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Kevin Sumlin discusses Arizona’s defense, Utah’s offense and J.J. Taylor being a face mask no-call magnet in his weekly presser

It was another rough weekend for the Arizona Wildcats, who despite coming off a bye were handily beaten 34-6 at Oregon on Saturday. The team didn’t arrive back in Tucson until 6 a.m. Sunday, with Kevin Sumlin and his coaching staff working in the office until Sunday evening in hopes of getting a jump on another tough opponent this week in Utah.

The Wildcats (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) have dropped five straight games and must win their last two, starting with Saturday’s home finale against the Utes, to become bowl-eligible.

On Monday, Sumlin met with reporters to discuss the Oregon loss as well as what to expect from his injury-depleted team against Utah on Senior Night:

On how the defense performed: “We give up the big play the second play of the ball game, and that wasn’t great.