#Jedd Fisch

We address four issues in today's Pac-12 notebook. We are stating at the start that we believe USC will be one of the four teams in the College Football Playoff if it beats Notre Dame on Saturday (no sure thing) and wins the Pac-12 championship game (no sure thing). That would be an impressive double, because the Irish are up to No. 15 this week…

Kenny Dillingham introduced as new Arizona State football coachASU announces Kenny Dillingham as the new head football coach. Kenny Dillingham seems like an earnest young man, and in the press conference Sunday to introduce him as Arizona State's new football coach, we learned that he has a deep love for the university and the salsa at Ajo…

The offseason has officially begun for the Arizona Wildcats. A season after finishing 1-11 and last place in the Pac-12, the UA in Year 2 of the Jedd Fisch era went 5-7, knocked off a ranked opponent in 12th-ranked UCLA (and did it on the road in what could've been the last game at the Rose Bowl for Arizona), and ended a five-game losing skid to…

Welcome to Week 13 of the college football season. Each week, our VSiN experts will combine to give their best bets on select games. We had a terrific 8-4 showing in Week 12, and we're looking to ride that wave into Week 13. Odds are from DraftKings (unless noted) as of Wednesday night. Go to VSiN.com for Betting Splits and live odds across the…

Dear Mr. Football: Is Washington State's football brand more well-known than Arizona's? A: In the last two months, WSU has benefited like never before from a prolific ESPN commercial - "The Cougar Who Won't Quit" - in which Cougars alumnus Tom Pounds explains how the WSU flag has flown at 284 consecutive ESPN "College GameDay" telecasts. I've seen…

Amid a 2022 season stacked with surprising surges and atypical falls, the college football landscape is calm. For a moment, all is quiet on the College Football Playoff front. The most recent rankings included zero changes to the Top Five of Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan, TCU and Tennessee. But will that remain true after Week 12? If anything does,…

Arizona's remaining games this season are at home, where it holds a 2-3 record but most recently pushed the Pac-12's highest-ranked team (USC) to the limit. Do well enough in those last two contests at Arizona Stadium and the Wildcats could get to do something they haven't in five years: making a bowl. The UA (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) must win out to…

college football odds series for our Arizona UCLA prediction and pick. The UCLA football program has come a long way this season, and if it can get past Arizona - which it is heavily favored to do - it will enter the big USC game at 9-1 with a chance to make the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Bruins are very likely to win at least 10 games this…

The Bruins are heading to yet another matchup as heavy favorites against a conference opponent on a steady downturn. No. 12 UCLA football (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12) will play Arizona (3-6, 1-5 Pac-12) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. The Bruins enter the game as 20-point favorites coming off a 50-36 win over Arizona State, while the Wildcats have lost four in…

college football odds series for our USC Arizona prediction and pick. This is the last game of the regular season in which the USC Trojans will play outside the Los Angeles metropolitan area. All four November games are in the L.A. metro area - three at home in the Los Angeles Coliseum, one at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena against fellow L.A.-based…

college football odds series for our Arizona Washington prediction and pick. Do you like points? Do you like offense? This is probably going to be a game you'll love. The Arizona Wildcats have allowed 49 points in two of their last three games. Coach Jedd Fisch has definitely improved his roster this year, but that has been on the offensive side of…

While most other Pac-12 teams had a game during nonconference play that could best be described as a "warm up," Arizona has been in battles from the outset. As a result, the Wildcats haven't had the opportunity to go deep into their roster of available players, sticking with a fairly tight rotation on both offense and defense. If ever there's going…

Week 4 was our first week under.500, and an easy scapegoat is a team that's doomed us all year… the Georgia State Panthers. Yes, Georgia State came up small again, getting blown out by Coastal Carolina last Thursday. And after our largest under-the-radar card of the season, the board isn't exactly speaking to me this week. But all winning tickets…

A year ago this weekend, the Arizona Wildcats lost at home to a non-FBS school for the first time 1961, falling to in-state foe NAU. This year's FCS matchup will be even tougher, as the North Dakota State Bison are defending national champions and have won nine FCS titles in the past 11 seasons. There is no line yet for this game, according to…

Dear Mr. Football: Is it possible for Arizona to go from 1-11 to the Rose Bowl? A: It has been done - once. In 1958, Cal was on a 1-11 slide when against all odds it won six of its last seven games to win the conference. It was the last time the Bears have been to the Rose Bowl, an 0-for-64 year streak that overwhelms Arizona's 0-for-44 year…

As he was departing a news conference Tuesday, Arizona edge rusher Hunter Echols gave a shoutout to a member of the media who happened to be wearing Seattle Seahawks gear. One of Echols' former teammates at USC, Uchenna Nwosu, signed with the Seahawks in the offseason and had a big game against the Broncos on Monday night. Nwosu was one of Echols'…

Mike Leach has a history of posting huge numbers against Arizona, and while the Wildcats looked improved in their Week 1 win over San Diego State, the Bulldogs' Air Raid offense should prove a different beast - as our college football picks explain. The Mississippi State Bulldogs head west for a first-time meeting with the Arizona Wildcats in Week…

07:10 AM, August 31, 2022 John David Yonke Week 1 of the college football season has finally arrived. College football odds are up at BetMGM, and there are plenty of options available. Looking at the board, here are some potential parlays with odds, payouts, and analysis: Bets: Arkansas -6 vs. North Texas, Tennessee -35.5 vs. Ball…