Sonoran Hot Reads: Arizona/Michigan State to be a battle of freshmen classes

A lot of new players will be playing for both teams on Veteran’s Day

When the Arizona Wildcats and Michigan State Spartans meet in Hawai’i on November 11th, the logos and guys on the sideline will look familiar, but the people on the court deciding the game will not. Arizona could conceivably have three starters that weren’t in Tucson a few months ago, and Michigan State is boasting the best recruiting class of Tom Izzo’s career. This will add another level of intrigue to the season opener for both fanbases, and should make it even more fun to watch

- Luke Walton won his first game as the Lakers’ head coach. Here’s what he had to say the day after

Football

- J.J. Taylor did not get to play very much, but is still on Pro Football Focus’ true freshmen to watch

- According to Pacific Takes, the Territorial Cup is the 12th-best game remaining in the Pac-12 regular season

- We’re not calling for his firing, but if you were curious, Rich Rodriguez’s buyout is in the neighborhood of $9 million

- Here are some more numbers, but strictly having to do with this weekend’s game against Stanford

- Our Reader Pac-12 Power Rankings turned out pretty interesting this week. You should also come join our College Football Pick’em group

- Do you know Stanford well enough? Here are five dudes that you should really know before Saturday night

- Arizona picked a good time to get healthy

Baseball

- According to John Calipari, Terry Francona is pretty okay at basketball

oh my goodness http://pic.twitter.com/Ph8NPmJ9eZ

— JJ Matijevic (@TweetinJ_23) October 27, 2016

Other sports

- Hockey won a road league game by taking down Missouri State 5-3

Coach's post game comments after the 5-3 road victory over Missouri State http://pic.twitter.com/XRGjqshwBX

— UA Wildcat Hockey (@UAWildcatHockey) October 28, 2016

- Soccer lost to Stanford 4-0

- The Pac-12 Cross Country Championships will be taking place at Randolph North Golf Course Friday morning. I saw a little bit of the course when I was out running Thursday night and it seems like it would be a good event to attend if you can

- Men’s tennis is competing in the San Diego Invitational this weekend

- The softball homecoming game is happening at noon on Sunday

Tucson news

- It’s still really hot. Hotter than ever, actually

- TPD released the dash cam video from Monday night’s officer-involved shooting

- There was an attempted kidnapping on the Northwest side

- The Roadrunners’ home opener is Friday night. Here are ten things to know about it

Dusty and @HowlerCoyote taking in the sights of Tucson on this special day ❤️ http://pic.twitter.com/VJfmFpkPxw

— #MeepMeep (@RoadrunnersAHL) October 27, 2016

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