Why will Arizona win in the Holiday Bowl? First let me start off by saying look at the conferences. Under rated and under appreciated.. that was the PAC 10 this season. With no teams really finishing where they were predicted to finish the PAC 10 was a tough conference even though a lot of sport analyzers didn't give it enough credit. But Nebraska conference is the BIG 12.. the only teams they have to worry about playing are Texas and maybe Missouri. While Arizona each week except when they played Washington State had to be worried about another loss, because that's how close their conference was. Okay now on to the game. Everyone is making this big deal on the outstanding Defensive Tackle Nebraska has called Ndamukong Suh. I'm not gonna lie, this kid is great, and probably going to be the #1 pick in this years NFL Draft. But even though he is a good DT, his game lacks talent in his pass rushing. Now if you know anything about Arizona Football is that they like to through the ball. Also as good as the Defensive Line is for Nebraska, the Offensive Line for the Wildcats is even better. Arizona Offensive Line this season gave up only 10 sacks this season and ended the regular season in 3rd place for quarterback protection in Division 1 football. Now since the focus is on Nebraska's Defense, let me make another point. Ndamukong Suh is noted for having the ability to stop the running game tremendously by taking on offensive lineman blocks really well, which in turn free up the his linebackers to make plays. Well Arizona isn't always willing to risk the run. Arizona Football this season while under the command of Nick Foles as quarterback as been a team which likes to pass first to open up the running game. There is no doubt in my mind that this is what Arizona will do. And since Arizona's Offensive Line does really good with pass rush this is another plus for the Arizona Offense to produce points during the Holiday Bowl. Okay now the Arizona Defense. While Nebraska is highly marked by having a really good defense, its Offense is anything but impressive. Nebraska on occasion has plenty of trouble moving the ball. Ad on the great defensive line of Arizona which includes Brook Reeds, Ricky Elmore, and Earl Mitchell. Oh yeah and with a great set of linebackers (Vuna Tuihalamaka, Xavier Kelley, Brandon Born) and an even better secondary (Trevin Wade, Devin Ross, Mike Turner, Trevor Foster) Arizona's Defense has shown time and time again that it to can be a struggle to deal with. Oh yeah i almost forgot to mention two things. First Arizona's Special Teams have really improved all around since the beginning of the season. And the Second is Nic Grigsby. Since November 21 when Arizona played Oregon, Nic Grigsby has been out with a re-aggravating shoulder problem, but since he had over a month and a half to heel and prepare you know Arizona will be better with Nic Grigsby in the lineup. Not to mention the 1-2 punch him and back up running back Keola Antolin will make come the Holiday Bowl.
Now its up to you to see if Arizona can really imrpove their status as another power house team out of the PAC10 conference. Tune in to watch the game.
Day: Wednesday
Location: San Diego, California
Time: 6 o'clock
Coverage: ESPN
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