The Arizona Football team was selected to play in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl against New Mexico, but who will be able to play?
Gildan New Mexico Bowl Game Info:
- Teams: Arizona Wildcats (6-6) vs. New Mexico Lobos (7-5)
- When: Saturday, December 19 (11:00 AM PST, 12:00 MST, 2:00 PM EST
- On TV: ESPN
- Where: University Stadium, Albuquerque
- Spread: Arizona -10
Who will play and who won’t?
- Nick Wilson will NOT play, listed as ‘Out’
- Scooby Wright III will play
- Derrick TuriTuri may be a red-shirt medical candidate, he will NOT play
- Anu Solomon has been cleared to play; he will play.
- Brandon Dawkins was taking reps this week during practice; he might play? (don’t know)
- Jerrard Randall could play WR; Rich Rod will use him in the bowl game.
- Luco Bruno (DL) – will NOT play, listed as ‘Out’
- Freddie Tagaloa (OL) – will NOT play, listed as ‘Out’
A little more information from Michael Lev of the Arizona Daily Star, he has included a few more notes on the team and a number of tweets including different seniors last practice announcements (worth a look).
Here is the depth chart via Jason Scheer (note Wilson is listed, but not playing):
Randall will likely play. Coach Rich Rod was quoted talking about the QB position for the bowl game between Randall and Solomon, “They do different things, but Jerrard is also going to play some wideout.”
Clearing up the mystery of Derrick TuriTuri’s injury status, Zach Rosenblatt affirms the team will try to get him a medical redshirt status.
SCOOBY IS PLAYING! Scooby announced as much on the Pac-12 Networks, and Michael Lev confirmed there are no setbacks.
Anu Solomon has been cleared to play in the bowl game.
The Pac-12 Networks spokesman believes Anu should get the start, and he will play well.
NFL Declaration:
Cayleb Jones is testing the NFL waters. Scooby Wright III will announce after the bowl game if he will be entering the NFL draft.
Fun Fact:
Will Parks brother No 82 on the Lobos sophomore Delane Hart-Johnson plays WR for the New Mexico Lobo’s, will Rich Rod assign Parks to defend his brother? Could get interesting. The brothers will have 15 friends and family coming to the bowl to watch Parks in his last game as a Wildcat.
We will update this article as we get more information.
Next: Arizona Football: New Mexico Bowl Flashback Vs. Nevada
Beardown and beat the Lobos! If we don’t, it will be horribly embarrassing.