Something about the fifth season of a college football coaching tenure screams “ownership.” The recruits are yours, the culture established, the expectations at an all-time high.
That’s the reality facing Rich Rodriguez and Todd Graham.
The Arizona and Arizona State football coaches were at the Arizona Biltmore this week attending Pac-12 Conference meetings about officiating, television contracts, student-athlete reform and the general health of the conference.
It felt like a good time to take the temperature of the programs, too, which are in the middle of an important spring evaluation period for recruiting.
Remarkably, Graham and Rodriguez have posted near identical records during their four seasons, 34-19 and 33-20, respectively.