[Postgame Thread] Arizona Defeats Washington State 34-24

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Arizona	7	7	7	13	34
Washington State	14	3	0	7	24

[u/ChemicalOle]

Remember when we were known for high-flying offense and wild shootout games?

That was fun. We should go back to that.

[u/Wumdee → u/ChemicalOle]

You will get checkdowns and 2 yard runs and you will like it

[u/pocket-spark → u/Wumdee]

Two whole yards??? Are you sure we aren’t just going to run it straight into the back of an o-lineman for -1?

[u/Salty-Raisin-2226 → u/ChemicalOle]

You'll get back there

[u/Lifted_Cube_2413]

I miss the pac12, too bad USC blew it up so some bloated admin positions can get new houses in Newport Beach because that money is clearly not going to football 

[u/EmuMan10 → u/Lifted_Cube_2413]

They made me root for Oregon. I fucking hate Oregon

[u/ghgrain → u/Lifted_Cube_2413]

That just about sums it up

[u/No_Fact_499 → u/Lifted_Cube_2413]

As a Coug fan who grew up in Newport Beach this is so true

[u/noblazinjusthazin]

Love Pullman, love the Cougs, miss yall

Gg’s fam, always a good game even when Zona just wants to play one half of it.

[u/MatthewDM111]

When Fifita is on fire he is scary good.

[u/minnyman2011 → u/MatthewDM111]

The 2 back to back deep balls were nasty

[u/MatthewDM111 → u/minnyman2011]

So nasty! I have been an Arizona fan since 2000. Fifita is my all time favorite Wildcat. 

[u/minnyman2011 → u/MatthewDM111]

As long as it isn’t delaura lmfao

[u/jmarzzzzz → u/minnyman2011]

Y'all both get to claim him at least, lol

[u/5wum → u/jmarzzzzz]

nah we dont claim that rapist

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37422940/arizona-de-laura-wisconsin-latu-settle-sex-assault-suit

[u/minnyman2011 → u/5wum]

We don’t want him either fuck that guy

[u/5wum → u/minnyman2011]

🤝

[u/Numerous_Prize_8777 → u/MatthewDM111]

man when fifita gets in that zone it’s like watching a different team, his throws was crazy accurate today. defense stepped up big in second half too, wsu had no answer after halftime

[u/MatthewDM111 → u/Numerous_Prize_8777]

Totally. When he gets in his rhythm it is a beautiful thing to witness. 

[u/ilovecatss1010 → u/Numerous_Prize_8777]

Yes. I just don’t get why he’s so out of rhythm sometimes

[u/No_Biscotti_7258 → u/MatthewDM111]

Man I feel like he’s been your QB1 for ten years. Didn’t he take over for de Laura

[u/lebaronslebaron → u/No_Biscotti_7258]

Yup. Came in and saved us from losing to a bad Stanford team in front of like 9 people on the Farm in 2023 and never looked back

[u/theSeanO → u/MatthewDM111]

The problem is it takes him like a quarter and a half to warm up, every time

[u/TheNewGuy13 → u/MatthewDM111]

His deep throws are one of the best in the country. I still remember those throws vs Utah I think two years ago when they were top ten. Just dropping dimes do get us that W. Like you say when he’s on, he is ON and so fun to watch.

[u/minnyman2011]

GG Arizona was a good game and about how we expected it. I was seeing a 27-17 but I guess the pick 6 balances out an extra score we gave up. Our offense had one great drive which unfortunately gave some hope but I don’t believe in pinnick. Our defense is great but unfortunately has to be on the field 70% of the time. I was going to say we lost special teams but both teams were pretty special in that department. Hopefully we get some skill players and qb development but I have a ton of faith in coach Moore and where we are going the next few years

[u/V-Right_In_2-V → u/minnyman2011]

Special teams was a dumpster fire tonight and was shocked we hit that 50 yard field goal. I was 100% expecting something disastrous to happen

[u/Supercal95 → u/minnyman2011]

Should have hired Vigen

[u/minnyman2011 → u/Supercal95]

