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Arizona football benefits from new redshirt rule, set to play 'newcomers'

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You never truly know what’s going to happen.

Such is the reality of college football. There are no exhibition games or joint practices. Personnel turnover is constant. Someone is going to have to play a prominent role in Week 1 — or, in the case of the Arizona Wildcats, Week 0 — who never has played before.

Noel Mazzone has been coaching for almost 40 years, but he’ll carry that same feeling of uncertainty into Saturday’s opener at Hawaii.

“You don’t know until we kick that thing off and see how things roll out,” the UA offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach said Friday night.