One That Got Away

Half the fun of being a sports fan is looking back on how certain plays affected certain games or who got picked and where in late rounds of professional drafts. But with the fun, comes the pain. For Arizona sports fans moments like the Cardinals trading for Calvin Pace and Bryant Johnson instead of Terrell Suggs, John Paxson’s jumper against the Suns, the Coyotes signing Tony Amonte or probably the worst, Chuck Cecil’s pick six against ASU in 1986. So with my 20/20 hindsight goggles on I look at the University of Arizona football program. As with the hiring of all new head coaches fans ponder the greatness of the incoming regime and all the championships they’ll accumulate. And Wildcat fans are no different. With the hiring of their new football coach Rich Rodriguez, Wildcat fans are enjoying the holidays with a smug demeanor how they ‘got over’ on the rest of the colleges looking for their next great coach. But in reality, they had their pote...