This summer, each member of the Star sports team will count down the five most memorable Arizona games they’ve covered since joining the beat. Here's Justin Spears' No. 1.
Justin Spears This summer, each member of the Star sports team will assemble a list of the five most memorable Arizona games they’ve covered since joining the beat. This week, Justin Spears is reflecting on five football and men’s basketball games:
People are also reading… What we wrote at the time: After a historically bad performance against their biggest rivals on national TV — the culmination of a three-year descent — questions abound about the Arizona Wildcats football program.Arizona hit rock bottom against Arizona State on Friday night. The Wildcats lost 70-7 to the Sun Devils — the largest margin of defeat for the UA in 94 Territorial Cup matchups. Arizona twice has lost to ASU by 47 points — in 1951 and ’58.
"No matter what your emotional level is," Sumlin said,"when you turn the ball over like that, particularly early in the game, with short fields, it’s not a good recipe." Sumlin’s record at Arizona fell to 9-20. His winning percentage of .310 is the second worst for any UA coach who has presided over at least 20 games.
The aftermath: Sumlin was fired the following day and received a $7.5 million buyout from the UA; he earned $17.5 million in buyouts between Arizona and Texas A&M. Defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads was named interim head coach, but the Arizona-Cal game was canceled and the Wildcats ended the season 0-5. The only members of Arizona's 2021 recruiting class who signed in December 2020 and are still on roster for '23 are safety Dalton Johnson and running back Stevie Rocker.
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