*** Arizona Pregame Thread ***

Things I'm hoping come along:
-receivers keep figuring it out.

-LBs.

-OL/running game.

AZ had a bye week too so I'd guess both teams come out with urgency, maybe a few different looks than what film shows.
Plus pass rush and emergency kicking.
 
After we beat Arizona, they will say we haven't beat anybody yet. (5-0)
After we win on the road at Cincinnati they will say we haven't beat anybody yet. (6-0)
After we win at Colorado they will say we haven't beat anybody yet. (7-0)

Then we play the 4 games in a row that will make or break our season! I am looking forward to going to the game next Saturday and enjoy the next win!
It's possible all 4 of those teams will be ranked in Top 25. ASU and KU are both very close to being 4-0 right now.
 
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Just once, I'd like us to put a spy on a running QB. He has ONE job, cover the QB as if he is going to run. That's it.
I think we all have PTSD from watching game after game where the defense locks everything down and their mobile quarterback bails them out time after time. Call it the Kyler Murray effect. But Fifita isn't Kyler Murray, and Arizona isn't Oklahoma.
 
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BYU, ASU, @TCU and KU is a brutal stretch, to be sure. But, we get 3 of them at home. I'm happy to go 3-1 on that stretch. I'm really happy if one of those wins is against the Skibbidy-less ASU.
All 4 of those games look tougher after this weekend. These four games will determine if this team is a good team or a great team for sure. All 4 are winnable, but definitely loseable as well.
 
Its looking like a sellout very soon.

A quick count shows 87 +/- tickets left for the game, with most of those being singles scattered around the stadium.

The remaining home games besides KU have very few tickets left. If we keep playing well, we could sell out all of them, at least outside the KU game. Which would be incredible.

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What makes you unsure? Do you realize they have been playing a month strait without a bye? Not to mention traveling halfway across the world and back then playing in 100 plus degree tempts. I don’t care how physically fit you are that takes a toll on your body.
This is not scientific at all, but is my concern.... we look slow compared to top teams, heck we look slow compared to average teams.
 
The Ark St game was concerning for sure but in the past we'd open against a FCS team and look bad or lose (UNI) then go on to have a pretty decent season. I'm not ready to start fretting yet as I expect us to be much more ready play Sat night.
 
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Every stadium on the road in this conference is a monster,” said Arizona coach Brent Brennan. “Every road game that we play is sold out, everywhere the crowd is all over your (expletive) the moment you get off the bus. It’s just part of playing in this conference.”

 
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Every stadium on the road in this conference is a monster,” said Arizona coach Brent Brennan. “Every road game that we play is sold out, everywhere the crowd is all over your (expletive) the moment you get off the bus. It’s just part of playing in this conference.”


Wait a second. So now they are a storm?! What kind of metamorphic avatar appropriation **** is this?