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It's official: Byrne announces football hire of Rich Rodriguez over Twitter
Annnnd there you have it. Greg Byrne announced the hiring of the new Arizona head football coach, Rich Rodriguez, and his family at around 5:38 MST on Monday night via Twitter of all things. (Will Rich Rod become an Arizona man?) That was fast. That was also typical of Greg Byrne's use of the...
Twitter says it's Rich Rodriguez to Arizona
Unlike the previous rumors, this one has legs, folks. After hearing a lot of rumors in the past week about Mike Bellotti becoming Arizona's next head coach, many prominent reporters went to Twitter to say that Rich Rodgriguez will be named the next Arizona Wildcats' football coach within the next...
Urban Meyer denies Byrne's advances, The New York Times reports
So apparently Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne is not fu screwing around with this coaching search. The New York Times' Pete Thamel writes that Urban Meyer discussed the opening with Byrne in Miami early last week. The time stamp on this report is the real surprise. While Meyer turned down the...
Oregon at Arizona preview: Q&A with former Ducks linebacker Brent Haberly
Brent Haberly, a former Oregon Ducks linebacker from 2002-06 and current Ducks analyst at 750 AM in Portland, Ore., reached out to Arizona Desert Swarm last week to talk the Arizona Wildcats' match-up with the No. 10 Oregon Ducks on Saturday. We talked Oregon's offense, whether Haberly thought...
Arizona Wildcats to face UConn Huskies on aircraft carrier, CBS reports
Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com reported Thursday afternoon that sources said the Arizona Wildcats and UConn Huskies will play basketball on an aircraft carrier in November of 2012. Rumors had the Wildcats on a shortlist to play the Huskies. Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Florida and Illinois were the...
We reminisce: Pray the ZonaZoo does not pull this against Oregon
I know this Saturday's game against No. 10 Oregon isn't for the Rose Bowl. I know the Wildcats and Ducks aren't fighting for Pac-10-12 supremacy. Unlike that epic failure of a Nov. 21, 2009, game that pitted the Oregon Ducks against the Arizona Wildcats in Arizona Stadium, Saturday's nationally...
To jump off or not to jump off a bandwagon that isn't burning
Go ahead. Let it all out. It's the morning after the Arizona Wildcats, uh, showed up (?) to Stillwater only to be smashed by the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Do you feel better? I hope so. Because yesterday was rough, I'm sure. Not only did the outcome prove ugly, a 37-14 score indicative of the...
An update on David Salinas, his 'shady dealings' and what it means for Arizona
Yesterday, we gave you the implications of what an alleged suicide of David Salinas, an investment adviser and founder of the Houston Select summer basketball program, could mean after it was revealed he had connections with former Arizona head coach Lute Olson. Today, there's not much to add,...
Multiple sources say former Arizona point guard Momo Jones is off to Iona
Both CBSSports and ZagsBlog.com are reporting that former Arizona point guard Momo Jones has decided to take his talents to the Iona Gaels basketball team. After taking his time in shopping around the New York City area, Jones chose the Gaels over teams such as Sienna, Seton Hall and Hofstra after...
A View from the Zoo: Arizona Basketball, the Soap Opera that was, Starring Sean Miller
It all began when news broke out of the University of Maryland that long time head coach Gary Williams was retiring. Right away, reports stated Maryland's Athletic Director, Kevin Anderson, had a short list of coaches he was targeting to lead the Terrapin's. That short list included Jamie Dixon...
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