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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Ka'Deem Carey and Dan Buckner will be newcomers to watch this year.
Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE

The haboob of summer sports boredom is about to pass.

The 2011 Arizona Wildcats football season is about to begin!

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Will Juron Criner and the Cats take a step sideways?
Photo by David Kadlubowski/The Arizona Republic

The haboob of summer sports boredom is about to pass.

The first football game of the Pac-12 era kicks off on Thursday. Two days later the Arizona Wildcats host the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at 7 p.m. in Tucson. If you need to get things done before the college football season you’re running out of time.

It’s also time to set your expectations for your favorite team.

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Mike Stoops has his eyes in the vicinity of the prize.
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The case has been made that 2010 needs to be a peak season for Mike Stoops and the Arizona Wildcat football team.

How many wins make up a peak?

Now it’s time to put a number on it, and that number could be different for every fan. It’s the number of wins you think is realistically achievable and anything less will be viewed as failure. It’s the proverbial setting of the bar. It’s the Line Of Agonizing Disappointment.

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