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This Week in the Pac-12, Week 1: Football returns as Rodriguez and other new coaches make debuts

Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Matt Scott at Toledo

The last time Matt Scott faced Toledo he led the Cats to -2 points.
Photo by Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE

Merry Football Christmas!

You can watch football games today! Pac-12 games, even! Lots of them!

Yes, it’s a heavy exclamation point day. The 100-degree weather feels a little cooler as college football returns. Read on for the Pac-12 TV schedule, a weekend preview and thoughts on Rich Rodriguez’s first game as the Arizona Wildcats’ head coach.

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Arizona Football Preview: Setting expectations for Rich Rodriguez’s first season

Monday, August 27th, 2012
Matt Scott

Please don’t get hurt please don’t get hurt please don’t get hurt…
Photo by Deirdre Hamil/The Arizona Republic

If you’re like me the Olympics were only partly about athletic achievement, national pride and parachuting monarchs.

The London games were mainly about passing the time from the end of the College World Series to the start of the college football season.

I am proud to say we made it. It’s Game Week. Now, what should we expect from the Arizona Wildcats and this Rich Rodriguez fellow in 2012?

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Top Cat: Rodriguez winningest football coach ever hired at Arizona

Friday, August 24th, 2012
Greg Byrne and Rich Rodriguez

Greg Byrne hopes RichRod brought all the wins with him.
Photo by Mark Evans, TucsonCitizen.com

Twenty-seven previous coaches have been asked to run the football program at the University of Arizona. None of them has had more wins on his resume than Rich Rodriguez.

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