Any good fan blogs about U of Arizona football?
I just did a preliminary scan and I couldn't find anything even approximating what we have here...can anyone point me to a decent fan site?
Oh, and THANK YOU, Brian, for creating such a vibrant space, as well as networking it with so many other great sites about Michigan football. Every time I look around I realize how lucky we are to have you.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:08 AM ^
(a) there is nothing like mgoblog, so if that is your standard, you are out of luck
(b) this site:
is ok.
i think there are one or two others.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:16 AM ^
MGOBLOG will be the number 1 source for Arizona football related news for at least the next 4 years.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:19 AM ^
I also predict the biggest debate on MGOBLOG over the next few weeks is if Arizona football is OT or not.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:22 AM ^
But always relevant, and always in season. It's OT but never too far OT
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:17 AM ^
greenphoenix, might I ask what your name means?
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:44 AM ^
I thought the only thing that would be cooler than a phoenix would be a GREEN phoenix.
And that I'm a huge dork
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:19 AM ^
Arizona is a basketball first school, similar to IU and Kansas. Even at the link posted above, there seem to be as many posters from outside AZ posting on football as anyone else, including at least one Michigan fan. We will probably have more discussion on MGOblog about Arizona football than they will on theirs. I think in the past some of the Oklahoma football blogs had more about Arizona football than the AZ blogs because the coach was Bob Stoops's brother.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:29 AM ^
If you care about RR and not Arizona as much, you're probably OK just reading this blog. Sometimes I forget whether this is a RR blog or a Michigan blog. Four topics on the first page of the board right now.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:37 AM ^
When RR coaches against Toledo (I don't even know what to say about the first game...wow) on 9/1/12, it will be the first time a former Michigan head coach has coached anywhere else since Gary Moeller in 2000, and the first NCAA game a former Michigan HC has coached since 1925.
Of course it's a big deal; we're all rabid followers of a football program that rarely changes coaches, and rarely is probably an understatement.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:44 AM ^
That is essentially my point. If there is big RR news, it will be posted on this blog. If he is looking for in depth analysis on Arizona's depth chart, then looking for a zona blog might be a good idea. If he wants to hear about how RR is doing, I'm sure it will be posted here.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:49 AM ^
I see what you're saying more now; probably should have given your first post another read.
November 22nd, 2011 at 7:43 AM ^
Mediocresportsschool.com
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:03 AM ^
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:13 AM ^
I couldn't care less about Arizona football, but now it is everyone's "2nd favorite team" so we'll be getting the inside scoop.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:43 AM ^
The hire is great. It gives the thankfully small segment of people here who feel they didn't do enough bitching about RR while he was at Michigan a chance to piss and moan every time his name is mentioned. I am guessing a lot of Lysol will be appropriate.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:27 AM ^
Penn State will be searching for a new coach after the season. Is RR a good fit?
November 22nd, 2011 at 8:23 AM ^
that discussing RR is no more OT then discussing former players.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 AM ^
His hire has not even had its official press conference yet. People like discussing things when it is new - this is new, so it is natural that there will be a few board posts on it. Plus, it's completely appropriate that people want to discuss a huge event (finding a BCS HC job) for the most recent ex-coach at Michigan. If we get deep into the 2012 season and there are daily posts about the WR depth chart at Arizona or where to go out to eat after a game in Tucscon (i.e., not huge events) on mgoblog, I'll be very surprised.
So in short, don't worry about it.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:21 AM ^
There are plenty of posts around here about Leon Hall, LaMarr Woodley, Tom Brady, Charles Woodson, etc. I don't see why the standards would be different for a former coach.
Michigan hasn't lost a coach to anything but retirement (or forced retirement) in a long time, so Rodriguez is in a unique position of having a somewhat high profile job (Pac-12 head football coach) at a fairly young age (48). I think it's relevant to see how he does, whether he succeeds elsewhere, and see if he repeats his mistakes at Michigan or learns from them.
I don't think this should turn into an Arizona message board - and I'm sure it won't - but the front page has topics that include "Any luck with Dish network on golf course this year?", "Daily Urban Meyer Thread - The Courting Continues," "LSUFreek on BCS Chaos", and "OT: MSU not completely rotten."
Those are all slightly related to Michigan football, and I'm not saying they deserve to be removed...but a former Michigan coach is related to Michigan football, too. And I would say that Rodriguez-to-Arizona is much more interesting than discussion of the Dish Network.
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:17 PM ^
There are plenty of posts around here about Leon Hall, LaMarr Woodley, Tom Brady, Charles Woodson, etc. I don't see why the standards would be different for a former coach.
Those guys are Michigan alumni. They remain part of the Michigan football family. When they do well, it reflects well on our school. Brady Hoke can tell recruits, "You can follow in Brady/Woodson/etc's footsteps."
RR is now running a rival program. If he succeeds, good for him, but that does nothing for us. He's an Arizona Man now.
November 22nd, 2011 at 12:28 PM ^
I didn't realize Michigan and Arizona were rivals. My bad.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:18 AM ^
But at the same time I would see threads on Slippery Rock analysis and recruiting as well.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:00 AM ^
To root for RR unabashedly in the Pac 12.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:16 AM ^
No idea why this post was converted to "gray" status. You're one of the best posters on this board. I don't see what's so wrong with people who liked RR being happy that they'll be able to root for him at AZ.
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:29 AM ^
November 22nd, 2011 at 9:34 AM ^
WE MUST STAY FOCUSED.
FOCUSED MESSAGE BOARDS LEAD THE PATH TO VICTORY.
November 22nd, 2011 at 10:51 AM ^
Enough with RR/Zona talk!
November 22nd, 2011 at 1:21 PM ^
I've kinda had a thing for Arizona ever since I saw Speed.