Sports BLOG

February 2008
S M T W T F S
         
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
 

Categories

Football: September 2006 Archives


Sunday Sports Force

9:28 PM Fri, Sep 22, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Hey...Should be a fun Sunday show breaking down USC-UA and getting set for UW-UA...Larry Smith will be on set as usual...If I had to guess either Ryan Finley from the Arizona Daily Star or Brad Allis from WildcatInsider.com will join us as well for some roundtbale discussion from 945pm until the top of the hour...Vinnie

...

Suspension Lifted

9:25 PM Fri, Sep 22, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Hey...Just read this on ESPN.com...Dave Cutaia, the suspended Pac-10 official from the Oklahoma-Oregon game, will referee the USC-UA game...The conference does not have enough crews to cover all of the games this weekend...So he'll work at Arizona Stadium on Saturday and serve his suspension later in the season...Vinnie

...

AZ Football Breaking News

1:02 AM Fri, Sep 15, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Senior quarterback Adam Austin has been named the starter for Saturday's football game against Stephen F. Austin, head coach Mike Stoops said before practice Thursday.

Austin, who finished the LSU game last week in place of UA sophomore Willie Tuitama, who was removed after showing symptoms of a concussion, has never started in his five-year UA career, which began as a walk-on.

"Willie is going to practice today (Thursday), but...



Willie In Street Clothes

10:11 PM Thu, Sep 14, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama was not in the practice unis on Wednesday...Looked to be in good spirits none the less...We still don't know if Willie T will be in the starting shoes on Saturday against Stephen F Austin...Everyone giving high praise to the progress of Adam Austin in the meantime...Vinnie

...

Dennard Leaves Arizona Football

10:09 PM Thu, Sep 14, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Word just in from the Arizona Athletic Department...Junior wide receiver BJ Dennard has left the wildcat football program...Dennard indicating to Mike Stoops that he is leaving the team for personal reasons...The statement saying as well that the program will make no further comments regarding this announcement...Vinnie

...

What did he mean to say?

10:04 PM Tue, Sep 12, 2006 |
B. Nash

In Monday's press conference, Arizona Football head coach Mike Stoops said the Wildcats schedule is not beneficial to rebuilding Arizona's program. He made comparisons to the Pac-10's scheduling format (3 non-conference & 9 conference games) and other conferences (SEC, Big 12, Big 10) about them scheduling " 4 patsies" to get easy wins and then going .500 in their conference for a bowl-eligible 8-4 record. One may see this as Stoops throwing...



UA-LSU Reminder

4:59 AM Thu, Sep 07, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Hey...We'll be live in Baton Rouge on Friday and Saturday night this weekend...We'll preview everything Friday night and wrap it all up on Saturday night...Should be fun...So check out the Sports Force live from Baton Rouge later this week...Vinnie

...

UA-LSU Tickts

11:27 PM Tue, Sep 05, 2006 |
Vinnie Vinzetta

Hey...Just over a thousand tickets left for the game on Saturday in Baton Rouge...Anybody jumping on the band wagon to the southeast better call the LSU Ticket Office in a hurry...Bought one for a friend and she'll be sitting in the South Endzone...47 bucks over the phone...42 bucks on line...Not bad for an endzone seat...Vinnie

...