AG's Wildcat Report

10/04/2024

Did you see that social media post this week about the most obscure team each Big 12 school has ever played? I did. I decided to investigate a 107-year-old game. Here is what I found:

The post declared that the Arizona Wildcats' most obscure football foe was Camp Harry Jones during the 1917 season.

09/29/2024

An updated look at former Arizona grad assistants/assistants/head coaches as FBS head coaches:

4-0: Jose Heupel, Tennessee
3-1: Brent Brennan, Arizona
3-2: Sonny D***s, TCU
3-2: Mark Stoops, Kentucky
1-3: Rich Rodriguez, Jacksonville St.
1-3: Ryan Walters, Purdue
1-4: Don Brown, UMass

09/29/2024

For all the first-month hand-wringing, the whining, the moaning, the unearned certainty on social media that new head coach Brent Brennan was in over his head and should promptly go back to the Mountain West, the Wildcats did the one thing that was most important in September.

Beat Utah.

In Salt Lake City.

And, just like that, the Arizona Wildcats are back in the thick of it.

09/01/2024

I wrote last year that Tetairoa McMillan was “a unicorn in an Arizona uniform.” In 2024, he’s even better. Thoughts on T-Mac’s epic opening night:

Arizona’s 2024 season is the Year of Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan, so it was only fitting that on only the third snap of the season, Fifita threw deep to

08/25/2024

The Dick Tomey vibes are strong again around the Wildcats program.

Seems like the right time, for the first time, to publicly share this video from the 20-year reunion of the 1998 team that went 12-1. Tomey's messages resonate then, now, and always.

Hit the link to watch: ⬇️⬇️
https://gophnx.com/watch-dick-tomey-wildcats-1998-reunion/

08/16/2024

Fresh storylines.
Immense talent.
Expanded CFB playoff.

2024 could be the wildest ride yet for the Arizona Wildcats.

The Arizona Wildcats are ranked No. 21 in the Associated Press preseason poll, which is fine, kinda cool, certainly rare in the past quarter century … and

08/09/2024

Happy retirement to Nick Foles, who passed for the most yards in Arizona history, had the best pro career of any Wildcats QB ... and authored what I consider the second-best play by an Arizona Wildcat in postseason history. Or should it be No. 1?

The Arizona Wildcats are well-represented in the Major League Baseball postseason with Kevin Ginkel turning into a relief ace for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

03/23/2024

Jaden Bradley has accepted his role all season, but when Tommy Lloyd needed him most, Plan B at point guard took the reins in the second-round win over Dayton. Lloyd: "JB's character is so high." More reaction:

The Arizona Wildcats survived a second-round NCAA Tournament game against Dayton on Saturday, winning 78-68, even though:

03/14/2024

What happened in L.A. on Saturday shouldn’t happen in Las Vegas on Thursday. (And Matt Muehlebach agrees with me.)

Kidding, kidding … I actually will be here all week … but, seriously, folks, I don’t see another upset coming Thursday in the game y’all really care about:

03/12/2024

It's not just that Desireé Reed-Francois talks a strong game, she has a plan to address Arizona's athletic department ailments and is already implementing it. She talked about it Monday:

New Arizona athletic director Desireé Reed-Francois met one-on-one with local media groups Monday, and I’m just going to belt out my first impression after

02/20/2024

It's been a messy, crazy, wild five weeks.

And, somehow, it seems all good.

On Brent Brennan, new AD Desiree Reed-Francois and a contract extension for Tommy Lloyd:

The past five weeks have reshaped Arizona Wildcats athletics.

02/18/2024

The Arizona Wildcats are looking like THAT TEAM again.

My story on all the reasons why, including Jaden Bradley (pictured below), who has been cleared for takeoff.

The Arizona Wildcats team that we've seen in the past three weeks – the one that handed Oregon its first home loss of the season, the one than delivered Utah