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The Wildcats have a lot of exciting things happening as they enter the 2012 season — a new head coach, an inventive defensive scheme, the north end zone project and a fast-paced offense. But the one thing they don’t have is depth or talent in several key areas, especially at linebacker and on the defensive line. This team has the ability to surprise some people, both with some hidden gems on offense and with their completely new systems.

Still, even if Arizona gets an upset here or there it would be a huge accomplishment for this team to be eligible for a bowl. An experienced offensive line, weapons at the skill positions and quarterback Matt Scott will make the Wildcats competitive in most games, but don’t expect a winning record.

PREDICTION: 5-7 BOWL PREDICTION: No Bowl OFFENSIVE MVP: Matt Scott, quarterback DEFENSIVE MVP: Marquis Flowers, linebacker

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This season, the Wildcats will debut a new offense and defense with a revamped coaching staff.

Fifth-year senior Matt Scott will lead an offense that is sure to excite, as Scott is familiar with the offense, having run a similar version of the spread option in high school. A focus on the run game with a deep running back corps will give the Wildcats a balanced offense.

While the offense will be fast and put up a lot of points, the key to Arizona’s season will be the progression of a defense that was one of the worst in the nation in 2011. A schematic switch from the 4-3 to the 3-3-5 odd-stack will allow Arizona to disguise its blitzes more and should help confuse quarterbacks enough for the Wildcats to improve on their 10 sack total.

Looking at the way the defense played last year and the way the Wildcats stumbled out of the gates to a 1-5 start, this prediction may seem a bit far-fetched. The Wildcats will only go as far as their defense will take them, but an experienced group will be able to make enough stops to allow Matt Scott to put more points on the board.

PREDICTION: 7-6 BOWL PREDICTION: Gildan New Mexico Bowl

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At each of Rodriguez’s stops in his career, the first year has always been the most difficult, in terms of wins and losses. At Michigan and West Virginia, he won three games his first year, and in his first seasons at Glenville State and Salem University, he won three games combined.

This season, the Wildcats are not talented enough on the defensive side of the ball to be able to consistently stop the more talented, experienced teams of the Pac-12. This will be the difference between a three-win season, and a bowl-eligible six wins.

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Is Ka’Deem Carey ready to break-out?

I think the answer to this question depends on how one defines break-out. Will Carey have a solid season as the featured running back? That’s a definite yes. Carey had a quietly successful season last year with limited touches. The six touchdowns and the 4.7 yards a rush were very

impressive in his limited 91 attempts. Now that Carey is a year older, with a new emphasis on the run and an improved line, he’ll easily finish in the upper half of Pac-12 runners.

But will he finish on an All Pac-12 team? That’s a no.

The below-average defense will turn a lot of games into shootouts, meaning Carey won’t even get the rushes to contend statistically with the likes of Stanford’s Stepfan Taylor or Oregon’s Kenjon Barner.

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How much more run will there be than pass in the new offense?

Throughout his coaching career, the run-pass ratio on Rodriguez-led teams has always leaned heavily toward run, which is the polar opposite of Mike Stoops’ philosophy in recent years at Arizona.

Rodriguez, for example, has never run the ball less than 57 percent of the time as head coach. In his last two seasons at Arizona, Stoops ran the ball an average of 40.7 percent of the time. The most successful Rodriguez teams have been the ones that run, and its probably in the UA’s best interests to continue down that line with guys like Ka’Deem Carey, Daniel

Jenkins, Taimi Tutogi and quarterback Matt Scott in the backfield. He might not run the ball 70 percent of the time, but Rodriguez will air it out significantly less than Stoops did.

Can this year’s defense possibly be worse than last year’s?

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It’s hard to say. Only 10 teams in the country were worse defensively than Arizona in 2011, so the easy answer is to say that they can only improve.

A schematic switch to a 3-3-5 defensive system will take some getting used to, but over the course of the season, the defense should improve. The front seven is the weakest part of the defense, with guys like fullback Taimi Tutogi and former running back Greg Nwoko playing defense to add depth and athleticism to a unit that allowed 460.5 yards per game, had only 10 sacks the entire season and was second to last in the country in pass defense. It’s highly unlikely the Wildcats will be that bad again, in part because of a healthy Jonathan McKnight and Jake Fischer, who both missed all of last season with knee injuries and are two of Arizona’s most talented defenders.

