Rich Rodriguez is entering his fifth season as the head football coach of the Arizona Wildcats. He will try to become the first coach in school history to appear in five consecutive bowl games. Arizona legend Dick Tomey was able to reach five bowls in six seasons, but never accomplished the feat of five straight.
Bowl games can be a funny thing as 5-7 teams now have the ability to receive bids since there are 40 different bowls. Their significance has somewhat diminished over the years with the expansion of games. However, they can be used to gauge one aspect of the season: if you don’t make one, you had a bad season.