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UA's Rich Rodriguez upset at late road kickoff

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).