Moments before walking into Monday's news conference room at the Lowell Stevens Football Facility, Rich Rodriguez received some news from the Pac-12.
Quickly, Rodriguez knew what he’d be talking about at his weekly meeting with the media.
The news: Arizona’s Oct. 31 game on the road against Washington will kick off at 8 p.m.
The response: The coach is not happy.
“I’ll get on my soapbox here: I just don’t understand how this happens," he said. "We play 12 straight games, and we play night and road games, and now we’re going to play an 8 o’clock road game at Washington, get back at 5 in the morning, then have to go back on the road again (against USC).