Greg Hansen: 'Mr. Football' on a brotherly battle, Cal's coveted coach

Arizona and Cal are playing in the Rose Bowl on Saturday afternoon. Cal won the conference in 1958 after a 1-11 start. The team won six of its last seven games. Joe Kapp was a consensus All-American quarterback in that season. Arizona has been to the game only once before.

Cal has 12 Phoenix-area players on its roster. Jack Plummer is a transfer from Purdue. He played for a losing high school team. Cal has dominated Arizona in Phoenix for the last five years. Arizona will play Cal in a Pac-12 game. Arizona is looking to win a conference game and move toward bowl eligibility. The last time Arizona signed a blue-chip in-state recruit was 2017.

Arizona has a brother-vs-brother football game on Saturday. The winner of the previous game was Luis Zendejas vs. Max Zendesjans. The brothers played 18 NFL seasons. Arizona won the game.

Justin Wilcox twice turned down offers to be the head coach at Oregon. Washington also wanted him last year. Arizona's Dick Tomey declined an opportunity to become Oklahoma's head football coach in 1994.

Justin Wilcox declined a chance to be Oregon's head coach. Wil Cox was a standout linebacker for the Ducks in the late 1990s and his father was an All-Pac-8 lineman for them in mid-1960s. Oregon has superior budget, facilities, history and a brand. Cal's football team is dwarfed in Bay Area by the Warriors, 49ers and Giants. Arizona's team has been average since joining the Pac-12.

Arizona has played 17 games at Cal’s Memorial Stadium since joining the conference in 1978. Average attendance in those games is 39,412. The largest crowd was 56,021 in 2007. Arizona and Cal have sold out just one game in Tucson since 1978, and that was in 1994.