Arizona Football: Who’s playing in The New Mexico Bowl?
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).
Blog post for the late-night Tucson crowd ... Quick hits from UA football post-practice media availability: https://t.co/1Tfdn6gIVj
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) December 16, 2015
Here is the depth chart via Jason Scheer (note Wilson is listed, but not playing):
Depth chart for the New Mexico Bowl pic.twitter.com/6ZY6KX1ghw
— stunna (@stunnaIo) December 14, 2015
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.”
It's likely that a QB is going to play WR for Arizona in Saturday's New Mexico Bowl https://t.co/panL9d5dX1
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) December 15, 2015
Clearing up the mystery of Derrick TuriTuri’s injury status, Zach Rosenblatt affirms the team will try to get him a medical redshirt status.
RichRod said the team will likely try and pursue a medical redshirt for LB Derrick Turituri, who's missed most of the season with injuries.
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) December 15, 2015
SCOOBY IS PLAYING! Scooby announced as much on the Pac-12 Networks, and Michael Lev confirmed there are no setbacks.
Also: No setbacks for Arizona LB Scooby Wright III (foot). Expected to be full go in the New Mexico Bowl.
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) December 15, 2015
No doubt!@ArizonaFBall's Scooby Wright III tells Mike Yam he's playing in the New Mexico Bowl. #InsideP12FBhttps://t.co/NOhPNCtUtk
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) December 15, 2015
Anu Solomon has been cleared to play in the bowl game.
QB Anu Solomon (concussion) has been cleared to play in the New Mexico Bowl, Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez said.
— Michael Lev (@MichaelJLev) December 15, 2015
The Pac-12 Networks spokesman believes Anu should get the start, and he will play well.
FIRST LOOK, @arizonafball fans! A sneak peek at our #GildanNMBowl preview. https://t.co/uVMK6htS15 #BackThePachttps://t.co/oq9PqZRjpu
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) December 16, 2015
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.
Nicely done by @ZackBlatt here: @Delanehart & his brother Will Parks, who plays for Arizona #GoLobos https://t.co/H0T6ETQ8xR
— New Mexico Football (@UNMLoboFB) December 15, 2015
We will update this article as we get more information.
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Beardown and beat the Lobos! If we don’t, it will be horribly embarrassing.