Bear Down Wildcats

qwertyus wrote:Are we gonna have a 2015 season win prediction poll?

ANGCatFan wrote:2 Arizona grads working at the ABC station in Phoenix give there take on the season.

FightWildcatsFight wrote:I've followed Shane Dale for a while and he is the biggest ASu homer/UA grad combo I've ever followed. He's probably jaded by all the Phoenix media types.

4. Arizona Wildcats

Rich Rod, baby — that's all a team needs.

With the Pac-12 still ringing in my head, I buzzed Kevin Carter down in Tampa, Florida. He was either throwing out the first pitch at a Rays game or polishing his Super Bowl ring ... or actually both at once. Turns out he had his eyes on the West Coast, too. Actually, on the desert.

"Anu Solomon will explode in his sophomore campaign."

Really? The same Anu Solomon who beat out a senior to become Arizona's starter? The same freshman who threw 14 touchdown passes during a 5-0 start and ended up tying the Wildcats' record for TD passes in a season (28, shared with Nick Foles and Willie Tuitama)? The same Anu who nearly broke the school record for passing yards in a season with 3,793?

OK, once I said all that aloud, I realized it was a pretty heady call by KC. But he wasn't done.

"His performance wins Arizona the Pac-12 and a berth in the College Football Playoff."

ANGCatFan wrote:WSR predicts the OOC schedule. Spoiler Alert - they expect us to win them all.

ANGCatFan wrote:WSR predicts ucla, Stanford, and OSU. Beat the bruins and the rest of the season will take care of itself.

ANGCatFan wrote:Guys at WSR predict games 7,8 and 9.

UAEebs86 wrote:If that happens we're missing the Rose Bowl again.

But we'd most likely have an outright PAC championship finally.

azgreg wrote:

FightWildcatsFight wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:If that happens we're missing the Rose Bowl again.

But we'd most likely have an outright PAC championship finally.

Theoretically we could end the season with 2/3 losses, still win the PAC12 but not get selected in the top 4, and make it to the Rose Bowl, right?

UAEebs86 wrote:

FightWildcatsFight wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:If that happens we're missing the Rose Bowl again.

But we'd most likely have an outright PAC championship finally.

Theoretically we could end the season with 2/3 losses, still win the PAC12 but not get selected in the top 4, and make it to the Rose Bowl, right?

Yes. Also we could lose the championship game and if the winner is in the top 4 we would go to Pasadena.

azgreg wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:

FightWildcatsFight wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:If that happens we're missing the Rose Bowl again.

But we'd most likely have an outright PAC championship finally.

Theoretically we could end the season with 2/3 losses, still win the PAC12 but not get selected in the top 4, and make it to the Rose Bowl, right?

Yes. Also we could lose the championship game and if the winner is in the top 4 we would go to Pasadena.

Only if we are ranked high enough.

FightWildcatsFight wrote:

azgreg wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:

FightWildcatsFight wrote:

UAEebs86 wrote:If that happens we're missing the Rose Bowl again.

But we'd most likely have an outright PAC championship finally.

Theoretically we could end the season with 2/3 losses, still win the PAC12 but not get selected in the top 4, and make it to the Rose Bowl, right?

Yes. Also we could lose the championship game and if the winner is in the top 4 we would go to Pasadena.

Only if we are ranked high enough.

Do we need to fall within a certain ranking bracket or is there regional preference for NY6 bowls? I know we need to be top 12 but if we had to be a specific rank, like #9 or something, then that'd make it a lot more difficult.

azpenguin wrote:The top two teams will receive preference, both for region and also for matchup. So if Arizona was the last team in they could possibly end up in the Sugar Bowl.

We can't get into the Rose Bowl this year without a playoff bid. It's a playoff game. Next year and at least for the three years after it will be a NY6 and not a playoff, so Arizona could go with a second place finish in the Pac if the Pac champ goes to the playoff. Not this year, though.

gronk4heisman wrote:Why was Samije suspended for the UTSA game? I must have missed that.

azgreg wrote:

gronk4heisman wrote:Why was Samije suspended for the UTSA game? I must have missed that.

Fotu, Grant, T Jones were all suspended for 1 game for violating team rules. Grants was indicated to have occurred during the summer.

gronk4heisman wrote:

azgreg wrote:

gronk4heisman wrote:Why was Samije suspended for the UTSA game? I must have missed that.

Fotu, Grant, T Jones were all suspended for 1 game for violating team rules. Grants was indicated to have occurred during the summer.

I had no idea on any of those. That actually makes me feel a lot better about last Thursdays showing.

ANGCatFan wrote:"5 Reasons Why Arizona Could Finally Reach ..." from Lostletterman.com

Caution: If you are superstitious you may not read this article until after we beat ucla and the trees.

azgreg wrote:

I didn't know Tomey was the Associate AD At S Florida. It's also nice to see Ricky Hunley out there coaching. He's the D line coach at Memphis who's playing S Florida tonight.

Merkin wrote:Good news is that RichRod is off every short list.

OSUCat wrote:So ya, if Anu doesn't get healthy we might have only 3 wins. Heck, even if he does the defense wont improve much.

3goggles wrote:

Merkin wrote:Good news is that RichRod is off every short list.

Not according to the people on this board. Comparing RR to mackovic