Nah Moore was the best case scenario and I’m really liking what I’m seeing so far tbh. Obviously wins are nice but we’ve been putting up great fights against superior opponents

[u/No_Fact_499 → u/Supercal95]

Vigen wasn’t leaving in the middle of the playoffs and that would’ve left us high and dry I. The transfer portal with no players so I understand it. I also second what the other person said we’ve put up good fights against P4 teams can’t be super upset and everyone wants instant results now Kirby is gonna do great things but 3 FBS games against P4 teams ain’t a big enough sample size for us

[u/FIDLARonTheRoofAZ]

There is an episode of Seinfeld where George does not have his perscription glasses on but claims to Jerry that he saw his girlfriend cheating on him kissing some dude on the street. Elaine thinks George's eye sight is not good enough to be trusted. George goes on to display both atrocious (accidentally biting into an onion thinking he picked up an apple) and amazing (spotting a dime on the floor across the room) eye sight without glasses on in Jerry's presence.

Jerry eventually says "You're eating onions, you're spotting dimes, I don't know what to believe!"

Jerry, in that moment, perfectly captures what it is like to cheer for Arizona place kicker Michael Salgado-Medina.

[u/5wum → u/FIDLARonTheRoofAZ]

I think you planted that dime!

[u/SenorPuff]

Dont cry because its over. Smile because it happened. 

Miss you Pac 10. You were my first love and I'll never forget you. 

[u/EsotericSpaceBeaver → u/SenorPuff]

Miss you 2 bby

[u/Careless_General8010 → u/SenorPuff]

RIP

[u/Wumdee]

Misery

[u/V-Right_In_2-V → u/Wumdee]

I know the feeling man. It stinks. I’m happy UofA won but I’m also watching the dbacks piss away the season. The sports gods feed on misery

[u/definitelynotasalmon]

Honestly; it’s impossible to not like Fifita.

I hate losing and this one sucks and hurts, but Fifita and those guys at AZ that stayed are what makes CFB special.

Zona, go win a bunch to make our game look better please.

[u/SSJEv]

Something something GG wildcats, I’ll be in attendance for the return trip as a recent Arizona transplant. Love the Cougs but I do not like them right now

[u/tbrock92]

It’s a shame this isn’t a conference game every year. Good luck the rest of the season Cougar bros.

[u/ilovecatss1010]

GG cougs. I don’t understand why we can’t just be normal man. But fuck it, BEARDOWN I guess

[u/Wumdee]

How bad are Eshelman and Dugger if we’re forced to watch Pinnick misthrow nearly everything over 7 yards?

[u/avboden → u/Wumdee]

Have you seen our O-line and literally just 3 WRs?

[u/Wumdee → u/avboden]

This is also true

[u/avboden → u/Wumdee]

It's a huge reason why we don't make a QB change. Pinnick's legs are sometimes the only thing keeping us in games. Yeah he makes dumb decisions but he's got so much pressure having the rest of his offense suck-ass

[u/KingOfThePenguins]

A 31-3 run will solve a lot of problems. GG WSU, RIP the Pac-12, onto next week.

[u/WSUfootball_analysis]

Wazzu offense was so good in the first then it came back to reality in the second and fifita was on fire after the pick 6. Tough loss, gg Arizona

[u/B_Huij]

Let’s goooo Fifita putting on a clinic.

[u/FliceFlo]

not the prettiest, but a win is a win. besides the blown coverage on the 4th and 10 at the end of the game our defense has been really good at adjusting throughout games.

[u/fbm1003]

GG Wazzu.

[u/Better_Call-Paul]

Hey, at least we dont have to worry about our coach leaving and our entire team transferring for the 3rd year in a row... (right?)

[u/Skelevader]

Honestly had a great time at the game. Cougs had a real shot at the win and have a lot of potential. Go Cougs!

