TUCSON -- Josh Pollack competed with Lucas Havrisik throughout the offseason for Arizona’s placekicking job. About a week before the opener, special-teams coach Jeremy Springer reached a verdict: Havrisik had won it.
Pollack, a fifth-year senior, had endured plenty of highs and lows as a Wildcat. But it’s never easy to hear that news. He tried to make the best of a disappointing situation.
“It’s always hard,” Pollack said Tuesday. “No matter what position you are, no matter what year you are, whether you’re a first-year guy or a fifth-year guy. You kind of have to take it and learn from it — use it to motivate you.