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Lots of UA football heroes…are some being overlooked?
Looks like it took an Arizona State guy to get some recognition for a bunch of University of Arizona football players. The school hires a new athletic director, an ASU alum, and all of a sudden there are seven new Wildcat jerseys to retire. It has been more than a decade since the last jersey [...] -
Keeping an eye on UA football.. who’s in, who’s out?
If you’re trying to keep track of the UofA football program, the revolving door on personnel has swung again. This time, it’s one out and two in. It was a busy time for the University of Arizona program last week. The Wildcats lost one player from the current roster and picked up two more recruits [...] -
Pat Tillman to get on-field salute during Nov. 13 game
It has been six years since Pat Tillman died while serving his country, but the sports accolades haven’t stopped. The former All-American linebacker for Arizona State, killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in April of 2004, was selected just months ago to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a member of [...] -
The future of football at UofA is rapidly taking shape
Things are still percolating down in Tucson, as football players come and go at the University of Arizona. With the 2010 recruiting class well in hand, head coach Mike Stoops and his staff have been busy working on the future. The Wildcats 2011 class seems to be picking up bodies on a weekly basis and [...] -
Latest football recruit fills out UA’s backfield for 2011
When Daxx Garman stepped up in mid-February to become the first recruit in the University of Arizona’s 2011 football recruiting class, Mike Stoops knew he had the beginning of something good in his future. And now the Wildcats’ head football coach is filling out the rest of his backfield for the years ahead. The Wildcats [...] -
UA football gets a game-breaker in Ka’Deem Carey
Thank you, Pete Carroll. The misfortunes of the USC football program in 2010 will have an indirect impact on the University of Arizona football program in 2011. When Carroll, the Trojans’ former’ football coach, left USC to move to the pro ranks and the NCAA hit the school with sanctions resulting from issues during his [...] -
Pac-10 expansion could hinder Stoops’ rebuilding project
Mike Stoops can’t seem to catch a break. The University of Arizona football coach has worked six years to try to return the program to respectability and it looked like he was beginning to turn the corner. Then he comes off an 8-5 season, gets a bowl bid, and then gets clobbered by Nebraska on [...] -
Pat Tillman adds College Hall of Fame to list of honors
Pat Tillman has just been selected to join the College Football Hall of Fame. If he were still with us, he would probably downplay the honor. His ego just didn’t need it. The former ASU standout would likely brush it off the same way he brushed off the $3.6 million offer from the Arizona Cardinals [...] -
The nation will be watching Stoops and his Wildcats
Still another validation to Coach Mike Stoops’ ongoing reclamation project with the University of Arizona football program is increased national television exposure. They’re doing something down there in Tucson that the rest of the country evidently wants to see. The 2010 UA football season will get unprecedented national exposure, as they have been guaranteed at [...] -
ASU football counting on defense, in more ways than one
Looking back on spring football, the best thing to happen to Arizona State’s offense is probably its defense. If the Sun Devil offense can move the ball against its defense, which may be one of the best in the country next season, it should be able to play with anyone on its 2010 schedule. It [...]
