Tag: Arizona Wildcats
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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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FBS Roundup Week 9
I spent this Saturday at the Battle of I-75, it was a lot of fun going to one of the best MACtion rivalries. It was a great game especially with a wild first half. A game in the Glass Bowl is always a great environment. Toledo has one of the bigger fanbases in the MAC.…
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FBS Roundup Week 6
Now that’s more like it, this Saturday was the most chaotic day of College Football we’ve seen in a long time. Not only did we see lots of massive upsets, there were also a lot of close games. I can run 8 screens at once and still didn’t have enough at times. American Army and…
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FBS College Football Roundup Week 5
How did we already get to week 5?? This season is flying by but with most teams in conference play things are ramping up on the field. American The headliner in the conference was Tulane’s blowout of South Florida. The Wave rolled the Bulls from start to finish in a truly dominant effort. Outside of…
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College Football Roundup Week 3
This weekend was called a bad slate by many, but you can’t ever go in with that mindset this sport always delivers. American This hasn’t been a banner OOC performance by this conference and Saturday in particular was really rough. Yes, what appears to be the top 2 teams in the conference won Memphis and…
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College Football Roundup Week 1
Welcome! This is a new weekly article where I’ll break down some interesting results from each conference and break down what it means, without attempting to make any crazy “hot takes” (we’ll see how that goes.) I opened this year differently, most of the time I watch from home to begin the season or if…
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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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