He was the Wildcats’ sixth unanimous All-American and won the Bronco Nagurski Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award and the Chuck Bednarik Award, all given annually to college football’s top defensive player.
Advertisement
Wright’s father, Phillip Wright, texted TucsonNewsNow.com before the MRI exam and said the injury is “not major”, but that description still leaves a lot of room for interpretation as to Scooby’s status, so we’ll just have to leave it at that for now. “I feel that if we can slow them down, we have a really good opportunity to win the game”.
Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves, though, because the extent of the injury is not known, and coach Rich Rodriguez said after the 42-32 win that his initial information on his star player was that the damage to the knee wasn’t “a bad ACL, MCL or whatever”.
“We’ll see what happens”, Rodriguez said.
This was not the start to the season that 22nd-ranked Arizona wanted, needed, expected. “But everyone is happy and it’s on to the next one”.
Bogenschutz had his first cross intercepted by Anthony Lopez and returned for 23 yards for a landing. This will be a showcase game for linebacker Scooby Wright III and quarterback Anu Solomon. Another aspect of the team’s schedule that could play a factor into tonight’s game is the fact they have 12 straight weeks with no bye, meaning a lopsided score in their favor could provide rests for key players. They shouldn’t. We have been in a whole lot of situations like that. Look for an experienced Arizona squad to overpower the young Roadrunners squad in this season’s matchup. UTSA never led, after falling behind early following an interception just 35 seconds into the game.
But they stored churning out yards, notably after Wright went out. Senior Johnny Jackson filled in for Grant and caught eight passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. Without Wright in the lineup, UTSA was able to rally from a 14-0 deficit to trail 21-20 at halftime in Tucson. UTSA had a 328-202 advantage in total yards in the first half. “So, I think we’re going in the right direction”.
Bogenschutz hit Aron Taylor on a 32-yard landing move, however Solomon discovered Cayleb Jones for a Four-yard rating to push the result in 42-26.
Advertisement
If the Wildcats hope to compete in the Pac-12 and accomplish their 2015 goals, the others must step up in his absence.
