A change at defensive coordinator didn’t have anywhere close to the desired effect for the Arizona Wildcats. If anything, Arizona’s defense looked even worse on Saturday than it had during the first three games of what is now a four-game losing streak following a 56-38 home loss to the Oregon State Beavers.
The Wildcats (4-5, 2-4 Pac-12) gave up 35 points and 385 yards in the first half, yielding 28 points alone in the second quarter, and allowed 572 yards to the Beavers (4-4, 3-2).
Not exactly the kind of performance coach Kevin Sumlin was expecting after he fired defensive coordinator Marcel Yates and linebackers coach John Rushing on Sunday, replacing them with analysts (and former UA players) Chuck Cecil and Hank Hobson.