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Patience pays off for Matt Scott CAMERON MOON Arizona Daily Wildcat

When senior quarterback Matt Scott speaks, there’s a clear resolve in his voice.

Experiencing three offensive coordinators in four years, two head coaches and an injury, a lost starting job and a forced redshirt will do that to a person.

Not everyone has always believed in Scott. He said when former head coach Mike Stoops brought Scott to the UA, he thought Stoops believed in him. But, he had his starting job taken away by Nick Foles. Now, in a new coaching regime, Rich Rodriguez believes in Matt Scott. At the Pac-12 Media Day in July, Rodriguez made it clear how happy he was to have Scott as his signal caller.

“We’re fortunate he’s here with us,” Rodriguez said. “That’s the best decision the last coaching staff made.”

After fighting through four seasons worth of adversity, Scott is finally where he thought he’d be three seasons ago as a high school student visiting the UA — the starting quarterback for the Arizona Wildcats.

“We liked Tucson; he loved it,” Rob Scott, Matt Scott’s father, said. “He liked that staff. He liked the college town feel.

He felt that it was far away from home, but not too far away. It was a great decision at the time.”

But like any competitor, especially one that was responsible for 3,578 total yards of offense and 32 total touchdowns his senior year, Scott expected to see playing time after his freshman season, as the Willie Tuitama era came to a close for the Wildcats.

Scott said he honestly believed he would be the starting quarterback in 2009.

“Not my freshman year, because Willie was here,” he said. “But after that, I expected it to be my show. That’s what I was told.”

So Scott was penciled in as Arizona’s starter heading into his sophomore year in 2009, but Nick Foles, a 6-foot-5, 243-pound transfer from Michigan State joined in to make a play at winning the starting quarterback job, a competition that did not end in fall camp and veered into the regular season.

Scott started the first two games of 2009 for the Wildcats, but split time with Foles, who eventually won the job permanently against Iowa, when Scott was pulled after three quarters of play, trailing 17-10 after throwing for 50 yards and an interception.

Foles promptly threw for 55 yards and a touchdown, permanently winning the job and sending Scott to the bench for the better part of two seasons.

An injured Scott returned to the bench and watched as Foles led the Wildcats to the 2009 Holiday Bowl and a 33-0 blowout at the hands of Ndamukong Suh and Nebraska.

Scott was back on the field for three games in the middle of 2010, taking over for an injured Foles.

Scott turned in two of the best performances his father said he has ever seen in relief of an injured Foles against Washington and UCLA. Scott threw for 691 yards and three touchdowns in three victories against the Huskies, Bruins and Cougars. When Scott entered his first game against Washington State, his father said he didn’t even believe it.

“We have a TV in the coaches’ office, and the coach goes, ‘Hey, Matt’s in,’” Rob Scott said. “And I said, ‘Stop messing around.’ He said he was serious and that Nick got hurt, and I still didn’t believe him.”

Scott was running out of time to make his mark on the college game, as the offensive coordinator that recruited him, Sonny Dykes, departed Arizona to take the head coaching job at Louisiana Tech.

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“I was kind of thinking when Sonny Dykes left, that’s when we were going to get an entirely new offense,” Scott said. “We kind of switched up from there and then everybody left.”

After his pair of roller coaster seasons as a sophomore and junior, Scott watched idly as Foles led the Wildcats to their third consecutive bowl game and another lopsided loss to a Big 12 opponent, falling to Oklahoma State 36-10 in the Alamo Bowl, a game Scott believes he deserved to play in.

“In the Alamo, I was ready to play,” Scott said. “I was waiting for him [Stoops] to call on me. After two and three interceptions, I was thinking “Can I get a couple throws?

Maybe one pass?”

Scott was not called upon to play despite a three-interception performance from Foles. After the loss, Scott and his family seriously considered transferring, in an effort to salvage what eligibility and potential playing time Scott had left.

“Every parent sees their kids go through stuff,” Rob Scott said. “They’re sad, then happy and happy then sad. You want the best for your kid.”

Scott and his family put a relocation plan into effect, with help from Matt Logan, Scott’s high school coach.

“Every kid wants an opportunity to play and we weren’t sure it was going to happen,” Logan said. “I would have done whatever he wanted to do. If he needed help transferring, I would help take care of that.”

