Arizona football will be on the field for the first time since the firing of head coach John Mackovic when the Wildcats head to Pullman, Wash. tomorrow to face one of the hottest teams in the nation.

The positives the Wildcats pulled out of their 13-10 overtime loss to TCU were one of the few highs of the year, as they fell to their fourth straight top-25 opponent.

The team opens the heart of the Pacific 10 Conference schedule against a Cougar team that pummeled the previously No.10 Oregon Ducks last week, 55-16. [Read article]

The UA has more than its fair share of television personalities ÷ from Geraldo Rivera to Steve Kerr, from Sean Mooney to Sean Elliott, from Jennie Finch to Tom Tolbert ÷ but Fox Sports Net Arizona officials were still surprised by the turnout and talent at their student reporter auditions.

More than 50 UA students vied for one campus correspondent slot at the McKale Center yesterday. The contestants have the chance to be an on-air reporter for the Arizona Sports Report and Wildcat Insider on Fox Sports Net Arizona. [Read article]

Arizona interim head football coach Mike Hankwitz has the unenviable task of taking the reins of one of the nation's most futile programs for the remainder of the 2003 season. From off-field troubles to player-coach meltdowns, the UA program has seen it all in the past few months.

In steps Hankwitz, a no-nonsense leader that is ready take control and right the Wildcat ship ÷ at least for the next seven games. [Read article]

Currently reeling from a three-match losing streak, the Arizona volleyball team will need to recover quickly for its Pacific 10 Conference home openers ÷ the first of four matches against top 10 teams.

Arizona (6-7, 0-3 Pac-10) will seek its first conference win against No. 4 Stanford (12-2, 4-0) tonight at 7 at McKale Center. Tomorrow, the Wildcats host No. 9 Cal (14-0, 4-0). The Golden Bears' ranking is their second best in school history, and the team is currently riding a new school record for consecutive victories. [Read article]

They lost more than half their starters from a Pacific 10 Conference Championship team a year ago. They lost their coach of 12 years.

But the Washington State Cougars haven't missed a beat.

Wazzu (4-1, 1-0 Pac-10) made a jump to No. 14 in the Associated Press poll this week after disposing of then-No. 10 Oregon, 55-16 last Saturday in Eugene.

A big reason for Washington State remaining among the nation's elite teams is first-year head coach Bill Doba. [Read article]

Today's road matchup with the University of San Diego is the quiet before the storm for Arizona soccer (4-4-1) ÷ the prelude to the beginning of Pacific 10 Conference play next weekend.

After coaching for five years at Washington State, head coach Dan Tobias is no stranger to Pac-10 play, but he does not want his team looking past USD.

"(San Diego) has always been a good team and they're very capable," Tobias said. "We're trying to focus on us now, and the Pac-10 when it comes." [Read article]