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Huck It: Spring football game shows Arizona Wildcats understand passing is team’s best option

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Garic Wharton and the receivers made all the right moves on Saturday.
Photo by David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic

If you’re a fan of passing offenses, the Arizona spring football game was the place to be.

If you’re a fan of the 2011 Wildcats, passing is exactly what you want to see if you want the team to have a chance at success in the fall.

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Happy Thoughts: Trying to find positives in the Pac-10 bowl situation and Arizona’s loss to USC

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

The Pac-10’s bowl hopes lie with Brehaut. Richard Brehaut.
Photo by Gary A. Vasquez/US Presswire

What’s worse than losing to Stanford, USC and (maybe) Oregon?

Losing to Washington State and then losing to Stanford, USC and Oregon.

As bad as the Arizona Wildcats feel the Oregon State Beavers feel worse. The UA will still be playing in a bowl game while OSU’s postseason chances are on life support following losses to lowly Washington and UCLA even before the debacle against Wazzu.

See? There are still positives to be found in the Wildcat Universe. You just have to look really hard.

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This Week In The Pac-10, Week 11: USC at Arizona, the football TV schedule and start of the basketball season

Friday, November 12th, 2010

The UA extra point team better be working on blocking.
Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/ US Presswire

The weather has finally cooled off in Southern Arizona which means the college football regular season is winding down.

The pecking order among the top three teams in the Pac-10 is pretty clear with Oregon #1 in the land and Stanford a serious contender for a BCS bid. In the middle of the league you have five teams staggering along the 5-7 / 6-6 border.

So where does that leave Arizona?

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Arizona Football 2010 Preview part 2: Seven crucial questions for the Wildcats

Monday, August 30th, 2010
Juron Criner

Can Juron Criner do a lot of this in 2010?
Photo by Brad Allis/WildcatSportsReport.com

We are just one work week away from the return of Arizona Wildcat football.

The goal is at least nine wins in 2010. Here are the questions that need to be answered in order to get there:

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LeBron James proves college sports are better than the pros

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Something’s not quite right in Cleveland right now.

Photo by Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic

After the LeBron James spectacle Thursday night The Decision is easy:

College sports are better than pro sports.

It has nothing to do with the level of talent, the size of the egos or the accusations of hypocrisy. The quality of life for a college fan is significantly better due to one thing.

Loyalty.

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