One or two schools contacted Logan with interest in Scott, but he decided against leaving to finish what he started at Arizona. “[My parents] said ‘We want you to leave,’” Scott said. “I said ‘No.’ After the Holiday Bowl and the Alamo Bowl they were like, ‘You have to get out of there.’ But I committed to Arizona for a reason, so I felt like that was the place for me, even now I still do. I don’t regret not leaving.”

Last year, the Arizona coaching staff decided to redshirt Scott, essentially relegating him to scout team duties.

Scott took his demotion hard, slacking off in game week preparation as the Wildcats and Foles suffered through a 4-8 campaign.

“I wasn’t preparing myself like I should have been,” Scott said. “Everything really: film, study, just knowing where to throw the ball, everything. It all came down on me pretty hard I guess.”

Although they were teammates, Foles and Scott were competitors, and losing the competition made Scott harbor some ill will toward Foles.

“It’s kind of like a Tim Tebow situation I guess,” Scott said of Foles. “Everybody likes the guy, it’s hard to hate the guy. But, he was obviously my enemy and who I was competing against. Still, even when he made mistakes I was on the sideline trying to be there for him, saying, “let’s go get the next one. Let’s go get this next touchdown, don’t worry about that. Let it go.’”

Stoops was fired during the 2011 season, and Foles has since been drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. Finally, it seems, Scott’s time has come, thanks to an of-

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fensive system designed by Rodriguez, similar to what Scott ran with success in high school when he was at his happiest playing football.

“There’s not a whole lot to think about — where do I signal him, what do I tell the O-line,” Scott said. “It’s just so much simpler. When you simplify it, you can really go out and play the game without thinking too much.”

As luck would have it, his third offensive system in four seasons is one in which Scott feels most comfortable in, at a school where he has grown to love after considering leaving.

“I think there’s something pretty good you can say about a guy who makes a decision and sticks with it,” Rob Scott said.

“There’s plenty of people in the world today who make decisions that don’t quite work out so they quit. Matt is going to create havoc, just wait and see.”

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At West Virgnia, Rich Rodriguez was one of the most successful coaches in the country. Then, he left for one of the best jobs in the business at Michigan. Fortunately for Arizona, his stint in Ann Arbor was short lived.

ZACK ROSENBLATT Arizona Daily Wildcat

SO LONG, STOOPS After eight seasons as the UA head coach, Mike Stoops was fired in October in the middle of the 2011 season. Now, he has joined his brother Bob in Oklahoma as the defensive coordinator.

Years at UA: 2004-2011 Record: 41-50 (27-38 Pac-12)

Rich Rodriguez needed more time, just one more year at Michigan, and he would have made his mark. Rodriguez is happy to be in Tucson and coaching at the UA, but if he had any say, he’d still be the head coach at Michigan.

His short-lived tenure as Michigan’s head coach was widely disparaged, but Rodriguez’s confidence never waned. Not after the Wolverines won three games his first year there in 2008, or five his second year.

His seat was hot in is third year at Michigan, and many expected his tenure to end early as head coach after two of the worst seasons in Wolverines history. His job was on the line at one of the most storied college football programs in the country. Weekin and week-out, he had to coach in front of more than 100,000 screaming fans at the “Big House,” one of the largest football stadiums in the country, pro or college.

Even with odds stacked against him entering his third season in Ann Arbor, Mich., he stayed strong. He was going to turn the Michigan program around. Which, in a way, he did — he just wasn’t there to see it through. The Wolverines let him go shortly after his first winning season in 2010 and he was relegated to CBS studios as an analyst for the better part of a year. Michigan went 11-2 last year, with a roster filled with players Rodriguez recruited.

“It was hard last year when I was sitting out,” Rodriguez said.

“Because, you know, despite my bitter feelings toward Michigan, those were our kids.”

Even as he tried to cope with not being someone’s head coach for 10 months after he was fired, he was still never discouraged.

Rodriguez knew he could still succeed at the highest level of college football.

“He has just always been a confident person, he’s had a vision,” Rita Rodriguez, his wife of 28 years, said. “If he believes in something, he believes in it. He really does.”

That self-confidence has followed Rodriguez his entire coaching career, and it dates as far back as 1988 when he was just 25 years old at Salem College in West Virginia. In his first and only season there, the Tigers went 2-8. After the season, the college announced it would be dropping its football program, leaving Rodriguez jobless just two weeks before he was to marry Rita.

