Wildcats Football: Arizona vs UTSA Preview

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The Arizona Wildcats first football game of the 2015 season is less than four days away.

As the anticipation and excitement is building, here’s a look of how this game will be shaping up and where you can tune-in. 

Game Information: UTSA (0-0) vs Arizona (0-0) 

Location: Tucson, Arizona- Arizona Stadium (57,400)

Television: PAC-12 Network

Radio:  Arizona IMG Sport Network, KTKT, KCUB 1290 AM The Source, K-Hit 107.9, Fox Sports 910 Phoenix, KHYT 107.5 FM

Betting line: -31 Arizona

Series Lead: Arizona (2-0)

Last Meeting: September 5, 2014 in San Antonio- Arizona 26 UTSA 23

Tickets: Available Here 

ARIZONA WILDCATS STARTERS (forecast)

OFFENSE 

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WR     Cayleb Jones

WR     David Richards

SLOT  Nate Phillips

SLOT  Samajie Grant

TE       Josh Kern

LT       Freddie Tagaloa

LG       Zach Hammila

C         Cayman Bundage

RT     Lene Maiava

RG     Jacob Alsadek

QB      Anu Solomon

RB      Nick Wilson

DEFENSE

DE        Reggie Gilbert

NT        Sani Fuimaono

DT        Luca Bruno

SLB      Derrick Turituri

MLB     Scooby Wright III 

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WLB     DeAndre’ Miller (back up Jake Matthews)

SPUR     Will Parks

BANDIT Tellas Jones

LC          Sammy Morrison

FS          Jamar Allah

RC          DaVonte’ Neal

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK        Casey Skowron

P           Drew Riggleman

LS         Jose Romero

Hold    Drew Riggleman/Zach Werlinger

PR        DaVonte’ Neal or Nate Phillips

KR      DaVonte’ Neal or Nate Phillips or  Johnny Jackson  *Out Tyrell Johnson (foot)

UTSA ROADRUNNERS STARTERS

OFFENSE  

WR      Kenny Bias

WR      Kerry Thomas

WR      Aaron Grubb

LT        Reed Darragh

LG       Cody Cole

OC      Juan Perez-Isidoro

RG     Williams Cavanaugh

RT     Jordan Gray

TE      David Morgan II

QB      Blake Bogenschutz

RB      Jarveon Williams

DEFENSE

DE      Marcus Davenport

DT      Brian Price

DT      Vontrell King-Williams 

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DE     Jason Neill

MLB  Drew Douglas

OLB  Marcos Curry

CB     Bennett Okotcha

SS     Michael Egwuagu

SS     Mauricio Sanchez

FS     Nate Gaines

CB    Trevor Baker

SPECIAL TEAMS

P       Yannis Routsas

PK   Daniel Portillo

LS    Matt Bayliss

H      TBD

PR    Aaron Grubb

KR   Aaron Grubb

KO   Daniel Portill

Game Prediction 

UTSA almost squeezed out a victory when these two teams faced off in San Antonio last season. If it weren’t for a 4th quarter interception by the Wildcats the Roadrunners could have run away with a win. I don’t believe this game will be that close this year.

Coming off a heartbreaking loss against Boise State, the Arizona Wildcats need to start this season off on the right foot. With a completed season under Anu Solomon‘s belt,  I do not believe the Roadrunners will have enough offensively to keep up with the Wildcats high-powered offense.

Expect a big game from Anu Solomon at home along with maybe a couple picks from the Wildcats defense. This game will not be as close as last season with the Zona Zoo bouncing and pumping up Arizona Stadium.  The Wildcats will win and move to (1-0). So pumped for next weeks game.

Final Score Prediction

Arizona 45

UTSA 21

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