The Arizona Wildcats fell for the eighth time this season and are in serious jeopardy of a 10-loss season, something a Rich Rodriguez-coached team has never done. In his 23 years of head coaching, Rich Rodriguez has lost eight games in an FBS season twice — 2009 Michigan (3-9), and 2001 West Virginia (3-8).
Here are three things we learned from another Arizona loss.
The Third Down Defense is Improving
Arizona has been in the bottom 30 in third down defense all season. In fact, there are only four teams worse than Arizona in this category at the moment as they allow opponents to convert 50% of their third down attempts (Michigan, by comparison allows opponents to convert only 19% of their third downs, best in the nation).