“When they dropped football, I was worried about him, you know. He doesn’t have a job now,” Rita Rodriguez said. “He was not worried about himself, he was worried about his football players and where they were going to go to school, so he didn’t spend that time feeling bad for himself. I was selfish, I

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I liked his intensity, his teaching method, and I liked his personality. He got results, what is there not to like?

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Average national rush offense ranking for Rodriguez in his 10 seasons at Michigan and West Virginia. That number jumps to 9.6 for his seven season at WVU.

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Arizona’s average rush offense national ranking from the last two years.

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Bowl apperences in Rodriguez’s coaching career,, including two BCS bowl games.

Arizona, on the other hand, has made four bowls in the last 15 years — zero BCS.

Michigan.

“I’d known him a long time,” Byrne said. “We didn’t see each other that often, but we knew each other. I saw … before he had been let go and he asked me to give him some feedback on where he was and what my thoughts were.

“He said to me in that conversation, ‘Greg, I just want to coach this team next year,

we’re gonna be good.’”

And he was right, the Wolverines were good. He just wasn’t at the helm to see it through. On Jan. 5, 2011, after a 7-6 finish that included a 30-point loss to the Wolverines’ bitter rival Ohio State and a 52-14 loss against Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl, Michigan fired him.

The next season, on a roster filled with his recruits, Michigan won the Sugar Bowl as Rodriguez was relegated to the CBS broadcast booth as an analyst alongside play-by-play man Dave Ryan.

“I always believed it would work out (at Michigan),” added Rita Rodriguez. “I feel like, had they given us the opportunity, it would have worked … time after time we were told ‘maybe you’re not recruiting the right kids,’ and that always upset us so much because we believed in these kids and we knew they’d be successful, and to this day it’s proven that they have been.”

In his seven years at West Virginia, Rodriguez had an overall record of 60-26 and appeared in six bowls. In that same time span under former head coaches John Mackovic and Mike Stoops, Arizona’s best season included a 6-6 record, no bowl appearances and six losing seasons.

In 2011, Arizona went 4-8 as Stoops was fired mid-season. That’s not exactly the most ideal situation to enter for a head coach.

For Rich Rodriguez? Challenge accepted.

Now at 49-years-old, Rodriguez is looking to make an impact in a big way on the Wildcats’ football program, and he’s aiming high.

His introductory press conference to the UA in November was the first time he had ever been to Tucson, but he avoided joking about his lack of Arizona roots as he did with Michigan. He might not be an “Arizona man,” but Rodriguez is already saying all the right things. He doesn’t just want to win the Wildcats first-ever Rose Bowl, he expects to.

“We want to build the best football program in America,” Rodriguez said. “I think any head coach would tell you that, but I want our players to get the most out of their experience as a student athlete at the (UA). I want them to achieve as much as they possibly can as an athlete, as much as they possibly can as a student and grow as a person. If we do that, then we’ll have a better team and a better program.

“When they’re done getting their degree and they’re done playing football at Arizona, they can look back and say, ‘I played at the best football program in America.’”

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Rodriguez’s combined career win percentage in his first year as head coach for Salem College, Glenville State, West Virginia and Michigan.

That number jumps to 51.4 in his second year and 58.3 in his third.

When he lasts at least six years, as he did with WVU and Glenville, his combined win percentage in those years comes out to 82.6.

Ka’Deem Carey Running Back Without RichRod: Arizona (’11) 91 rushes, 425 yards, 6 touchdowns 15 receptions, 203 yards, 2 touchdowns

Matt Scott Quarterback Without RichRod: Arizona (’08-’10) 1,301 passing yards, 6 touchdowns, 5 interceptions 99 rushes, 632 yards, 2 touchdowns

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Steve Slaton Running back With RichRod: West Virginia (’05-’07) 664 rushes, 3,923 yards, 50

Denard Robinson Quarterback With RichRod: Michigan (’09-’10) 2,758 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, 15 interceptions 325 rushes, 2,053 yards, 19 touchdowns

Born: May 24, 1963 in Chicago Hometown: Grant Town, W.V. Head coaching record: 120-84-2 College: West Virginia ‘85 Family: Rita (wife), Rhett (son), Raquel (daughter) Head coaching stops: Salem College (‘88), Glenville State (‘90-’96), West Virginia (‘01-’07), Michigan (‘08-’10)

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Rich Rodriguez never panicked, though, and it paid off. After a brief stint as the linebackers coach at West Virginia, Rodriguez became the head coach at Glenville State for six years and caught the eye of then-Tulane coach Tommy Bowden, son of the winningest coach of alltime in Florida State’s Bobby Bowden.

