WSR Arizona Athletics Report

I'm hearing everything from 10-2 or 9-3 as far as our record goes, our biggest hurdles IMO will be @ LSU and Arkansas who ALWAYS gives us fits. Georgia will be a huge game from the standpoint that whoever wins typically has the inside track to win the eastern division, however last year we won all of our divisonal games but finished second behind Georgia only because they didn't have to play Alabama, LSU or Arkansas from the western division.
So it looks like the key for us is to at least come out with a split for the LSU and Arkansas portion of our schedule to win the east, because with Georgia's schedule they have the easiest path for the second year in a row. The Missouri game for Georgia and us will also be very important to watch in the SEC east. The Clemson game at the end of the year is always a huge game just becuase we're bitter rivals.

Personally I think we may do as well as 9-3 with loses to LSU (tough to win in Baton Rouge), Arkansas (until we beat them we'll always be underdogs), and I'll have to say Missouri just because they are new and a "throw it all over the field" type of team from what I hear, which given our secondary will be a tough challenge for us.

As far as recruiting we are doing pretty well, we picked up two big time OLB commits in Larenz Bryant Charlotte, NC the number one recruit out of North Carolina number five nationally for his position and Matt Rolin the number eleven ranked OLB recruit nationally and the number eight ranked in the state of Virginia both recently competed in "The Open" in Oregon and represented very well. So we are very excited about the upcoming season and recruiting.

By the way how far are you guys from ASU and who holds the advantage in your series? Are they usually close games? Anyone can answer these questions if you have any input?

Well, the way I see it, and mind you this is my opinion, Arky may not be so tough with all the turmoil in the coaching situation. I factor in psychological advantages and would take an SC straight-up win in a pick-em between the two clubs. Missouri will be interesting but once again, I would take an SC win because they never seem to win the games that really matter, and quite frankly, didn't have a signature win last year. I really don't think Mizzou is going to bring jack crap to the SEC. 8-5 last year with a win on a down Texas team and loss to...

That brings us to...ASU.

(aka: assu, aswho?, scumdevils, scummies, little forkers, Lil Forkers, blank stare smiley icon, and that is just the family friendly associations. I'm sure I missed some other ones as well).

To talk about UofA and...who the hell we talking about again?...rivalries in the past would require a novella at least. Epic rivalry that is on the ESPN network this year. Worth a look.

To give an idea of what this game means to some people, 1-11 is a successful year as long as it means pounding ASU into the ground. A better survey question to pose to both teams fans, "would you accept a 5-7 season if it meant beating your rival into the ground or a 6-6 bowl season if it meant your rival gets to beat you into the ground?"

ASU fans would answer, "we can't count that high".

Aren't all of your picks done that way?

Fine...you got me.

Just like I was talking out of the side-of-my-neck about crying over one game ever. I was abject reenactment of The Wailing Woman during both of our football and basketball campaigns last season.

there have been some complaints about drinks being poured on fans from upper level, beer, soft drinks whatever.

of course, there are some grade a arsebutts at most any large gathering of any sort, so you just have to ignore some things