Freshman volleyball player Enobong Ibok and football player Peter Graniello know all about UTEP football; both have brothers on the team

Arizona will face a familiar football foe Saturday night in UTEP, though not just because the two southwestern schools were once conference rivals.

Freshman volleyball player Enobong Ibok and freshman football player Peter Graniello each have brothers on the UTEP football team. [Read article]

For the first time in coach Dave Rubio's 12-year Arizona career, there is no true senior class. Good thing it is still one of his most talented squads.

With only one senior, setter Kelly Halfaker, who sat out last year after transferring from New Mexico, the No. 10 Wildcats will rely heavily on its highly touted sophomore and freshmen players.

"This year, like all past years, we have high expectations of doing well in the conference and finishing in the top three in the conference, and making it back to the Final Four," Rubio said. "Despite our age, these are achievable goals for us. The hope is that we can take this team and evolve it into a national caliber type of team." [Read article]

I guess the only thing I could do yesterday, in the midst of Noah's resurrection, was sit around next to my flat-screened best friend and ponder what could be this year.

Could we actually see our football team, ranked 72 in some pre-season polls and 10th in the Pac-10 (hey, at least we're not last, right? Wait a minute·) actually win a few games?

The chances? Well, lets just say I'd bet my vertical was higher than Hassan Adams before I'd bet we win more than three games. [Read article]