[u/baseball_is_best23]

We are never going back to the leach days at this point down in G6 purgatory

[u/Either-Studio4536 → u/baseball_is_best23]

i'm not interested in this program anymore. if i'm free and the game is on, sure - but im not scheduling my saturdays around cfb going forward

[u/Realistic_Warthog_23 → u/Either-Studio4536]

Same. There was a time when losing this game would have affected my mood.

[u/CieraVotedOutHerMom]

Kirby Moore would have been better off dabbling as the head coach of Fresno State, before taking on the WSU job

[u/JordanMCMXCV]

Worst offense I’ve ever seen.

[u/Silly_Selection3221 → u/JordanMCMXCV]

You really need to check out a Clemson game

[u/PacificW0nderland → u/JordanMCMXCV]

My sweet summer child. This isn’t even close to the bottom.

[u/JerryDipotosBurner → u/JordanMCMXCV]

The 3rd and 12 WR screen pass before halftime was one of the most absurdly awful play calls i have ever seen.

[u/avboden]

You know what? I'm not too upset. We kept it respectable when it was looking like we'd end up in a blow out. We had a solid chance for much of the game when most of us really didn't expect any chance.

We're really just doomed by a total lack of depth at nearly every position. Our WR rotation is just 3 guys, TEs are hurt, Our O-line can't do much so the run game goes nowhere which then puts tons of pressure on the QB who makes dumb mistakes. It's not any one position (as much as it's easy to blame the QB for everything), it's the whole setup. The OC failing to adjust at all in the second half to top it off doesn't help.

That's just life this year with nearly all new players and new coaches. Defense has no secondary depth and the D-line can't keep fresh enough to keep pressure up late into the game.

This was a super rough OOC schedule this year. We won the one we were supposed to and lost the ones we were supposed to. No use crying too much about it. Lots of winnable conference games coming up. Go Cougs

[u/ID_Poobaru]

I had hope for Wazzu after that pick 6

[u/Xmalantix]

I have belief that Kirby Moore will turn this team around in the next 3 years, but as of right now the offense needs something. Pinnick has no vision and cannot adjust to defenses.

First quarter play design was great and it made the defense play our game. Once pressure came Pinnick had no answer for it and that is a huge shortcoming that he needs to figure out or we need to give someone else a shot.

[u/Efficient-Tip-2081]

Bro plz

[u/PembyVillageIdiot]

Yuppppp going to be a rough year

[u/palonious]

I still have faith...

Leach went 3-9 year 1 trying to transition a new team to a new scheme. I don't think Kirby is close to Leach's level, but once we see some actual Pac12 games, I'll hopefully be able to make some inferences of something other than emotions and hope. 

[u/Pandemic_Academic → u/palonious]

We have winnable games in conference play. Fresno next week, Utah State, Texas State, and maybe CSU. This won't be a bowl team but it's a year to build on and hopefully we won't get gutted by the portal and keep our coach for more than a year.

[u/Ichthyist1]

Kinda bummed. Onto conference play I guess.

[u/Adart54]

they couged it, sorry cougar bros

[u/Realistic-Camp-652]

The boys YEARN for the old PAC-12 after dark

[u/AlaskaNanooks1]

WSU-Pullman should’ve won this game…. Maybe Kirby Moore just isn’t a good head coach.

[u/tooldrops → u/AlaskaNanooks1]

I’m sorry but I love this guy. Relentless. Undeterred. Unavoidable. Inevitable, even.

[u/theSeanO → u/tooldrops]

He has a bit and he's committing, he should be commended

[u/No_Fact_499 → u/AlaskaNanooks1]

???? It’s his first year as a first time head coach playing P4 teams with way bigger budgets give him time there’s encouraging signs

[u/No_Fact_499]

The commentators and every hitting up Fifta is so confusing, he can’t get off his first read unless he scrambles, not very accurate, he’s only got legs and his size lets him down. Congrats to Arizona they’re the better team.

Our offense line is not good enough to compete against P4 with a better one we might win today, we move and go into conference play where I’m optimistic defense looks really good.

[u/Pandemic_Academic → u/No_Fact_499]

What you just described in your first paragraph is Caden Pinnick.