Five of the most unusual sights during Arizona's game against New Mexico State at Arizona Stadium Saturday night:
5. Warner Smith normally looks like a warm, cuddly bear of a man. But he got either kneed or kicked in the head during the first half, suffered a concussion and was removed from the game. During post-game TV interviews, he looked lost, hurt and extremely punchy Ä Chewbacca after being clubbed by a stormtrooper, so to speak.
4. Circle K on Sixth Street was alarmingly desolate during halftime. The owner must already be plotting his revenge on everyone involved with creating the no re-entry policy. No more students rushing over to buy and guzzle that 40-ouncer before the second half.
3. By the second half, the Wildcats were up 31-0 and there was at least one person seen sleeping in the press box. And no, it wasn't visiting NCAA executive director and former UA athletic director Cedric Dempsey.
2. After the game, about 100 kids lined up outside the home locker room and screamed at various Wildcats to surrender their wristbands. Brandon Sanders obliged, but one UA lineman decided instead to give the youngsters permission to rub his cranium like it was Aladdin's lamp. Bizarre.
1. New Mexico State mascot Pistol Pete needs to learn how to maneuver more adeptly in that hideous outfit. At least six times during the course of the game, the poor dolt fell flat on his face, apparently while doing nothing more difficult than standing.
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Did you see ...
... the reverse the Wildcats ran in the second quarter? Ontiwaun Carter had rushed 16 times and the Aggies must have thought he was going for No. 17, because the entire NMSU defense was stunned when Carter pitched back to senior Cullen Plousha. Plousha, the 1989 U.S. Marine of the Year, rumbled 31 yards before being dragged down. It would be his only carry that night.
... UA wide receiver Lamont Lovett's reaction to pulling down a Dan White floater for a 29-yard gain in the fourth quarter? When he sprang to his feet, he wore the expression of an eight-year-old who had to go to the bathroom real bad and had just found out his parents were raising his allowance from $5 to $20.
Th‚oden K. Janes is the sports editor of the 1994-95 Arizona Daily Wildcat.