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Arizona playing for Kevin Sumlin? Rivalry game should not factor into coach’s job

Shortly after his team fell to the Utah Utes, Arizona’s sixth straight defeat and one that officially eliminated the team from bowl contention, Kevin Sumlin said something that likely resonates with most Wildcats fans.

The second-year coach was asked if he ever envisioned missing the postseason each of his first two seasons in Tucson.

“No, never,” he said. Asked why he thinks it’s happened, Sumlin noted there were multiple reasons.

“It’s my job to right the ship,” he added.

It is, but for how much longer?

Back in January 2018, when Sumlin was hired, he arrived with lofty expectations.