“When I became a head coach at Tulane [in 1997] I had him targeted as an up and coming guy that I wanted on my staff,” Tommy Bowden said in a phone interview with the Daily Wildcat. “Track record is awfully important and he had a track record as a head coach. He scored points and broke records, which jumps out at you. I liked his intensity, his teaching method and I liked his personality. He got results, what is there not to like?”

The rest, as they say, is history. Rodriguez parlayed offensive coordinator jobs at Tulane and Clemson under Bowden into his first major-conference head-coaching job at West Virginia in 2001.

There, Rodriguez replaced coaching legend Don Nehlen, who actually coached Rodriguez when he was a walk-on defensive back in the early 1980s, so the pressure was on. But just as it was at Salem, Glenville State and Michigan, his first year at his new digs was a struggle, with the Mountaineers going 3-8. It was what he did after that though which eventually led him to secure a muchdesired job at Michigan.

In his second season at WVU, the Mountaineers went 9-4 and won at least eight games for the remainder of his five years there, including a Sugar Bowl victory in 2005 and an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl for his last season at West Virginia in 2007. He left for Michigan just prior to the Fiesta Bowl.

At his introductory press conference, Rodriguez joked, “Do you have to be a Michigan man to be a Michigan coach? Gosh, I hope not, they hired me.” That didn’t exactly sit well with the Wolverine die-hards that had become accustomed to homegrown coaching legends like Bo Schembechler and the man he replaced, Lloyd Carr. It didn’t get much better from there.

In the midst of what would be his last season in Ann Arbor in 2010, Rodriguez met with Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne for dinner in New York, not to talk about a job at the UA, but simply to hear Byrne’s take on his tenuous situation at

— Tommy Bowden From Pat White and Steve Slaton to Denard Robinson and more, Rich Rodriguez has built up a talented stable of weapons on offense throughout his career. In his first year at Arizona, players like Matt Scott and Ka’Deem Carey have the talent to succeed, but will they do it on the level of their predecessors?

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Meet the Coaches JEFF CASTEEL Position: Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Previous coaching jobs: West Virginia (2001-2011), UTEP (2000), Shepherd University (W. Va.) (19881999), Palmetto High School (Miami, Fla.) (1987), California University (Pa.) (1984-1986) Years with Rodriguez: 11 (2001-2011) College: California University (Pa.), 1984

ROD SMITH Position: Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Previous coaching jobs: Indiana (2011), Michigan (20082010), West Virginia (2007), South Florida (2001-2006), Clemson graduate assistant (2001), West Virginia graduate assistant (2001), West Virginia Tech (2000), Urbana University (Ohio) (1998-1999), Franklin High School (W. Va.) (1997) Years with Rodriguez: Seven (played quarterback under CALVIN MAGEE Rodriguez at Glenville State) Position: Associate Head (1993-1996, 2001, 2007-2010) Coach/Co-Offensive Coordi- College: Glenville State, 1997 nator/Running Backs Previous coaching jobs: SPENCER LEFTWICH Pittsburgh (2011), Michigan Position: Assistant Coach/Tight (2008-2010), West Virginia Ends/Offensive Special Teams (2001-2007), South Florida Previous coaching jobs: Pitts(1996-2000), Tampa Catho- burgh (2011), Tulsa (2010, lic High School (1990-1995) 2003-2006), North Texas Years with Rodriguez: 10 (2007-2009, 1994-2002), New (2001-2010) Mexico State (1992-1993), College: South Florida Stephen F. Austin (1989-1991) (1990) Years with Rodriguez: None

College: Stephen F. Austin (1988) TONY DEWS Position: Assistant Coach/Receivers Previous coaching jobs: Pittsburgh (2011), Michigan (20082010), West Virginia (2007), UNLV (2006), Central Michigan (2004-2005), Holy Cross (2003), California University (Pa.) (2002), West Virginia graduate assistant (1999-2001), Millersville University (1998), Bainbridge High School (Ga.) (1997) Years with Rodriguez: Five (2001, 2007-2010) College: Liberty (1996)

