yet at that point but was an Arizona lean )

The start of The Streak. I was out of college 5 1/2 years before I experienced losing to the Scummies in football.

Same with me Eebs. I went back home to LA for Thanksgiving and could only listen to the game on radio which I did in my backyard while shooting hoops.

[wyo-cat]

The Billboard was mentioned by Jedd.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmjkx1FeEMQ