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Sonoran Hot Reads: Rich Rodriguez’s father passes away

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On Tuesday morning, Arizona Wildcats head coach Rich Rodriguez made a rare appearance on Twitter, but it was not a good one. He thanked everyone for sending their thoughts to the Rodriguez family after his father Vince passed away. Anthony Gimino went back and found some quotes from the past few years Rich had of his dad, including this gem after Vince underwent quadruple bypass surgery

“By the time, I got there he was already tubed up and had the surgery. When they took (the breathing tube) out, he said to me, ‘If they didn’t have me tied down, I would have taken that damn tube and ripped it out.