Bear Down Wildcats

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He's not a four or five star, so no.

(I keed, I keed!)

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It could be 2000 all over again . . . or it could be 1998. 5-0 record coming off an impressive road victory they come home and lose to a good LA team. Then go on the road to the Pacific Northwest where they proceed to shake off the loss, and roll through the rest of the season. Hey, a guy can dream...

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RR had his pick of talent at Michigan. The 2008 class had 17 four stars. 2009 had a five star and 13 four stars. The 2010 class had 6 four stars and 20 3 stars. Fat lot of good it did him there.

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Devil's advocate on Skowron: He doesn't flop until there's contact from the USC player. One thing coaches teach kickers that if you get so much as grazed, you go down. Shouldn't have done the ankle grab, though, that's the bad acting part.

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If USC plays like they're capable of, they may not lose again. Their schedule going forward isn't that bad. If they win out then it's a matter of whether ASU does as well. But this year is crazy in the Pac, so who knows.

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Merkin wrote:Why did TMZ have to show the Skowron flopping image of all the ones they could have used?

Would have preferred the one that shows the contact.

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You know what Cal can't do well that Arizona can when needed? Run some clock. The fact that Wazzu can't run the ball has been a big problem for them and explains a lot of the reason that they're 2-5. They beat a FCS team and then beat a Utah team that has trouble moving the ball. (Utah scored one of...

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Great find, ANG. I am horrified at the idiocy that's being sent Skowron's way - and proud as hell to see everyone, from Byrne on down, get his back.

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Our guys are great! https://twitter.com/ArizonaFBall/status/520684503728394240 Over 30 years ago I was in UMC (long enough ago that it was just known as University Hospital) for two weeks. The football players and Larry Smith came by for visits and I still have a pic somewhere of me with Smith. Tho...

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Without Skowron's kicking the Cats lose to UTSA, Cal and possibly Oregon. He's 72% on the year and hasn't missed a PAT. The last kick he missed was the interest the team paid on their failures to convert in the red zone.

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I think Arizona is going to get some pressure on Halliday. Their line is decent but it's not the huge line USC brought to the table. Washington St. isn't going to be putting Anu on the ground seven times like what they did to Mariota. The Cats have actually done a decent job on defense against the q...

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If anything, this loss demonstrated to the team that yes, they can win against anyone as long as they execute. Nothing's going to be easy but these guys could definitely be 7-1 when they play at home again if they play like they're capable of.

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Even though the kicking game was beyond madding last night that's not the main reason we lost this game. To me it goes back to not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone and defense being shredded. Well, it's all three. We lost by two points. Improve either one of those three reasons and we...

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No one will ever shut the haters up. They'll always find something. Yeah, I love what we've got going here as well. When's the last time we've seen this kind of fight out of the football program like we have been seeing under RichRod? We've got a young team that's good and they're only going to get ...

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Yeah, I mean, you'd swear Solomon was a freshman or something.

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Everyone remembers what happened against Washington State last year. But that was then and this is now. Last year Denker wasn't able to make them pay for keying on Ka'deem. This year the offense is completely different. Washington State right now is a desperate team. They need four more wins just to...

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Scooby disappeared? WTF are you talking about? 8 solo tackles. 4 assisted tackles. A sack. 3 tackles for loss. What the hell else do you want him to do?

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Word on twitter shortly after was that he took a helmet in the sternum from Leonard Williams. Ow.

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Three guys didn't beat the Cats. You lose two key linemen and then go up against monster lines like that, it's a problem.

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It's amusing what happens on this board when the Cats lose a game.

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Just chill everyone. This season is still different. This was heartbreaking but those kids fought like hell. And almost came away with a miraculous win. We were a few plays away from being 3-3, and a few plays away from being 6-0. Agreed. Won't lie, this one stings. But they played the full 60, no ...

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RichRod is a better coach than Sark. Don't forget that. Wait until they start really hammering tempo.

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At Tucson Meet Yourself and there's U of A gear EVERYWHERE. This town is ready for the team to take that next step.

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Don't want to get too confident because I've been down that road only to get smacked back down to reality. That said, things do feel different. The coaching here is unlike it has ever been. The team has the ability to beat anyone if they play a complete game - which they still have not done this yea...

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CalStateTempe wrote:Could doubtful mean a RR scheme?

That's not his style. He's not really into playing games with the injury report.

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If they do throwbacks, I'd vote for mid '80s. Block A, white/blue/white, big block numbers.

