Redshirt freshman quarterback thrust to forefront against No. 7 Golden Bears

UA quarterback Richard Kovalcheck's parents hadn't missed an Arizona football game all year.

Dick and Ella Kovalcheck made the weekly trips to Tucson from San Diego the first four weeks of the season and traveled to UCLA for the Wildcats' first road game against the Bruins.

The couple had to stay home, however, and take care of their business, the Pennant Tavern, when Arizona went to Eugene, Ore., and consequently missed their son's first collegiate action and first collegiate touchdown pass. [Read article]

If Arizona football fans need any kind of assurance that the Wildcats' program can improve, they must look no further than the California Golden Bears.

The Bears had their worst season in modern school history in 2001. They were 1-10 overall and 0-8 in Pacific 10 Conference play, considered by many to be the worst Division I team in the nation. [Read article]

The last stop of a three-game road trip ends in Tempe today as the Wildcat soccer team faces ASU at 7 p.m.

When the Sun Devils and Wildcats last met on Oct. 18, 2003, the UA was 0-2 in the Pacific 10 Conference.

Arizona played ASU to a 1-1 overtime tie at home, which was the UA's best result against their in-state rival after losing its first eight tries. ASU came in ranked at No. 24 and finished second in the Pac-10 race, while the UA finished unranked and tied for ninth in the conference. [Read article]

Unfortunately for the No. 23 Arizona volleyball team, the similarities between it and in-state rival ASU are anything but few and far between.

Although the Wildcats boast a national ranking, Arizona (11-7) and Arizona State (8-9) hold identical Pacific 10 Conference records at three wins and five losses.

Pac-10 Volleyball Arizona Wildcats vs. Arizona State Sun Devils  Today 7 p.m. McKale Center