Glenville State (1996), Gilmer County High School (W. Va.) (1995) Years with Rodriguez: 13 (1990-1993, 1996, 2001-2010) College: Glenville State (1994) BILL KIRELAWICH Position: Assistant Coach/Defensive Line Previous coaching jobs: West Virginia (1979-2011) Years with Rodriguez: Seven (2001-2008) College: Salem University (1969)

DAVID LOCKWOOD Position: Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks Previous coaching jobs: West TONY GIBSON Virginia (1989 [graduate asPosition: Assistant Head sistant], 2000, 2008-2011), Coach/Safeties/Defensive Spe- Kentucky (2007), Minnecial Teams sota (2002-2006), Notre Dame Previous coaching jobs: (2001), Wyoming (1999-2000), Pittsburgh (2011), Michigan Memphis (1995-1999), Dela(2008-2010), West Virginia ware (1990-1993) (2001-2007), West Virginia Years with Rodriguez: None Tech (1999-2000), CumberCollege: West Virginia (1989) land University (1997-1998),

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How the Pac stacks up

Daily Wildcat ranks the Pac-12 Conference’s best Pac-12 North: 1. No. 5 Oregon

The play of redshirt freshman quarterback Marcus Mariota will be what determines whether the Ducks can contend for a national title.

2. No. 21 Stanford

tween Oregon State and the Cougars for the bottom spots in the North.

While Washington State does travel to Corvallis, Oreg., for the decisive game, the potential for the Cougars’ offense to flourish under new head coach Mike Leach gives them an edge. Plus, receiver Marquess Wilson is primed for a huge season.

the top defender in the conference and will make the Utes defense one of strongest units in the Pac-12. The run game is in good shape with running back John White. If quarterback Jordan Wynn can have a strong return from his shoulder injury, Utah should finish third overall in the conference.

The Sun Devils have a talented running back in senior Cameron Marshall and a defense with some ability. But when quarterback Brock Osweiler left for the NFL Draft, the Devils were left with a huge hole at the most important position.

Pac 12 South 1. USC

4. Arizona

Championship USC over Oregon

The defense will be strong, though, with linebackers Chase Thomas The Beavers mayfall to last in the and Shayne Skov, and running back Pac-12 North, but the game against Stepfan Taylor will keep the offense the Cougars should ultimately decide moving. their fate. Sophomore quarterback Sean Mannion displayed potential The Huskies should continue improving this season as quarterback last season and cornerback Jordan Poyer has tons of talent, but Oregon Keith Price returns after an impresState just doesn’t have as high of a sive debut at quarterback in 2011. ceiling as Washington State.

Washington could surprise some people this year, and if Price can play like he did in the Alamo Bowl, the Huskies could challenge Oregon for the North’s top spot.

The Trojans are finally eligible to compete in a bowl game for the first Last season Cal finished fourth time in two years and they’re set in the Pac-12 with a 4-5 record and to take full advantage of it. USC is it seems destined for the same spot ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll and has this year. With the natural decline of the Heisman frontrunner in senior Stanford, and the presence of stud quarterback Matt Barkley. This team receiver Keenan Allen, the Golden will be really, really good, especially Bears should have a winning confer- with its two uber-talented receivers in ence record.

Robert Woods and Marqise Lee.

6. Oregon State

3. Washington

4. Cal

5. Washington State

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2. Utah

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The Buffaloes finished with the worst record in the conferThe Bruins are one of the biggest ence last year, and that spot question marks this season. They looks wide open for them again. Colorado have plenty of talent from years of will at least have a good recruiting, but inconsistency was a major concern last season and solid offensive line as left tackle David they fell into the Pac-12 title game Bakhtiari returns, an by default. With redshirt freshman Brett Hundley under center, this team All Pac-12 second team selection last year. drops firmly below USC and Utah in the South. But their pedigree still puts them above the rest of the pack.

3.UCLA

With fifth-year senior Matt Scott at quarterback, the Wildcats could shock some people despite losing a lot of talent from an underperforming 4-8 team last season. The defense is still too shallow, though, and the Wildcats lack the talent of the teams they’re chasing to make a real run.

It would be a huge accomplishment for Arizona to finish above .500 in the Pac-12.

