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Some guy named Gimino with his 5 things to watch and his prediction. The Arizona-Utah game features Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright, who leads the nation in tackles for loss (2.1 per game) and is a finalist for two major awards and Utah defensive end Nate Orchard, the national leader in sacks (16....

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Brad Allis' pre-game podcast + some basketball stuff.

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Sports Guys for Utah.

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Marcus Luttrell, the "Lone Survivor", gave a tremendous motivational speech to the Alabama football team. Here is the best complete video I could find.

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Javier Morales with his 5 off-the-beaten-path storylines. http://allsportstucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Wilbur2014Utah.jpg 4. Arizona vs. Utah, a contrast in offenses. Utah has a throwback offense instead of one that throws the ball forward a lot. Devontae Booker, a 1,113-yard rusher, dicta...

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Jason Bartel at SBN breaks down everything that went into the fake field goal. The Arizona Wildcats caught everyone off-guard when Rich Rodriguez called for a fake field goal late in the second quarter against the Washington Huskies. Everyone including pretty much the entire Arizona sideline. "I wa...

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Expect a close game from the ESPN Blog. Each team has played in six games decided by seven or fewer points -- that’s tied for the second most in FBS. The Wildcats are 5-1 in those tight games while the Utes are 4-2. Utah has also played three overtime games, going 2-1 in bonus football. “I think ou...

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Wright III, Scooby $27
Grant, Samajie $18
Neal, DaVonte' $5

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PAC 12 Network video preview. ESPN PAC 12 Blog unanimous prediction: Why Utah will win: Home-field advantage might not mean as much as it used to in the Pac-12 this season, but I think the crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium fuels Utah's nation-leading pass rush. It will be enough to push the Utes to vict...

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Casey Skowron PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week! http://image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com/pics33/400/ZL/ZLVNVEQZSTONNEI.20141117185645.jpg Arizona football redshirt junior kicker Casey Skowron is the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Monday. Skowro...

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Great video report on Anu and his family.

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Great (even by Gimino standards) story on Jose Romero - Arizona's unlikeliest hero! Romero is a kid who knows how to Bear Down! He stopped being a quarterback. No school wanted him out of high school. No school wanted him after two years at Glendale Community College. Arizona didn't want him when s...

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SB Nation with a write-up of Wittingham's weekly press conference plus the video. Utah's next opponent, Arizona, is a team that shows balance. They are strong on offense both running and throwing as you would expect with Rich Rodriguez as the head coach. Arizona has done enough on defense to get wi...

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Bleacher Report with a look at the odds this weekend. Why the Arizona Wildcats can cover the spread Outside of a 17-7 loss November 1 at UCLA, Arizona has won all of its other road games, going 3-0 with a 2-1 mark ATS. The biggest road win for the Wildcats came October 2 at Oregon, as they handed t...

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Gimino on Anu's health. About 20 minutes after Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said Anu Solomon was "probably hurting more than he let on," the Wildcats starting quarterback walked by the football facility with a foot in a walking boot. "He's been getting treatment and he hasn't missed a practice, and...

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SB Nation with all the numbers (except Peterson's when to take a knee chart) from the Washington game.

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Here are the gifs I pulled from this video: Samajie Grant trying to back into the endzone. http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Grant-long-catch-Washington-20-546baa5a522e9.gif Nick Wilson's first TD. http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Wilsons-1st-TD-Washington-2014-546bab4c2...

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A couple notes on the game from the ESPN blog: Utah's 47 sacks are the most for an FBS team over the first 10 games of a season since at least 2004. Utah running back Devontae Booker leads the Pac-12 with 133.4 rushing yards per game in conference games. Booker also has the most carries for zero or ...

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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 t...

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Casey Skowron PAC 12 Special Teams Player of the Week! http://image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com/pics33/400/ZL/ZLVNVEQZSTONNEI.20141117185645.jpg Arizona football redshirt junior kicker Casey Skowron is the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office on Monday. Skowro...

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There is no reason to hint. Anu has had a bad ankle the last 3 games that has hampered his ability to throw and desire to run. Even gimpy we can assume the coaches think he is still better than the next option. I'm a "trust the coaches 'cause they see them everyday and have their pay checks behind t...

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From the official site for the Washington game: Redshirt senior safety Jared Tevis is the Defensive Player of the Week. Against the Huskies, he recorded 14 tackles, including 10 solo stops, a sack for seven yards, 1.5 tackles for eight yards lost and forced a fumble. The Wildcat defense extended it...

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What you wear to a November football game in Tucson. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--2qPQqUg9fM/Tw-Lcp13dbI/AAAAAAAABsg/8rjfueMPfRE/s1600/Arizona+girls.jpg Not missing this at all. http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID4026/images/Arkansas_fans_at_liberty_bowl_NCAA_college_football_game_sat_2nd_Mark_Hu...

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http://allsportstucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Wilbur2014Wash.jpg You know you've made it when you make the game day cartoon. Congrats Scooby! Javier Morales with his 5 OTBP storylines . For Jason Bartel's 3 keys he chose Death Cab for Cutie as inspirations and passed on Nirvana, Foo Fighter...

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Looks like the ice cream truck was not the only new thing after Thursday's practice. Coach Rod also changed up the training table according to College Spun . Arizona’s football players ate very, very well this afternoon. Following the Wildcats’ practice, Rich Rodriguez treated his team to a host of ...

