Tag: Arizona
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State of the Program: Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach: Brent Brennan is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Wildcats with a 4-8 record. Brennan has a lot of history with this program and is familiar with it. Unfortunately even though there were high preseason expectations, they had a disappointing season in his first year as the circumstances of…
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State of the Program: Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach: Brent Brennan is entering his first season as the head coach of the Wildcats. Their coaching change was rather abrupt and unexpected but expectations will be very high right away. You can read more on Brennan and the hire grade here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/04/25/college-football-coach-hire-grades-arizona/ Program Outlook: Arizona enters the Big 12 with the most momentum…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Washington
Washington Huskies: Jedd Fisch Why the job was open: Washington had absolutely nailed it by hiring Kalen DeBoer. He immediately got the Huskies back on the national stage and made a national title appearance in just his 2nd season. He had something special cooking and it was inevitable he’d win a national title for Washington…
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College Football Coach Hire Grades: Arizona
Arizona Wildcats: Brent Brennan Why the job was open: Arizona is a program that has long struggled to find football success for a consistent period of time and it didn’t make sense. There’s a lot of talent in the state, lots of talent nearby in California/Texas and they’re in a desirable location (beautiful Tucson, Arizona).…
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March Madness Tournament Preview: West Region
1: North Carolina Tar Heels Best Tournament Moment: North Carolina has 6 national titles so there’s several moments to pick from, but their 1982 National title was a moment that created legacies. As all of us know, then freshman Michael Jordan hit the game winning shot to beat Georgetown. North Carolina has been a truly…
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College Basketball Roundup: Part 4
MAC: Headline: Can anyone stop Akron? The Zips are traditionally at the top of the MAC but this year’s team seems special. Akron only has 4 losses, 3 of them by one score (including against a currently ranked Utah State). The Zips are also undefeated in MAC play. They aren’t without challengers, Bowling Green under…
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2024 College Football Bowl Previews (Dec 28th)
Wasabi Fenway Bowl: SMU Mustangs (11-2) vs Boston College Eagles (6-6) What you need to know: SMU enters this game on a roll, the Mustangs brought in a lot of transfers before the season and early on it took time for their offense to find a rhythm but once it did they had liftoff. The…
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