One by one, a handful of Arizona Wildcats players walked into the Sands Club to speak with reporters on Tuesday. And nearly all of them stepped in front of the cameras, microphones and recording devices holding bottles of Dasani water.
Subtle product placement? Arizona is a Coca-Cola campus, after all.
Rather, those bottles symbolized a concerted effort to address an issue that impacted several Arizona players during the Week 1 loss to BYU: hydration, or the lack thereof.
Cramping was a significant issue for Arizona in the second half against the Cougars, causing a handful of players—most notably sophomore linebacker Colin Schooler—to leave the field.