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This Week In The Pac-10, Week 3: The Pac-10/Big Ten football showdown will be on TV

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

If Nick Foles sees a lot of this guy the Cats are in trouble.
Photo by Reese Strickland/US Presswire

Just one more day, World of Wildcats!

The Arizona faithful have been waiting exactly 262 days for tomorrow. A big-time showdown with a big-time opponent to find out how much has changed since the UA got big-time destroyed in San Diego.

The time is going to drag on until Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. TWIT-Pac has the games to help distract your anxious mind.

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Another One Gone: Updated Pac-10 Football Survivor rankings and Iowa’s lack of success out west

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

No, Mana, now you have two wins.
Photo by Chris Morrison/US Presswire

The Pac-10 won every possible game last weekend so there aren’t many changes to the Survivor Rankings. Remember, this isn’t entirely based on what has happened but what has the best chance of happening once league play begins.

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Rematch Ready: After storming the Citadel Arizona Football prepares for the Iowa Hawkeyes

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Nick Foles and the Cats can now take aim at a bigger target.
Photo by Chris Morrison/US Presswire

The Arizona Wildcats treated their fans to an easy win in their 2010 home schedule. No drama, just big plays and a lot of playing time for the backups. But the celebration did not last long.

The big boys are coming.

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This Week In The Pac-10, Week 2: Your September 11 football schedule

Friday, September 10th, 2010

The Grand Kenjon leads Oregon into Knoxville.
Photo by Kirby Lee-US PRESSWIRE

This week’s Pac-10 schedule features the first conference game, a future conference game and the league’s only 2010 matchup with an SEC team.

Here’s your TV grid:

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Elimination Game: Who will be Pac-10 Football’s ultimate Survivor?

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Nick Foles and the Cats are hoping for Immunity.
Photo by Rick Osentoski/US Presswire

A blowout victory on national TV, a bunch of positive press, and a shiny new top-25 ranking. It’s been a good week for the Arizona Wildcats. But how do they stack up against the rest of the Pac-10?

We’re going to do something different this year. With so many Pac teams arguing they can make a run at the conference crown we’re going to narrow down the list of contenders each week Survivor-style. Sometimes it’ll be a mathematical elimination and sometimes it’ll just be common sense saying a team is done.

I will also attempt to put the remaining contenders in order. This won’t be a power ranking that looks at what each team has accomplished. It’s going to be a forward-looking guess at the teams with the best chance of making it to Pasadena when you consider record, remaining schedule and, yes, talent.

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