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Arizona QB Khalil Tate out vs. UCLA, Rhett Rodriguez to start

There won’t be any lingering quarterback controversy for the Arizona Wildcats this week.

Kevin Sumlin announced during Tuesday’s Pac-12 conference call that Khalil Tate will be out against the UCLA Bruins on Saturday and Rhett Rodriguez will start in his place.

Tate has been hobbled by an ankle injury all season and only lasted two series in Friday’s loss to Utah, before being knocked out.

Sumlin said Monday that he wanted to avoid another situation where Tate would start only to exit during the game.

“It looked to me like he could hardly hand the ball off.