Remember the scene in “Rocky IV” when Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) was one punch away from completing tapping out of the fight against the Russian prodigy Ivan Drago (Dolp Lundgren), and then Balboa made a miraculous comeback to win? Arizona’s defense proved Saturday that even though they were wounded to a pulp the previous two games, the Wildcats are capable of coming back and hitting teams in the mouth.
After opening up Pac-12 Conference play giving up 111 points and getting thumped by UCLA and Stanford, the concerns and questions loomed over Arizona football head coach Rich Rodriguez’s inexperienced defense.