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Growing Pains: Year one of the Sumlin Era

Madeleine Viceconte | The Daily Wildcat

Kevin Sumlin chats with a ref about a play during the game against ASU on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Arizona Stadium.

With seven returning starters on offense, nine on defense, a Heisman Trophy contender and a new head coach who has a proven track record of developing quarterbacks, the sky was the limit for Arizona football going into the 2018 season. That was, until the sky started to fall.

Week 1 of the season brought BYU to town, and the preseason hype brought along with it a nationally televised, primetime game on ESPN.