Arizona’s medical staff attends to quarterback Matt Scott, who suffered a concussion at UCLA on Nov. 3. Photo by Andrew Fielding-US PRESSWIRE

Arizona Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez, asked if he could make a statement on the status of quarterback Matt Scott, simply shook his head.

“I just made it,” he said at his weekly Monday press conference.

When the follow-up came at Rodriguez — has Scott progressed from the concussion that kept him out of last Saturday’s 56-31 victory over Colorado? — the coach reiterated his early comment.

“I just made it,” he said.

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Matt Scott is almost certainly going to be more standing on the sideline than running Saturday. Photo by Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

Arizona Wildcats starting quarterback Matt Scott is considered doubtful to play Saturday against visiting Colorado, according to the team’s official injury report.

Scott suffered a concussion last Saturday at UCLA. His likely absence clears the way for junior college transfer quarterback B.J. Denker to start vs. the Buffaloes (11:30 a.m., FX). His backup will be receiver Richard Morrison, who worked at the position through spring and a bit of fall camp.

Two other starters are also doubtful while recovering from concussions — free safety Jourdon Grandon and offensive guard Chris Putton. Each has started every game this season.

Putton has started at both guard spots, also playing left tackle during games. Arizona can use a combination of Shane Zink, Trace Biskin (who recently returned from a toe injury), true freshman Cayman Bundage and Addison Bachman at guard.

Bachman has started the past four games at center, but can slide to guard now that Kyle Quinn is back.

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Arizona’s medical staff attends to quarterback Matt Scott after he took a blow to the head in the third quarter. Photo by Andrew Fielding-US PRESSWIRE

Arizona senior quarterback Matt Scott did suffer a concussion in the third quarter at UCLA and will be evaluated through the week, athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday afternoon.

Byrne spoke at the beginning of coach Rich Rodriguez’s weekly news conference, making a statement about Scott’s health and taking questions. Arizona doesn’t typically talk about injuries beyond providing a weekly status report on Thursday afternoons.

Byrne said Scott granted permission to share some details.

“Our medical staff is taking great care of him,” Byrne said.

“Matt will be observed and evaluated daily. The final decision on whether he is going to play will be made by our medical staff.”

Arizona will update Scott’s status on Thursday, but a final decision on whether he can play in the Homecoming game against Colorado (11:30 a.m., FX) is sure to come after that.

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Arizona’s medical staff attends to quarterback Matt Scott after he took a blow to the head in the third quarter. Photo by Andrew Fielding-US PRESSWIRE

When Arizona took the ball for the first time Saturday night, it controlled its destiny in the Pac-12 South race.

But the Wildcats never controlled UCLA and rarely controlled themselves in their most sloppy game under coach Rich Rodriguez, turning in 60 minutes of frustrating football that reset the expectations in the final few weeks of the season.

“It’s embarrassing,” Rodriguez said on in his postgame radio interview on 1290-AM (KCUB0 after a 66-10 loss to the Bruins at the Rose Bowl.

“It starts with me. We thought we had the guys ready, and they weren’t. We didn’t respond well. It was just a long night all the way around.”

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Matt Scott took a hit from USC’s Dion Bailey (behind Scott on the ground) and T.J. McDonald on this play in the fourth quarter. Photo by Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

Arizona Wildcats quarterback Matt Scott, saying “I don’t really think I had a concussion,” appears good to go for Saturday’s game at UCLA.

Scott took a couple of shots to the head at the end of a run in the fourth quarter against USC last Saturday, vomiting on the field soon after the play. Officials flagged the Trojans for a personal foul.

Scott said he was “winded” after keeping the ball on consecutive plays. Saturday’s game, only the second played under the sun this season for Arizona, marked the most Scott has rushed the ball since early in the season.

“I ran two plays and got winded, honestly,” he said at the football team’s weekly news conference Monday.

“That’s why I threw up. I felt it coming on two or three plays before that. I was trying to hold it down, but eventually it came up. All summer, when we were working out with the strength coaches and everything and running outside, I was throwing up all the time.

“I was probably throwing up every time we ran. That’s just me. It wasn’t because of the hit or anything like that.”

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Matt Scott tries to break a tackle by USC linebacker Hayes Pullard in the first half. Photo by Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

Arizona Wildcats quarterback Matt Scott has been selected the Walter Camp national player of the week for offense.

