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Archive for September, 2010

Bear Necessities: Arizona Wildcats fan behavior, the Cal win and Nick Foles

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

Nick Foles, you're no Steve Young.
Photo by Chris Morrison/US Presswire

You know what’s exciting? Conference rankings that shuffle every week. Some teams making huge jumps while others plummet to the depths.

We don’t have any of that here.

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Unfamiliar Feeling: Arizona Football’s shocking finish vs. Cal tops Iowa win

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Not yet, Juron, but thanks to you the Cats have four wins.
Photo by Chris Morrison/US Presswire

The early-season optimism has vanished after yet another lackluster performance leads to a demoralizing defeat.

Check that…

The early-season optimism has vanished after yet another lackluster performance leads to a demoralizing defeat.

Juron Criner has the strength of 50 men! Fire up the Nick Foles Heisman bandwagon!

Things can change in a hurry, can’t they?

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This Week In The Pac-10, Week 4: Arizona vs. Cal and the rest of the football TV schedule

Friday, September 24th, 2010

The Vereen Machine dances into Tucson.
Photo by Jason O. Watson/US Presswire

TWIT-Pac brings us three conference games and three non-conference games.

ESPN will be bringing the nation’s eyes to Boise to watch the Beaver/Bronco tilt, but all six Pac-10 games feature at least one ranked team.

Just another week of high-quality West Coast football.

Here’s what to watch and where:

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(Can’t) Move On: Ranking the Pac-10 football contenders, plus Cal (and – shhh – Iowa) notes

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Corn on the...
Photo by Matthew Holst/Press-Citizen

A number of Pac-10 teams were challenged for the first time this past weekend. Did anyone show enough to move up in the Survivor Rankings? Did someone not show enough to avoid getting the boot?

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Cornfed: Arizona Football comes up big vs. Iowa Hawkeyes but Wildcats thinking bigger

Monday, September 20th, 2010

The UA D sealed it with a sack parade.
Photo by Matthew Holst/Press-Citizen

And the potential grows.

It’s too early to call Arizona’s 34-27 win over #9 Iowa a “signature” win or a “program-defining” victory. Nobody’s program gets defined by non-conference wins. And as far as a signature goes, the 2010 college football season is still in the salutation portion of the letter. But if the Wildcats were in fact penning a note to their fans it might start something like this:

Dear Cat Fans,

See? Go ahead and dream big.

It was an incredible night at Arizona Stadium. A full house, a large contingent of opposing fans making a lot of noise, and a game full of big plays that went down to the wire. It was definitely one of those “I was there!” games that will be remembered for years to come.

But nothing has changed.

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