Early on the Arizona Wildcats defense looked stout, like many fans had hoped they would prior to the season with new defensive coordinator Marcel Yates at the helm. The defense forced Hawaii into a series of bad throws, sacks and a batted ball by freshman saftey Tristan Cooper that was intercepted by free-saftey Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles. “I couldn’t get to my coverage so I had to go for it and jumped to bat the ball and we were able to come away with it,” Cooper said.
Arizona is weak on the defensive line thus putting pressure on the defensive backs to hold up in coverage for long amounts of time, a trend that has been apparent so far in the young season.