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Rich Rod fired from Arizona, the 3rd Pac-12 South coach to be fired

Rich Rod joined Jim Mora and Todd Graham in the Pac-12 South as coaches looking for jobs. Rich Rod was terminated after, according to our friends at AZ Desert Swarm, “The decision was based on several factors, including ‘the direction and climate of the football program,’ according to a UA email co-signed by Heeke and UA president Robert C. Robbins.” I figured Graham and Rich Rod’s were going to gone at some point, if not fired, hired away. Both Graham and Rodriguez have flirted with other schools the past couple of years, so it was just a matter of time.