The Arizona Wildcats football team ended the year on a high note, winning the Gildan New Mexico Bowl by a score of 45-37. The offense looked good, the special teams respectable.
The defense was, yet again, a trainwreck. The triple option attack of New Mexico looked absolutely lethal. Arizona had little-to-no answer on the edge, and also succumbed to big plays through the air against an offense that does not throw the ball well.
But that's just one game. We're looking at the bigger picture.
Given the history of questionable defenses over the tenure of Rich Rodriguez, it would seem that now is the time to move in a new direction across the board on that side of the ball.