Bear Down Wildcats

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 pm Just a quick reminder….

70-7

Let’s get some fucking revenge.

Merkin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:39 am 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.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:47 pmFuck ASU

arizonawildcats wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:48 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:47 pmFuck ASU

Fuck ASU

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:16 pm Skull fucking is on the menu.

Chicat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:33 pm Just a quick reminder….

70-7

Let’s get some fucking revenge.

scumdevils86 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:16 pm Skull fucking is on the menu.

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:19 pm Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:19 pm Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

84Cat wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:04 pm

Carcassdragger wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:19 pm Anybody know when the game time will be posted?

Here ya go, ESPN it is

azgreg wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:42 am Cats open as a 10 point favorite.

Captain Obvious wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:30 pm Ah the predictable UA football letdown. A tale as old as time.

azcat49 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 3:35 pm 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

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:05 pm 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.

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.

Frybry02 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:18 pm Better start studying now for all the gimmick formations ASU is going to run out there.

TheCat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:05 pm 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.

pc in NM wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:07 am 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!!!!

TheCatInTheHat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:07 am 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.

UAEebs86 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:18 am ^^^^ 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.