The Arizona Wildcats are halfway through what has been an up-and-down 2018 season, and fittingly their record is exactly .500 at 3-3. The second half begins with Friday’s game at Utah, which means Arizona has to compact its normal between-game schedule by one day.
Coach Kevin Sumlin said Monday the “combination of recovery and preparation” is much harder on a short week, “particularly when you have to travel on that short week, also.”
This will be the first of two Friday games for Arizona, the other coming Nov. 2 at home against Colorado.
“You have to give your student athletes a day off during the week,” Sumlin said.