“San Antonio just called!”
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The Alamo Bowl remembered the Arizona Wildcats.

In a surprising turn of events the San Antonio-based bowl ignored the last month of the season and selected slumping Arizona over surging Washington to play in the Dec. 29 game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

After five weeks of frustration the Cats caught a break. The best available bowl with the highest possible payout against a top-15 team. No other 7-5 team got it so good.

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Who will be the Wildcats’ hero…like Kyle Williams last year?
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Arizona vs. Arizona State.

The Wildcats’ bowl options have become clear.

Arizona vs. Arizona State.

Juron Criner may be playing his final home game.

Did I mention it’s Arizona vs. Arizona State?

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You know it’s crossed your mind.

After the premature end to the Larry Smith era. During the frustratingly close peak years of the Dick Tomey era. Certainly during the agony of the Mackovician disaster.

Is Arizona Football cursed?

I asked that same question four years ago. The Wildcats certainly fit the profile of a cursed team. So it wasn’t a matter of if as much as by whom?

I present to you: The Curse of Davy Crockett.

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