The Pac-12 just released the Arizona Wildcats' 2016 football schedule, and it has a few very nice surprises for Arizona fans:
- Arizona has a bye week, with no game scheduled the weekend of October 22.
- Arizona plays Arizona State the day after Thanksgiving, as it should be.
- Did I mention Arizona has a bye week?
The schedule isn't perfect - the Wildcats still don't play a Power 5 team out of conference (though they do play BYU, which is pretty close), and the Washington State and Oregon State games will probably start at a ridiculously late hour, but Arizona doesn't have to play Oregon, gets to play Stanford and USC at home, and even gets an extra week of preparation before the Stanford game.