Sonoran Hot Reads: Melquise Stovall to visit Arizona this weekend

A former USC commit will be in Tucson again this weekend

Way back in August, four-star all-purpose back/cornerback Melquise Stovall decommitted from USC. Fresh off a trip to Utah, Stovall will be taking an official visit to Arizona this weekend according to Scout's Greg Biggins. Stovall is just one of many recruits that will be in town for the Homecoming festivities. We'll have a full list for you when we get a little closer to the game, but having a guy like Stovall in town for the second time in a month is big

- Jared Baker earned a helmet sticker from ESPN for his 200-yard game last week. Gabe talks about how Baker is finally getting some significant action in his senior season

- Washington State is fourth in ESPN's Pac-12 Power Rankings. They're 10th in ours. So, that's how much anyone knows about this conference. Arizona happens to be in 7th in ESPN's and 9th in ours

- Plenty of people got upset when we shared that Travis Haney has Rich Rodriguez as a serious candidate to take over for Steve Spurrier at South Carolina. Haney doubled down while talking about how Arizona has fought through all the injuries to a 5-2 record, and says in this video that Rodriguez is intrigued by going back east

- What are ten things to watch for in the Pac-12 in the second half? How about the T-Cup and Jerrard Randall getting to 1,000 rushing yards?

- Both Arizona schools have failed to live up to preseason expectations so far this season

- Our friends at Pacific Takes think Arizona will play in the Cactus Bowl against Kansas State

- Here's a look at the depth chart changes in the Pac-12

- You probably know it was Back to the Future Day on Wednesday. While the Cubs will not be winning the World Series like the movie predicted, Rich Rodriguez was in his first year as a student assistant at West Virginia in 1985

- I was on the CougCenter podcast to preview this weekend's game, and also talk about some great RichRod stories, like his Halloween costume from when he was a kid

- WSU ran the ball a lot against Arizona two years ago. Here's how Mike Leach recruits running backs to Pullman

Basketball

- Dick Vitale has Arizona 16th in his preseason poll. He has Cal 12th and Utah 14th

- Would you like to relive the Red-Blue Game? Check out the official sights and sounds video from Arizona Athletics

- T.J. McConnell is putting up some big stats compared to other rookies. He's also throwing down in dance battles

- Aaron Gordon jumps high

#SuperMario just looked at this photo and told @Double0AG: "You took the elevator." http://pic.twitter.com/qvDw2WT6NF

— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) October 22, 2015

Baseball

- Two former UA players are on the World Series-bound Mets' coaching staff

Other sports

- Soccer hosts the Oregon schools for Homecoming this weekend

- The volleyball season is halfway over, and Arizona is just 3-5 in conference play, yet they are still ranked 14th in the country

- Cross country is going up to ASU this weekend

Tucson news

- UMC is announcing major plans for expansion

- Other than that, it rained. That's it

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