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There aren’t a whole lot of teams in the Pac-12 North that Arizona would too excited to miss, but not getting Oregon State and Stanford is a slight disappointment.
It would’ve been nice to miss Oregon, but that’s a home game in early October. Washington State is on the slate, but at least the Wildcats don’t have to go to Pullman in late November, and playing Washington in Seattle on October 15th and Cal on September 24th shouldn’t matter weather-wise.
It’s a rebuilding process in Year Two of the Jedd Fisch era, but … come ON.
Going to San Diego State as the first opponent in the new era of Aztec football – it’s opening up the brand new Snapdragon Stadium – isn’t good. Hosting Mississippi State and North Dakota State isn’t exactly a plus, either.
Considering the non-conference slate, there’s the home game against Colorado. That might be the only game outside of the visit from NDSU that Arizona might be favored in.
Start with the positives. The Wildcats get a whole lot of teams in Tucson.
After going to San Diego State, four of the next five games are at home, the last two – including Arizona State – is in Arizona Stadium, and the midseason run of three road games in four dates is broken up with a week off.
It’s still going to be a heavy lift to get anywhere close to six wins and bowl eligibility.
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The Arizona Wildcats will meet the Arizona State Sun Devils in PAC-12 action on Saturday afternoon from Sun Devil Stadium.
The Arizona Wildcats will meet the Arizona State Sun Devils in PAC-12 action on Saturday afternoon from Sun Devil Stadium.
Arizona has struggled this season and this game could make or break their season if they can get a win against their rivals. As for Arizona State, they are coming off a 24-10 loss to Oregon State to bring their record to 7-4.
As always this will be a great matchup, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action.
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Arizona State vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.
Arizona State vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 27
Date: Saturday, November 27
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: Arizona State (7-4), Arizona (1-10)
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It’s the bowl game, the jumpstart to 2022, and the revenge game all in one.
Arizona might not have the guys, and it’s hammered by injuries and a lack of depth, and it’s losing defensive coordinator Don Brown to the UMass head coaching gig, but it continues to battle really, really hard.
The results aren’t there, but the team will push for a full four quarters.
Arizona State has been ultra-inconsistent.
It’s got the guys, it’s got the talent, and it has a run of three losses in the last five games with the running game hit-or-miss and with the passing attack not whit doing what it’s supposed to.
To do this, Arizona needs a whole slew of takeaways. Arizona State has given away the most turnovers in the Pac-12, but …
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As long as the Sun Devils don’t royally screw up, they should be fine.
Again, Arizona just doesn’t have the personnel. It doesn’t move the ball easily enough, the offensive line allows way too many plays behind the line, and the about those ASU turnovers …
Arizona doesn’t take the ball away. The team is dead last in college football in turnover margin with just six takeaways.
Arizona State can maintain a decent offensive balance and control the game on the ground early on. There’s no need to take any big chances.
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70-7. As long as Arizona doesn’t lose like it did last year, it’ll be a measure of success moving forward.
The effort will be there and the Cats will pull out every possible trick and stop, but they’ll get down early, will have to press a bit, and that’s when the turnovers will come.
It’ll get a bit out of hand for a stretch, but Arizona will score a few fourth quarter points and no, it won’t be 70-7.
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Arizona State 40, Arizona 17
Line: Arizona State -20.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Arizona vs Washington State prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.
Arizona vs Washington State prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, November 19
Date: Friday, November 19
Game Time: 9:00 ET
Venue: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: Arizona (1-9), Washington State (5-5)
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Arizona has been beaten up in a rebuilding year under Jedd Fisch, but it’s been battling really, really hard.
The team has hardly packed it in.
It managed to get a win over a depleted Cal team, but it played relatively well in last week’s loss to Utah, pushed USC, and it gave Washington all it could handle. It’s been the type of team and season that would have a whole lot more success with more time, more maturity, and more consistency.
Yeah, the Wildcats are 1-9, but five of the losses were by nine points or fewer. There have been too many mistakes in key moments, but there weren’t any turnovers for the first time all year in last week’s loss to the Utes, the penalties have slowed a wee bit, and …
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Here comes the Washington State passing game.
The Arizona run defense hasn’t been all that bad lately, and there’s no worrying about the ground attack in this. Washington State is going to do what it does – it’s going to throw and keep throwing.
The Cougar offense hasn’t blown up since beating Oregon State in the middle of the year, but quarterback Jayden de Laura should get plenty of time to work, he’ll hit the midrange throws against this group, and the O should control the clock.
Arizona allowed 200 yards or more passing yards in four of the last five games.
