UA gets respect; now it must win

[Tucson Citizen]

UA gets respect; now it must win

BY JOHN MOREDICH
Tucson Citizen

LOS ANGELES - University of Arizona football coach Mike Stoops treated the Wildcats' predicted finish of sixth like the rubber chicken he ate for lunch at Pac-10 media day: With a grain of salt.

The Wildcats' third-year coach wants to savor more victories and thinks the main ingredient is to win close games, something that has bogged down the program's progress.

"There have been situations we really hurt ourselves, especially late in games, or we could have had a really good season," Stoops said. "The frustrating part for me, is we have to quit beating ourselves. I hate beating ourselves. Until we do that, it is going to bother me."

Read the Rest of the Article by John Moredich (http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/college/20632.php)

[BudFly34]

Good article. I was at that Purdue game. They definitely should have won that one. Kovalcek was still the starter then. I watched the Utah game. They had a lot of turnovers that really cost them in that game.

[Whitus004]

Gotta love Stoops. Not only does he say all the right things, but he makes you actually beleive them. Like when he was asked what he expected their record to be. He said you can't even come out and say we'll go 7-5 or 8-4 because that means your already conceding 4 or 5 losses. How do you go into any game expecting to lose?