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Nice Gimino article on Hill . Amid four defenders, he caught a 47-yard Hail Mary - quickly dubbed the ''Hill Mary'' - from quarterback Anu Solomon to beat Cal 49-45 on Sept. 20. ''I hear about it every day,'' the senior said. ''I have to do something to kill the Hill Mary, or else I'm just going to...

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azgreg wrote:

Trevor Ermisch was the big surprise to me. He was reported out for the year after the Cal game with his arm injury. I hope this means he could be back for ASSu or any of our post season activity.

ANGCatFan · Re: Arizona Uniform Combo Tracker Washington 15 Nov 2014 - Blue/red/blue

Washington 15 Nov 2014 - Blue/red/blue

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Funny side note from Gimino's article at FSA Bruce Feldman of FOXSports.com was in Tucson this week for a round of interviews, including with Wright. "He thought I was going to be a lot shorter. It kind of offended me a little bit, I'm not going to lie," Wright said, laughing. "He said, 'I thought y...

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Latest addition of the Sports Guys.

Good show, but could be great with more Jake.

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PAC 12 Blog's unanimous prediction on the game: Arizona over Washington: Thanks primarily to the running backbone that Shaq Thompson has supplied, Washington showed some improvement offensively last week. But that unit still doesn’t pack enough punch to inspire great confidence, especially when the ...

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Solomon, Anu $29
Hill, Austin $10
Johnson, Tyrell $10
Mendivil, Abraham $1

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Gimino with a good article on the defense. Arizona's defense is getting better while doing a fair amount of hanging on. Bondurant is trying to make a go of it while on a bum knee. Starting cornerback Jarvis McCall has missed two games because of a shoulder injury, and his replacement, Cam Denson, l...

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From ESPN's PAC-12 blog; Washington WR Kasen Williams needs 12 catches to tie Paul Skansi for third on the school's all-time receptions list. Washington OLB Hau'oli Kikaha has more sacks (16.5) than 15 Power 5 teams. Arizona LB Scooby Wright III has forced more fumbles (5) than 27 FBS teams. Washing...

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Decision making is Anu's biggest weakness. "I've played some freshmen or redshirt freshmen before, and he's as sharp or sharper at this point with understanding the system and scheme were going against as anyone I've coached," Rodriguez said. I think I'll trust Coach Rod on Anu's decision making.

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Gimino updating what makes Anu good. He is the national leader among freshmen in attempts (239), completions (402), yards (2,816), yards per game (312.9) and touchdowns (25). He has four games with at least four touchdown passes. So, if nothing else, we know he's passed a lot, and usually pretty we...

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Here are the gif highlights from Colorado: Anu making the most of a bad snap, http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Anu-runs-Colorado-2014-5460c102bef7d.gif Samajie shows off his hops, http://gifsforum.com/images_new/gif/other/grand/Grant-shows-his-hops-Colorado--5460c351450aa.gif When the...

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From the official site after the Colorado game : Sophomore receiver Samajie Grant is the Offensive Player of the Week. He hauled in two receiving touchdowns on six catches for 83 yards and a long of 27. On the season, he totals 381 receiving yards on 28 receptions with three scores. He averages 13....

ANGCatFan · Re: Arizona Uniform Combo Tracker Colorado 8 Nov 2014 - Red/blue/blue

Colorado 8 Nov 2014 - Red/blue/blue

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Arizona Stadium is testing out a new food delivery service in the north end zone. Go to grubrunner.co/order on your phone's internet browser and you can have food delivered right to your seat. If it works in the north end zone then they will look to expand to the rest of the stadium.

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It is time for the offense to have a breakout performance! http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/gif-erotic-boobs-frustration-931776.gif We need to see improvement in both the rushing and passing games. http://img.pandawhale.com/90395-nina-agdal-thumbs-up-gif-boobs-L1zC.gif If we can get those 2 thin...

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Bleacher Report article on the hottest and coldest players in college football. Hot: Scooby Wright, LB, Arizona If you're reading this on Saturday evening, there's a good chance Scooby Wright will have recorded a sack, a tackle for loss or forced a fumble before you've moved to the next slide. Poss...

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Jason Bartel's 3 keys this week are brought to you by The Fray . 3. It's Not Easy Being Skinny To force all these turnovers that Arizona fans would like to see, the defensive line and blitzing linebackers will need to get up in Sefo Liufau's face constantly to force those bad decisions. This is nev...

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I hope we get the running game going... Wilson has not looked like himself (the guy who was dragging and running over guys) since coming back from the concussion. Not sure if he is playing tentative... hope this game is a confidence boost. Huh? Did I miss NW getting a concussion? I thought he had a...

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Javier Morales with five off-the-beaten-path storylines of the game.

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Javier Morales with some great Wildcat history . Today we celebrate 100 years of being Wildcats. http://allsportstucson.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1914Drawing.jpg Arizona took the field against Occidental in 1914 as a nondescript program with the nicknames of “Varsity” and “Red and Blue”. Arizo...

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Gimino puts last week's loss and this year into perspective as only the best sports writer in Tucson can . I don't want this to come off as flippant, but "stuff happens." It's fun to react to every win or loss - and, by that, I mean overreact - but pull back a bit and look at the last month or so. ...

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