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Once again, Arizona is going to fight the good fight, but the turnovers will return.
And that’s the team’s main problem. Again, it can stay close in games, but being a -14 in turnover margin on the season is a killer. The O really has been a bit better at controlling the screw-ups, but the defense isn’t helping with no takeaways in four of the last five games.
Washington State will be +2 in turnover margin. The expected weather in the 30s with a mix of rain and snow won’t help.
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Washington State 30, Arizona 17
Line: Washington State -15, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Utah vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.
Utah vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 13
Date: Saturday, November 13
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: Utah (6-3), Arizona (1-8)
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Arizona has been crushed by injuries.
On the plus side in a rebuilding year under first year head man Jedd Fisch, a whole slew of young parts are getting meaningful time. On the down side, it took everything possible to get by a Cal team missing more than 20 players in a 10-3 win last week.
The Arizona offense is having an impossible time moving the chains, it’s taking way too much effort to put points on the board – only getting past 19 once this year – and it’s not getting help in any way from turnovers and big plays.
The Wildcats are last in the nation in turnover margin.
Utah has the Pac-12 South there for the taking with wins over Arizona State and UCLA, and now it just has to close strong needing to win two of its last three games – the fire will be there to put this away fast.
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The Wildcats got a win. That was everything in a year that really is all about just trying to get things going to build a foundation for the future. Now the pressure is effectively off – that’s what happens when you don’t win a game since 2019.
It’s easier said than done with so many injured players, but this should be a loose team that can take a whole lot of chances.
Utah has the lines to dominate this throughout, but the Arizona pass defense hasn’t been all that bad, there’s just enough pressure into the backfield to matter once in a while, and Utah isn’t hitting on a ton of big downfield plays, but …
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Utah just ran for 441 yards on Stanford. It’s not going to do that against the Arizona defensive front, but as you’re reading this it just assume it already has more than 200.
The Ute ground game continues to rock and roll with well over 200 yards in three of the last four games and four of the last six. Arizona won’t be able to hold up, and the near-certain three giveaways aren’t going to help.
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Utah 40, Arizona 13
Line: Utah -24, o/u: 54
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Cal vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.
Cal vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 6
Date: Saturday, November 6
Game Time: 3:00 ET
Venue: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: Cal (3-5), Arizona (0-8)
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There’s a whole lot about this team that’s up in the air right now, but …
The offense has found its groove just when it seemed like the season was over.
All of a sudden, the inconsistent attack came up with an almost perfect balance, generating 200 yards both rushing and passing in wins over Colorado and Oregon State.
The Bears are good at maintaining control. They own the time of possession battle, they’re great at coming up with third down conversions, and rather offensive line is solid at keeping defenses out of the backfield.
Arizona’s offense kept on pushing in the 41-34 loss to USC – it was getting rocked early – but it’s way too inconsistent. Cal should be able to own the lines, but …
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Forgive how gross it is to go back to 2020 mode and analyze a football game based off a still-raging global pandemic.
Even if everything was normal, Arizona is playing better.
It’s wildly inconsistent thanks to a slew of young players needing to rise up, little depth, and not enough stars on the lines, but QB Will Plummer is playing like a keeper.
Hurt for a while and struggling through through too many games, he battled against USC with 264 yards and should keep on throwing in this to make up for a rough running game.
Cal can be thrown on – allowing over 200 yards in every game but the win over Colorado – and the Wildcats are going to give it a try.
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Arizona has been way, way overdue to finally get a win.
It played well for 40 minutes against Oregon before the roof caved in. It should’ve been competitive against Colorado, and wasn’t. It pushed USC and should’ve gotten past Washington.
Even if everything was normal, this would be the game for a still-fighting Arizona team to finally get it done on pure effort – as long as it can keep all the little mistakes to a minimum.
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Arizona 24, Cal 23
Line: Cal -10, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5
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USC vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.
USC vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 30
Date: Saturday, October 30
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles CA
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: USC (3-4), Arizona (0-7)
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The team has been brutally close to finally getting a win.
It’s been a few years without a victory – going back to the middle of 2019 – but it had Washington in big, big trouble before succumbing late 21-16. It played well for three quarters against Oregon, and …
Okay, it got wrecked by an awful Colorado team in what should’ve been a winnable game, but the want-to is still there. This team still has a big goal to shoot for – yeah, getting a W would be a huge deal – but USC is quickly slipping away into 2022.
It’s a lost year for a program in limbo. Everyone’s waiting for the head coaching search to really kick in, and going to a random bowl isn’t exactly an acceptable carrot at the end of the stick.
