After the game at Iowa, RauRaur optimism hit a career low (not counting the John Mackovic era).  Then on came Nick Foles and his locks of greatness.  Him and his flowing hair picked apart the Beaver secondary, and fully took advantage of Arizona’s depth at receiver.  Nine different receivers caught the ball, and Arizona’s offense [...]

The Matt Scott experiment has been paused for now.  The former “quarterback of the future” will now be second string, giving Michigan State transfer Nick Foles his first shot at leading the offense. Scott was definitely in above his head last week, and going into our first conference game, our offense needs a change of [...]

Very rough weekend.  Looking as bad as we did against Iowa and then hearing the official word that Gronk is out for the year (2010 Heisman!!!!) really hurts.  Going into our first conference game against a very good Oregon State team on the road is terrifying.  Then again, it was Matt Scott’s first time on [...]

“Robbie’s out for Saturday,” Stoops said. “We’ll make some kind of decision here on what to do next over the next couple of days but he won’t play Saturday against Iowa.”
The glorious return has been cancelled, and after that quote, it might be cancelled for a long while.  Gronk adds a superior presence in a [...]

It hasn’t been the prettiest wins, but nonetheless the ‘Cats are undefeated and are currently the co-national champions of the 2009 football season.  Coming up next is another co-national champion in the Iowa Hawkeyes, in what will be our biggest game of the year to date.  Iowa started the season ranked in the top-25, but [...]

Well not yet… But if Arizona wants to reenter relevance in the college football world, the answer is obvious.  Mike Stoops has to name Matt Scott the starter for the University of Arizona this year.
We do not want to take anything away from Nick Foles.  The guy is a solid pocket passer who will make [...]

30 days still seems too long, but thankfully football starts today!! That’s right, the newcomers have already reported and today at 6:15 AM the Wildcats hit Salpointe Catholic High School for their first practice of fall camp.  The camp will hopefully answer some position battle questions (Scott or Foles!?!) and increase RauRaur’s optimism, if that [...]

Over the past four years, it was often tough not to run down on the field and scream, “WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?!?” at Willie Tuitama.  But then again this was the guy who shattered every passing record in the book, played through injury (why did we schedule LSU?), and led us to victory in our [...]

The backup running backs looked great in Saturday’s scrimmage. Unfortunately, that’s partly because projected starter Nic Grigsby got ejected (video in link) for throwing a punch at Devin Ross on third play of the game. Y’oy…
It’s getting easier to determine who the starters are going to be, despite remaining position battles
With three starting Pac-10 QBs [...]

We’re drunk with optimism right now… but it’s August 5th, who isn’t?
But while we have visions of Tuitama doing the Heisman and Money Mike Thomas with roses in his mouth, there are still some definite questions that need to be answered in this Fall Camp. Who will fill up the defensive line? Who will step [...]