Arizona Preview | 23 Personnel Podcast – 109

Intro

Football

  • Wrapping up UTEP game (I don’t really have anything to add here, do you?)
  • Arizona Preview in Tucson – 9:30pm (ESPN)
    • Seths’ Post: https://www.stakingtheplains.com/2019/09/09/first-look-texas-tech-red-raiders-vs-arizona-wildcats/
    • Recent results
      • 2017: 7-6 (5-4) under Rich Rod
        Lost to Purdue 35-38 in the Foster Farms Bowl at Levi’s Stadium
      • 2018: 5-7 (4-5) under Sumlin’s first season
      • 2019: 1-1
        • Week 0 Loss to Hawaii (38-45)
          • Started game on offense INT, 3 & out, 3 & out, TD
          • Tate – passing 22/39 361 yds 3 tds 2 ints (one tipped)
          • Tate – rushing 13 108 yds 0 tds 31 long
          • Arizona recovered 2 fumbles and had 4 ints
          • Arizona defense allowed 436 yards passing, 5 passing TDs, 159 rushing yards on 30 carries (5.3ypc) – 1 rushing td
          • Arizona 10 penalties for 88 yards
          • Tate’s second INT came in red zone while down 38-35 with 7 min left
          • Final play – Tate scramples from the Hawaii 31 yd line and is stopped 1 yd short of the end zone (only rushed 4 on the play and the spy LB missed the tackle)
          • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRVtd4A9inM
        • Week 2 Win against Northern Arizona (65-41)
          • https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2019/9/8/football-arizona-nau.aspx
          • Tate left the game with 9:42 left in the second qtr up 35-7 with 14/17 138 yards, 2 passing tds, 1 rushing
          • Tate played the first series at the start of the second half
          • Gunnell finished 9/11 151 yards 3 tds (Sumlin wanted him in during the second quarter no matter what)
          • Suited up 74 players, played 72
          • 37 special teams plays
          • 11 penalties for 127 yards (Ranked 130th for a total of 21 penalties for 215 yards)
          • CB Jace Whittaker – 3 ints on the season (leads the nation)
          • Hawaii defeated Oregon State 31-28 on Sat after being down 28-21 at halftime
  • Sumlin on Texas Tech (Inside the Arizona Athletics Podcast – 9/9)
    • “They’ve got a receiver who’s a real nightmare” (Vasher)
    • “We’re recruiting a lot of the same guys”
    • They (TTU) haven’t shown a lot (offensively), they haven’t had to
    • Arizona has only played 70+ snaps the first 2 games on defense (78 & 75)
    • TTU will want to run 90+ plays
    • Question if Tate has been under center “We have plays like that, I know people don’t believe we do” likelihood of seeing him under center against TTU is “slim to none”
  • Countdown to Kickoff (@robbreauxshow, @talk1340, @karrob_radio @tuckerlowrance) starts 3.5 hours prior to kickoff this week and runs an extra half-hour (6-8:30pm) on 1340 AM streaming online or through the Talk 1340 app on your phone or smart speaker

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Going Yard

 

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