One of the story lines of the national champion Villanova last year was the fact they were able to get guys to buy-in and redshirt. More than half their starting lineup during the tourney run was made up RS guys. All of which were 4 or 5 star guys coming in including three that just got drafted...
Will never forget seeing that run in Hilton when down 20+ to Oklahoma in the 2nd half. Being capped off by Hogue's corner three on the feed from Monte to put them over the top and not look back. Was the loudest I've ever experienced Hilton. Just one play after another offense and defense, just...
Excited for next year's roster improvements through both experience and talent upgrades, but as I look at projected lineups I wonder where improved outside shooting will come from. As people have stated among other things, inconsistent outside shooting has been an issue this season.
We can...
Still bummed about not being in PHX. Was really looking forward to being able to go to my first bowl game, especially when it was starting to look like a real possibility they'd end up there. Hoping they can still pull out a win to avoid ending an otherwise very exciting and fun season on a low...
Pretty sure we have gotten a lot of recent JUCO guys from the West and have heavily recruited Arizona Western CC, one of the top JUCO's in the country. Not to mention one of the priority recruits right now - https://247sports.com/Player/Joey-Ramos-88594 - lives in Glendale.
All on board the Cactus Bowl train!!!! Xmas in Phoenix?! Count me in for that. Plenty will travel.
Also, for selfish reasons as others have stated - it's the only bowl I'd be able to attend due a wedding on the 30th that the lady is the MOH in...
They did it for the Pardon My Take podcast as a "color rush" theme (if you listen, you'll understand), after Lanning was voted their Football Guy of the week. Definitely worth it as his video reply was tweeted out to hundreds of thousands.