Bear Down Wildcats

"When I get out there, I just try to make a play," Richards said on Monday. "I'm just doing my job. That's the most important part and I was able to stay out there and play and I was able to do what I needed to do."

"It's been a little different, but it's been a growing experience," Richards explained. "You gotta learn that everybody has a role in the offense and just doing what you need to do when your name's called."

"It's more of a group effort more than just one person doing it like in years past," he continued. "Now there's eight guys who can go out there and catch balls."

Richards is still one of only two receivers that doesn't have a touchdown catch this year, which isn't lost on Anu Solomon.

"He brings a lot, he's just such a big target," said Solomon. "He can do anything. Everyone has a touchdown but him and Trey (Griffey), so I told him 'I have to get you one'."

"That guy just gets open," Solomon added about Richards. "I can just throw it up there and he can go get it."

azgreg wrote:

This sucks.

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 be known as that forever. I'm not trying to be known off one thing. I'm trying to do something crazy so I can get that cleared.''