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Archive for October, 2011

This Week in the Pac-12, Week 8: Arizona hopes to end losing streak on national TV

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Keola Antolin vs. UCLA

Last 11 FBS games: 1-0 vs. UCLA, 0-10 vs. everyone else.
Photo by Kelvin Kuo-US PRESSWIRE

The 2011 football season has been an exact replica of the 2010 season so far for the Arizona Wildcats. Two losses each against Oklahoma State, Stanford, Oregon, USC and Oregon State.

Does that mean a second win against UCLA is on the horizon?

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Signs of the Time: Arizona football fans have chance to aid coaching search

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
ESPN College GameDay 2009

The goal is the make Thursday night look like this...
Photo by Chris Morrison-US PRESSWIRE

College sports fans love coaching searches but it’s a very passive process. Unless you have huge dollars to contribute directly to a new coach’s salary, there’s not a whole lot you can do.

Until now. Until this week in Tucson.

If you are a fan of the Arizona Wildcats you have one chance to have a direct impact on the search for a new football coach.

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Hunting Grounds: Where Pac-12 football programs find the best coaches

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Arizona and ASU used different strategies to find Dick Tomey and Bruce Synder.
Photo by Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Wildcats need a new football coach. Where have Pac-12 schools been finding their coaches and what does it tell us about where the UA should be looking?

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This Week in the Pac-12, Week 7: Arizona State at Oregon headlines the TV schedule

Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Brock Osweiler

Will Oz be a wizard in the (Daily) Emerald city?
Photo by David Wallace/The Arizona Republic

If you believe either Stanford or Oregon will win the Pac-12 North (I do) and if you think Arizona State is going to win the South (sigh… yes) then the only realistic Pac-12 Championship Game preview takes place this week.

In addition, how does the rooting strategy of Arizona Wildcat fans change now that they’re looking for a new coach?

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Sterner Stuff: Remembering the good and bad of Mike Stoops

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Stoops_Zendejas

I didn’t think we’d need to use this one again so soon.
Photo by Thomas Patterson/Salem Statesman Journal

Friends, Wildcats, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to praise Mike Stoops, not to bury him.

Or something like that.

The 7.5 years of the Stoops regime produced a rollercoaster of surprising wins and shocking losses. The former stopped while the latter continued, and so the ride came to a screeching halt.

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