Scott accounted for 469 yards of total offense — the fourth-highest total in school history — in leading UA to a 39-36 victory over 10th-ranked USC at Arizona Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Scott completed 27 of 50 throws for 369 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception. He also rushed 15 times for a career-high 100 yards.

Scott was held out of the final series of the game with a potential concussion.

“He told me in there he was good,” coach Rich Rodriguez said at his postgame press conference. “I said, ‘Did you tell the doctors that?’ Doctors are taking every precaution, which they should.”

Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones was Walter Camp’s national defensive player of the week. He had 13 tackles, including 4.5 for loss and three sacks, in the Bulldogs’ 17-9 victory over third-ranked Florida.

Matt Scott ran for 100 yards against USC, the first triple-digit rushing day of his career. Photo by Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

Two quarterbacks named Matt entered Arizona Stadium on Saturday, with one considered a Heisman candidate.

It was hard to tell which was which.

USC’s Matt Barkley, the golden boy of college football, threw for a school-record 493 yards, but the day belonged to the other SoCal kid, Arizona’s Matt Scott.

The fifth-year senior from Corona, Calif., in what certainly is the highlight of his career, passed for 369 yards, ran for 100 yards and threw for a late fourth-quarter touchdown just a few plays after being knocked woozy and throwing up.

Rick Neuheisel on the Pac-12 Networks marveled over Scott’s tough-guy performance, saying, “This is John Wayne playing quarterback.”

True Grit, indeed.

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Arizona’s Matt Scott is looking to get the better of USC quarterback Matt Barkley this Saturday. Photo by Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

Plenty of yards are expected when USC’s Matt Barkley and Arizona’s Matt Scott meet on Saturday. Not as many as last time, though.

The last time was epic. It was Oct. 4, 2007. Barkley was a junior quarterback for Santa Ana Mater Dei, the No. 1 team in the state of California. Scott, a senior, led No. 2-ranked Centennial High of Corona.

Ten thousand people packed the Santa Ana Bowl.

Mater Dei won 51-37 in a game that featured 1,295 yards of offense, the most ever in a California high school game until last week, when Porterville defeated Tulare 86-79 (yes, 86-79) with a combined 1,331 yards of offense.

MaxPreps.com this summer deemed the Mater Dei-Centennial game as the fourth-best high school game in the nation in the past 10 years.

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Matt Scott (right) and David Richards celebrates the first of Arizona’s seven touchdowns vs. Washington. Photo by Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

It has happened fast. It was supposed to happen fast, of course, but not this fast.

From the moment Rich Rodriguez was hired last November, we knew the Arizona Wildcats would have a fabulous offense, one on the leading edges of college football.

That’s his track record. Mr. No Huddle. That’s who he is.

Can’t wait to see it all in a few years …

But with senior quarterback Matt Scott leading the way, sophomore Ka’Deem Carey emerging into an All-American-caliber running back and sophomore receiver Austin Hill becoming a touchdown-maker, the Wildcats have cast aside any painful break-in time and gone right into the good stuff.

The latest flurry resulted in a 52-17 victory over Washington on Saturday night at Arizona Stadium, the most points the Cats have ever scored against the Huskies and their largest margin of victory against U-Dub.

Arizona ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 4-3 overall, 1-3 in the Pac-12. Washington lost its third in a row, dropping to 3-4 and 1-3.

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Arizona’s Matt Scott gets ready to fire the winning touchdown pass in overtime vs. Toledo. Photo by Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

The Arizona football team is better than it should be, not as good as it could be.

The Wildcats — part encouraging, part frustrating, rarely boring — suffered their third consecutive loss last Saturday, leaving them at 3-3 overall at the midway point of the regular season.

Which is basically on par with preseason expectations.

Are you a glass-half-full fan?

Rich Rodriguez took over a 4-8 team that lost four NFL players, including quarterback Nick Foles, upset No. 18 Oklahoma State and, amid an injury crisis, came within a play or two of beating ranked Oregon State and Stanford. With a smile from the football gods, the Cats would be 5-1.

Or are you a glass-half-empty fan?

The Wildcats are disappointing because they haven’t made a play in crunch time in the past two weeks, a leaky defense has little chance of getting better in the second half of the season, and Arizona will run out of gas before getting to bowl eligibility. Wait till next season. Or maybe 2014.

As the Wildcats sit out this weekend before resuming play against Washington on Oct. 20, let’s take stock at the season’s halftime.

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