Every football season has an inflection point, a game that in many ways tells you how a season will go.
This weekend’s matchup with Mississippi State is no such game.
Oh to be sure it is a big game, at least as big as a nonconference game without playoff implications can be. Going on the road and beating an SEC team would be a considerable achievement for the Wildcats, and if the Cats can pull off the upset it could lead to a Top 25 ranking and, if not that, an increased sense of optimism.
Because to go into Starkville and beat the Bulldogs would be a sign that the improvements we thought Arizona had made are real.