Arizona football: Scott's NFL hopes lift after dark start

Former UA quarterback Matt Scott will work out with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where he hopes to win the No. 3 spot, through next month.

Arizona football: Scott's NFL hopes lift after dark start

Matt Scott's NFL career started like a bad dream. First, the former Arizona Wildcats quarterback didn't get picked in last month's NFL draft - a surprise to anyone who followed the three-day event.

Arizona football: Defensive boss Casteel quiet off the field — anything but on it

One-on-one, it can sometimes be hard to hear Jeff Casteel.

Arizona Wildcats football: Weather could flip script what many think will be an offensive showdown

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Bowl is being billed as an offensive bonanza, a celebration of points and yards played on national television under sunny, clear skies.

UA-ASU rivalry turns up heat in desert

Jake Fischer grew up in Southern Arizona, and committed to the UA without much of a thought.

Arizona Wildcats football: Make no mistake, this rivalry runs hot and deep

Jake Fischer grew up in Southern Arizona, and committed to the UA without much of a thought.

Arizona football: Run defense slip-sliding away

In losing their collective ability to make tackles and force stops, the Arizona Wildcats have gained something even worse: a reputation.

UA football: Old-school Stanford offense promises biggest test yet for Cats 'D'

STANFORD, Calif. — Take Campus Drive to Galvez Street to Nelson Road on a Saturday during the fall, and you’re transported to a different age.

Berk's Beat: Southern Arizona football standouts either sticking around or heading for Palo Alto

Quick, name the best high school football player from Southern Arizona since the start of the 2009 season.

UA football hotsheet: Hill barely recollects last year's game

Austin Hill, making a leaping catch against Oklahoma State in Arizona's second game, leads the Cats with 319 receiving yards (106.3 per game).

UA football hotsheet: Hill barely recollects last year's game ; Jake vs. Jake ; No. 2 was a reject

Ask Austin Hill what he remembers from last year's game against Oregon, and he chuckles.

UA football hotsheet: Tackling; The replacement; fewer potty breaks; game day breakdown

The biggest surprise in a season that has, so far, been full of them is easy to count but tougher to quantify: tackling.

Arizona Wildcats football: 'Sir T' earning a king's share of minutes at LB

He was almost an Arthur.

Arizona football: Offense punishes defense in scrimmage

FORT HUACHUCA - Rich Rodriguez dropped to his knees, braced himself with his arms and put himself in a push-up position.

Arizona football: Breakneck practices just a few days away

Quarterback Matt Scott said his "endurance has gotten a lot better" under strength coaches Chris Allen and Parker Whiteman. A handful of his teammates have tweeted and said similar things during a long offseason.

Arizona Wildcats football: Players about to face harsh reality of Rodriguez' conditioning program

Jake Fischer knows what this sounds like. But he has a problem.

Arizona football: Cats optimistic, concerned as camp looms

Rich Rodriguez spent Tuesday doing television interviews inside an amphitheater on a movie lot. To his credit, the Arizona Wildcats' first-year head coach didn't flub a single line.

Top linebacker transfer Wagner leaving Wildcats

The Arizona Wildcats' already thin linebacker corps took another hit Friday, when Brian Wagner - a transfer from University of Akron and the nation's active tackles leader - told coaches that he is leaving the program and returning home to Ohio.