Arizona vs. Stanford-Why the Stoops Haters are Wrong, What the Cats Must Do To Win, & Who Will Win

Mike Stoops is the right man to lead Arizona.

Here we go! Today the Arizona Wildcats will play their first PAC-12 game, & boy is it a big one for these Wildcats. Following a 7-1 start that saw them ranked as high as 9^th in the nation Arizona has now lost 6 straight games to D-1 opponents & the Wildcat faithful have begun to lose faith. Following last week’s blowout loss to Oklahoma State it’s not uncommon to hear even die hard Arizona fans talk about how the Cats are going to lose by at least 20 points to Stanford. Many claim Stoops is a hothead who loses control of the team in games & has shown an inability to win big games. I expect these pessimists to be wrong about this week’s game & they are clearly ignorant in regards to Stoops.

This Week In College Football

Last Week: 8-1 (Ok Oregon you’re legit)

Season Total: 19-2 (If only I had any faith I could keep that up)

My guys have state tomorrow (Come on State Championship!), & I’m enjoying my Season 1 “Community” DVDs ("Community">"The Office", now, not all-time), so I’m a little preoccupied so the analysis will be kept to a minimum this week.

Also Jan Brewer? Really Arizona? Apparently none of you watched the governor's debate, know what the GOP legislature is doing with the budget, or understands the reality of our immigration problems. But I digress...

Top 10

· Chattanooga at #2 Auburn-seriously?

Auburn 83, Chattanooga 6 (or something like that)

· #3 TCU at #5 Utah-As good as Arizona/Stanford & Bama/LSU are going to be this is the game of the week. Whoever wins this game has a good shot at going to the title game & at the very least will be in a BCS bowl. TCU hasn’t won at Utah in 4,000 years but they’ve also only given up 16 points in their last 5 games (that’s not a typo).

TCU 27, Utah 17

· Hawaii at #4 Boise State-this will be one of Boise’s last true hurdles to a perfect season, the other being Nevada. If there’s one thing you can expect, besides a Boise State win, it’s a whole lot of points.

Boise St 48, Hawaii 24

· #6 Alabama at #10 LSU-like the TCU/Utah game there are title/BCS game complications here (even LSU still has an outside shot at the title). LSU has the advantage of a bye week before this game; Bama has the advantage of having an offense that can score. LSU’s only shot at winning this game is by winning the turnover margin by at least 2, I don’t think they will.

Bama 27, LSU 20