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Defense will be key to season round by the Cleveland Browns, and safety Robert Golden, who was picked up the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Now, they’re gone, along Kyle Johnson with the Wildcats top defensive lineman in C.J. Parish Arizona Daily Wildcat and their top two tacklers in linebackers Derek Earls If last year is any indication, the and Paul Vassallo. Transfer success of Arizona’s season will boil linebacker Brian Wagner, who was down to one thing: defense. the second-best tackler in the counIn 2011, Arizona had the 33rdtry the last two seasons, quit before ranked offense, and the third best playing a single snap at the UA and passing offense. Its defense, on the safety Adam Hall tore his ACL for the other hand, was ranked 110th out of second straight year.

120 schools. The Wildcats finished Things aren’t all doom and gloom the season 4-8. though.

Now, defense is only one part of The defense is raw and has some the game, and Oregon proved that players whose talents will translate it is possible to succeed without a well into the 3-3-5 system. top-notch defense, using a prolific Arizona’s best lineman, nose offense to carry it to the national title tackle Sione Tuihalamaka and its game in 2010. best linebacker, MLB Jake Fischer, Even so, Oregon’s defense played control the middle of the field — two well enough to get the job done. big keys in the 3-3-5 “odd stack”.

In 2011, the Ducks were ranked The Wildcats also has some depth 68th in total yards allowed, which at safety, which should minimize wouldn’t be defined as ideal — but some of the growing pains as they those stats are a byproduct of their transition into Casteel’s defense. fast pace and high-scoring offense.

The move of Marquis Flowers What’s a lot more telling is that Or- from safety to linebacker, it gives egon was rated as the third best deCasteel the freedom to play arguably fense in the nation in 2010, according his two most talented defenders — to Football Outsiders’ opponentFlowers and Tra’Mayne Bondurant adjusted defensive efficiency ratings, — at the same time. Any talent this and ranked fifth last season. defense can throw out is a positive at Just think, last year the Wildcats this point. had the No. 3 passing attack, in terms Casteel has a proven track record of yards per game, and were 38th in in producing great defenses at his points scored, but finished two wins previous home in West Virginia. shy of bowl eligibility.

Since Football Outsiders beThe fact that they had the second gan tracking opponent-adjusted fewest sacks in the country with defensive efficiency in 2007, West 10, allowed the second most yards Virginia ranked within the top 35 evper game through the air and were ery season and were the No. 1 overall ranked 108th in defensive efficiency defense in 2010. is the reason why 2011 was a failed All things considered, the Wildcat season. defense will probably still be meSenior quarterback Matt Scott may diocre in 2012, but a new, exciting flourish in the new spread-option and most importantly fast defensive offense. And now that the offensive scheme should help improvement line has a year of experience under a little. its belt, Ka’Deem Carey and Daniel Still, the learning curve that comes Jenkins might run wild. with a new system, coupled with a But, unless the defense can make lack of elite talent, will make it hard a big leap with the help of defensive for this defense to progress at all. coordinator Jeff Casteel’s 3-3-5 “odd And head coach Rich Rodriguez stack” system, then the Wildcats will needs it to; otherwise it will be annot be making a bowl game. other long season for the Wildcats.

Casteel has his work cut out for him. ­— Kyle Johnson is a journalism Remember, despite its mediocrity, major. He can be reached at the defense last year actually prosports@wildcat.arizona.edu or on duced two NFL prospects in corner Twitter via @WildcatSports Trevin Wade, drafted in the seventh

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Offense, Defense 101 3-3-5 defense

The 3-3-5 “odd stack” that defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel is relocating from West Virginia will give Arizona a very unique and distinctive look on defense. Last season the Wildcats ran the commonly-used 4-3 defense (four defensive linemen, three linebackers, two corners and two safeties). Now, Casteel is taking one of the linemen and switching him with a safety, then lining up the linebackers behind the linemen, hence the stack. This gives the Wildcats more speed on the field, which is a necessity in the Pac-12. Because of the added defensive back, the safety roles have been modified. Casteel implements a spur (a hybrid outside linebacker), a bandit (more of a coverage role) and then the typical

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The mobility of quarterbacks like Scott, Michigan’s Denard Robinson and former West Virginia quarterback Pat White make them perfect fits for the system because of the need for the quarterback to carry the ball himself more often than not. Rodriguez also likes to run a no-huddle offense, which often calls for smaller, more athletic offensive lineman because of the fast pace.

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