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Actually, the pass Mariota caught for a TD was more a problem of the defense not recognizing the play. The RB didn't take off running, he dropped back to pass. The defense played it like a run, not realizing that hey, this guy is running backwards toward the sideline, maybe we should be attacking hi...

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@ Utah scares me the most. That is a good team that is capable of causing havoc while getting 7-8 wins. The better Utah is, the less likely anyone is to overlook them and the less likely they're a trap game as many have suggested it is. They've got a good defense but they aren't deep. They'll be a ...

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All this talk of Rich Rod leaving is a giant buzz kill. This. Just stop. Eh, it's going to be out there all year, especially after the Louisville thing. Every media outlet seems to be running stories about "is XYZ school going to go after RichRod for their coaching job?" That's something that comes...

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It is on wires. We may have one of those for USC, but probably not. Yeah, I wish we had it for every game. Remember this about McCall - he's a freshman. A freshman going up against PAC-12 receivers means you're going to have a learning curve. He has shown signs of improvement as things go along. Den...

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RichRod has a kid who is a starting QB as a sophomore on his high school team. I don't think he's going anywhere until possibly his kids finish high school. potentially...unless he gets offered 5 million a year from florida in a few months and his kid can go play in a much better high school compet...

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azcat49 wrote:Injury status on Wilson for this weeks game?

Berk said in his chat today that he was in a yellow jersey and not participating the past two days. Odds are he'll be listed as questionable.

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Solomon will have Wilson along as well. Choo choo.

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Actually... yes they did run it live. It's also how I watched the FSU-Auburn title game. These feeds aren't available for all games, but oh I wish it was.

BTW, when you watch this, you start to really understand what they're talking about when they say Nick Wilson has great vision.

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Something that jumped out from those USC game notes - USC hasn't turned the ball over in their last four games. And yet they lost two of those. They were +2 against BC and ASU didn't turn the ball over at all. Get a couple of turnovers against them and suddenly you have to like your chances.

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I would soil myself if Arizona held on to make the playoff. We have to stay humble though, even as we are undefeated, we're only a few moments away from being 3-2. Just take it a game at a time, and stay working hard. We have a great group of men, and a great staff. Arizona does not hold on to make...

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Replacing 3/5 of our OLine wont be easy. We have seen UCLA and Oregon struggle with inexperienced lines One thing this staff understands extremely well is the importance of the offensive line and they've been recruiting towards that point. There's a lot of depth at the position and these guys have ...

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By the way, if you root around on ESPN3, they not only have the replay of the game but you can watch the entire game from the overhead cable camera. No commentary, no replay, the only sound you get is the sound from the stadium and the field. Best seat in the house since you're right behind the offe...

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Neal was on the field when TJG caught that wheel route. He'll get more and more involved; there's just too many guys to spread things out to now. Phillips will get involved more as well. They're rotating guys in a lot more than you think. On the TJG wheel route drive, Jones, Grant, Hill and Neal wer...

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We know that the WR corp is one of the strongest in the country. They present really bad matchups for secondaries and that opens up limitless possibilities for Arizona. Can you cover everyone? Do you even dare to double any of these guys? Odds are someone will be open and it’s up to Solomon to find ...

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Hmmm... I like this idea.

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Sounds like he was on fire quote-wise even by normal RR standards.

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Stanford did not look good in that game. The offense was very ineffective. It was their second loss and that first one to USC led to people wondering if they might not be as good as thought.

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If you take the anomoly of BC out and recalculate, USC does pretty dang well against the rush. They certainly shut down ASUs rush. however, I beleive we have a much better running game than ASU. I'm not so sure they shut down ASU's run game, since it turned out they didn't really need one. Why shou...

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It worked out for him, and Arizona's finding their own way. It's all good.

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Good For You wrote:ESPN Classic right now. 1994 Arizona @ USC

Aw hells nah.

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What we are a home dog to an unranked team? Looks like we believe but Vegas doesn't Has to be the first time in history that a top 10 team AT HOME is a dog against an unranked opponent Vegas just made RR's job a lot easier. Wonder if this is the week that we see Randall? I say that because BC ran r...

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Washington St: they should've beaten Oregon as well but got screwed on a no call, really good team - hard to stop their heavy passing game. Beaten by Rutgers who beat world beaters Michigan. At Pullman .. Not easy Agree that this one won't be easy. But the Rutgers game was a classic "coug'd it" los...

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This is gonna be a long week.

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Must win? I would say no. It doesn't make or break the season. But it's an opportunity that you don't get often.

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