Posted by Devils4Life Scott on March 09, 10 at 10:31:52:
Kitties as the Pac-10 elite.... Only ion Tucson do they dream up such non-sense.
As a result of the unified design of the Pac-10, which shuns the notion of splitting into divisions, teams play nine games each season against conference foes, leaving all of three Saturdays to somehow assimilate a balance between devouring inferior competition and finding time for worthy opponents from other BCS conferences.
In the case of Arizona, three weeks is more than enough time to dispose of the schedule’s excess fat. With the exception of head coach Mike Stoops' first few years in Tucson, when the Wildcats took on Wisconsin, LSU, and Utah and BYU twice, Arizona has not scheduled nonconference games with the same fervor as USC, UCLA, and Oregon.
Over the past three seasons, major BCS players have been replaced with Northern Arizona, New Mexico, and Idaho.
And 2010 offers much of the same, as Arizona kicks off the season at Toledo and at home against the mighty Citadel before hosting the Iowa Hawkeyes to round out the non-Pac-10 schedule.
Direct from the Bleacher Report -
For years now we’ve been hearing how ready Stoops and Arizona are to enter the same realm as the Pac-10 elite. Last season’s 6-3 in-conference mark and second-place finish was a nice start, but if the Wildcats want to be considered on the same national pedestal as USC and Oregon, they’ll have to cause some damage outside of the Pac-10, and do it consistently.
Go Devils!
Devils4Life Scott