MaoTosiFanClub
The problem
Regarding the game, to say it was disapointing is an understatement. The coaches and players should be embarrassed of the lack of effort, execution, and preparation and owe the Arizona fans who spent time and money traveling to this bowl game a big apology. Arizona sold out it's allotment in like three days and packed San Diego in the days leading up to the game. Meanwhile the team partied and basked in the glow of beating USC.
That being said, suggesting that Arizona was better off going 5-7 and not going bowling at all is idiotic at best. Everyone has clunkers and we saved ours for the postseason. That doesn't overshadow beating USC in the Coliseum, ASU in Tempe, or Oregon State in Corvallis, or going 2-0 vs Slick Rick, etc. Not to mention the $1 million the athletic department probably pocketed after all is said and done. People like AsuDude just aren't bright enough to look at the big picture. And the big picture resembles a team predicted to finish eight in the conference that went 8-5, finished 2nd in the Pac-10, beat their rival, and established program stability for the first time in over a decade playing the entire year without their only legitimate NFL 1st day draft pick and their starting RB and best pass rusher missing half the season while they undertook a QB change. If you told any Arizona fan all that in August they would've been thrilled.
Remember, Arizona is probably last in the conference in facilities and towards the bottom in coaching salaries. Anyone expecting this to be a perennial 10 win program is deluding themselves. Let's not be ASU fan and pretend we're elite when all evidence proves the contrary. I'm happy Arizona is a winning, relevant program and appears to be on the path for at least the next few years. Maybe if revenues and facilities increase we can take up expectations a notch but not right now.
Speaking of the mental midgets in Tempe, well, yucking it up at UA's failures is really all they have at the moment. The seats at SDS and WFA are empty, the AD is hemmorraging money, apathy is at an all-time high locally, and the boosters pockets are empty. In the three majors (using that term lightly by including baseball) you have a football program with a coach that has jumped the shark, plummeting GPA's and attendance, an inability to hire a coordinator despite knowing the position would be open months ago, and a bare cupboard offensively. Basketball's fine for your third sport but you'll never be confused with a Final Four program and the support around town is about as bad as the Evans' years. Who knows what's to happen with the rudderless baseball program with NCAA sanctions hanging over the program and no future with the coach in place. So yeah, keep paying attention to us and your own problems. We'll just keep winning until this cycle inevitably turns over. .
That being said, suggesting that Arizona was better off going 5-7 and not going bowling at all is idiotic at best. Everyone has clunkers and we saved ours for the postseason. That doesn't overshadow beating USC in the Coliseum, ASU in Tempe, or Oregon State in Corvallis, or going 2-0 vs Slick Rick, etc. Not to mention the $1 million the athletic department probably pocketed after all is said and done. People like AsuDude just aren't bright enough to look at the big picture. And the big picture resembles a team predicted to finish eight in the conference that went 8-5, finished 2nd in the Pac-10, beat their rival, and established program stability for the first time in over a decade playing the entire year without their only legitimate NFL 1st day draft pick and their starting RB and best pass rusher missing half the season while they undertook a QB change. If you told any Arizona fan all that in August they would've been thrilled.
Remember, Arizona is probably last in the conference in facilities and towards the bottom in coaching salaries. Anyone expecting this to be a perennial 10 win program is deluding themselves. Let's not be ASU fan and pretend we're elite when all evidence proves the contrary. I'm happy Arizona is a winning, relevant program and appears to be on the path for at least the next few years. Maybe if revenues and facilities increase we can take up expectations a notch but not right now.
Speaking of the mental midgets in Tempe, well, yucking it up at UA's failures is really all they have at the moment. The seats at SDS and WFA are empty, the AD is hemmorraging money, apathy is at an all-time high locally, and the boosters pockets are empty. In the three majors (using that term lightly by including baseball) you have a football program with a coach that has jumped the shark, plummeting GPA's and attendance, an inability to hire a coordinator despite knowing the position would be open months ago, and a bare cupboard offensively. Basketball's fine for your third sport but you'll never be confused with a Final Four program and the support around town is about as bad as the Evans' years. Who knows what's to happen with the rudderless baseball program with NCAA sanctions hanging over the program and no future with the coach in place. So yeah, keep paying attention to us and your own problems. We'll just keep winning until this cycle inevitably turns over. .
