Rich Rodriguez, the Arizona Wildcats’ full-time coach and part-time comedian, occasionally punctuates answers to press queries in a presidential manner:
“That’s fake news!”
Nothing sounds more insincere to UA fans than the notion that its tight ends will be more involved in the passing game. It has been suggested many times but hasn’t come to fruition for most of Rodriguez’s tenure.
Why might this year be different?
For starters, tight end Trevor Wood is playing the best football of his college career — and is being targeted accordingly.
Wood caught several passes during Arizona’s open practice Saturday, continuing a trend that began in spring.