How many times have we seen a young quarterback save a head coaches career in recent years in the Pac-12? It feels like we have a good streak going with the emergence of Sam Darnold last season and now with Khalil Tate storming onto the college football scene. While it might be a stretch saying Darnold saved Clay Helton, by no means is it a reach when talking about the pre-Khalil Tate Wildcats.
The early season proved to be a challenging one this year for Rich Rodriguez. The Wildcats won both of the games they were expected to win against inferior out of conference competition and then lost a defensive battle against a Houston team still recovering from Tom Herman’s departure.