This might be the time for Arizona to get that running game going – it ran for over 200 yards against both Oregon and Washington – to power away and operate against a Trojan defensive front that’s not getting into the backfield.
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Arizona isn’t doing the little things right to get over the hump.
Even when it’s playing well, there’s a bad penalty here, a missed assignment there, a mental lapse, a turnover, a special teams gaffe, a missed opportunity, something to screw it all up.
The Wildcat offense doesn’t do enough to keep things moving, the defense doesn’t do enough against the run, and turnovers are a huge issue.
Arizona is dead last in the nation in turnover margin.
USC might not be playing all that well, but the passing attack is still the best in the Pac-12, and it should be able to get out to a decent enough start to make Arizona press. There isn’t enough of a Wildcat offense – there’s nothing happening down the field – to keep up.
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USC will be able to go through the motions and win this easily.
Arizona will still give it the old college try, but it’s not getting anything out of its quarterbacks – injuries have been a major issue and Gunner Cruz is struggling – but there’s hope that Will Plummer will be a factor.
The USC offense will perk up when it has to in the second quarter to all but put this away.
USC has a hard time coming up with a full 60 minutes, but it won’t need to.
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USC 38, Arizona 14
Line: USC -21, o/u: 56.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Washington Huskies vs Arizona Wildcats prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, October 22
Washington vs Arizona prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, October 22
Date: Friday, October 22
Game Time: 10:30 ET
Venue: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Washington (2-4), Arizona (0-6)
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Arizona’s offense can’t find the right mix.
The defense isn’t all that great, but that’s not really the problem. The Wildcats can’t seem to stop giving the ball away with 12 turnovers in the last four games.
The quarterback situation hasn’t been settled – Jordan McCloud threw too many picks against Oregon, and Gunner Cruz isn’t generating anything down the field – and there isn’t enough of a running game to take the heat off.
Washington isn’t exactly burning it up offensively, but the pass defense hasn’t been solid allowing just four touchdown passes and coming up with four picks. But …
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Yeah, the Washington offense. It’s struggling.
It’s gotten to the is-what-it-is point, only getting past 350 yards in the win over Arkansas State and its miserable defense.
The passing game is struggling, the ground attack is worse, and Arizona has to take advantage of all of it to stay in the game into the fourth quarter.
This isn’t the type of Washington team that’s going to run away and hide with the game. There’s not going to be a giant explosion of early points from the passing game, there will be a few turnovers, and Arizona has to take advantage of all of it.
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Arizona played a Colorado team last week that should’ve been ripe for the picking.
There wasn’t any offense happening, the Wildcats were playing reasonably well in close games – to a point – and …
Colorado 34, Arizona 0.
Washington doesn’t have an offense, and it’s not going to roll easily, but it’ll methodically get just enough to overcome a good start from an Arizona offense that’s desperately looking for a little luck.
The Wildcat passing game won’t be able to come through in the second half against this UW secondary.
Washington 34, Arizona 17
Line: Washington -18, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
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Arizona vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16
Arizona vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16
Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: Arizona (0-5), Colorado (1-4)
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The team really is playing better.
It’s having a hard time scoring – it hasn’t been able to get to 20 points – but it battled well against Oregon and pushed UCLA in a 34-16 loss last week. It helps that the defense has improved enough to keep the team in games.
The 2020 defense allowed 410 yards or more in all five games, and in 18 of 19 games before this year. In 2021, the Wildcats have allowed more than 400 yards just twice in five games – the D is keeping the team in games.
Colorado isn’t going to come out and hang 60 on the board.
The Buffs managed just 34 points in the four games against FBS teams and haven’t pushed past 260 yards, but …
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Texas A&M, Minnesota, Arizona State, and USC. It’s not like Colorado is losing to Northern Arizona, like Arizona did a few weeks ago.
For all of the team’s issues, there’s promise with enough potential with the running game to at least be okay. Again, it’s not going to go off, but the Buffs were able to run for over 170 yards against both Texas A&M and Arizona State …
It’s something for an offense that’s done nothing.
Arizona isn’t able to hit anything down the field, the ground attack isn’t making up for it, and the team isn’t making up for the problems with the turnover margin.
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The first team to score wins?
Arizona can’t get to 20 points, and Colorado can’t get past 14 since rolling past Northern Colorado 35-7 to start the season.
Arizona is struggling, but it got past 350 yards four times in five games. Colorado hasn’t been able to get past 260 yards since the opener.
Arizona has lost 17 straight games since coming up with a win in early October of 2019 on the road against …
Colorado.
Arizona 23, Colorado 20
Line: Colorado -6, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1
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