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HEY THERE WILDCATS, THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

WELL CATS IT WAS AN INTERESTING THANKSGIVING FOR THE ARIZONA MENS BASKETBALL TEAM, AND A GOOD ONE FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM, LETS GET RIGHT ONTO THE RECAP.

BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE TWO SPORTS, LETS TALK SOME VOLLEYBALL. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WAS SWEPT BY THE UCLA BRUINS AND THEN FELL TO THE USC TROJANS 3-1 IN A VERY COMPETEIVE MATCH. CERTAINLY A TOUGH WAY TO ENTER YOUR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, HOWEVER THE CATS DID FIND OUT THEIR TOURNAMENT FATE FOR THE 2009 NCAA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND FOR THEIR SAKE, THEY MAY WANNA BRING SOME BEADS ALONG FOR THE TRIP. THAT’S RIGHT ARIZONA, THE LADY CARS ARE HEADED TO THE BIG EASY. NUMBER 19 ARIZONA WILL TAKE ON TEXAS A &M IN BATON ROUGE THIS COMEING FRIDAY. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THE CATS IN THE TOURNAMENT SINCE 2005, SO A HEARTY CONGRATS TO THEM, AND OF COURSE, A HEARTY BEAR DOWN. GOOD LUCK LADIES. SIDE NOTE, THE PAC-10 HAD 8 TEAMS SELECTED TO THE TOURNAMENT…ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? THAT’S RIDICULOUS. THE ONLY TWO TO NOT MAKE IT? OREGON STATE…WHO CARES, AND OF COURSE OUR FAVORITE COMMIUNITY COLLEGE TO THE NORTH, ARIZONA STATE…HAHAHAHA…EXCUSE ME…MOVING ON…

WELL OVER THE WEEK, THE ARIZONA MENS BASKETBALL TEAM PRATICIPATED IN THE 2009 MAUI INVITATIONAL, A VERY NICE HONOR AND PRESEASON TOURNAMENT. THE CATS CAME IN AS A QUESTIONABLE TEAM AT BEST, NO ONE REALLY KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT OF THE MOSTLY FRESHMAN TEAM, AND AFTER THIS WEEK…I STILL DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT LET ME TRY MY BEST. THIS CONFERENCE IS SO MESSED UP. WE OPENED UP AGAINST WISCONSIN, ANOTHER BUBBLE TEAM MUCH LIKE US, AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WORST GAMES IVE EVER SEEN. THERE WERE OVER 50 FOULS IN THIS GAME? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WE MADE SOME REAL BIG FRESHMAN MISTAKES AND IT REALLY COST US, MISSED FREE THROWS WERE THE DOWNFALL OF OUR TEAM, SO NOW WE SUFFERED OUR FIRST LOSS AS A TEAM, AND WE WENT INTO FACING COLORADO IN THE NEXT ROUND. BETTER GAME, STILL NOT UP TO THE CALIBUR THAT WE COULD BE, BUT BETTER. SOLID WIN. THEN WE FACED VANDERBILT…UGHH IT SUCKS TO SEE A GAME YOU SHOULD WIN AND THEN LOSE. ANOTHER LOSS. THE PAC 10 IS SO MESSED UP. UCLA LOSING TO EVERY TEAM (PORTLAND LONG BEACH STATE FULLERTON) OREGON GETTING BLOWN OUT AT HOME BY MONTANA. CAL NOT LOOKING IMPRESSIVE ANYMORE. WEDNESDAY ILL HAVE A NEW PAC 10 PREDICTION FOR YOU. MOVING ON

FOOTBALL IS BACK FOLKS. AND IT WAS THE TERRITORIAL CUP. WE CAME INTO THE GAME FAVORVED AND WE SURE DIDN’T PLAY LIKE IT. WE MANAGED TO PULL IT OUT 20-17 IN THE END ON A TERRIBLE CHOCK BY MR. WILLIAMS OF ASU, (THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR CELEBRATING). WE NOW HEAD TO USC ON DECEMBER 5 ON ABC. THIS GAME IS HUGE. WE MANAGED TO SQEAK BY A FEW GAMES, AND USC HAS LOOKED JUST AWFUL THIS SEASON. AND WE HAVE PLAYED THEM VERY WELL IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND I THINK THIS MAY BE THE YEAR TO FINALLY OVER POWER THEM AND MAKE IT TO THE HOLIDAY BOWL. ILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU ON WEDNESDAY.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR MW CATS, THIS IS ALEX “I HAD A DEVIL FOR THANKSGIVING” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME.

Arizona Football: Part 2

So as we saw in the last post, Arizona was sitting pretty at 3-1 and 1-0 in conference play, right on the cusp of being ranked again for the first time in a long time. The next game was a very important one for the cats, a showdown with the always dangerous Washington Huskies, who had one of the best quarterbacks in the pac-10, Jake Locker. To be completely honest, this game shouldn’t have even been close. Arizona totally outplayed Washington, but again, because of poor road play, and the inability to close out games in a hostel environment, we allowed the Huskies to hang around the entire game, and what happened at the end is still something I cannot explain, even until this day. With Arizona up 33-29 with under three minutes left in the game, Foles threw a bad ball to a falling Dealshaun Dean. The ball “bounced off” his foot right into the arms of a waiting Washington defensive lineman, who caught it, and ran it all the way back for a touchdown. The Wildcats fell behind 36-33 and couldn’t get over the roar of the opposing crowd or the intimidating field and fell by that score. This is the kind of football that we are to familiar with at Arizona, seeing a team that should be good, choke. However, I was determined to see this team through. After a bye week, it was finally time to come to our home stadium and for our home Zona Zoo of 10,000. It was a big game as we found ourselves at one and one in conference play. Stanford came in with one of the best running ends in the conference with Toby Gerhardt. It was a back and forth game the entire time and Stanford looked like they were gonna pull away until the crowd got loud and you could feel the energy lift back into Arizona as they stormed ahead and pulled out the victory 43-38. And finally after two more great home victories, we found ourselves at eight and two, and five and one in conference play. This was also the closest we had been to first play in years, and was also the first time we were playing as a ranked team since 2000. Needless to say this looked like it could be the year to go to the first Rose Bowl in school history. Oh how wrong we could be. We had four games left the on the schedule next week at Cal, home against the first place Oregon, and then we finished our games on the road at our arch rival ASU, and then at USC. All we needed to do is beat Oregon and USC and just win one of the other two games, and the pac-10 crown would be ours. Much easier said than done. Over the past few weeks, we have seen the true determination of this team, and also see how the Wildcats could go through tremendous heartbreak and sorrow.

Arizona Football: Part 1

I want to talk about Arizona football today. I think that this season has been the most stressful yet most exciting season of football of my college career, and possibly my entire life. This season, the Arizona Wildcats have been regarding the best team in the Pacific- 10 conference, and at others, among the bottom feeders as well. This kind of “roller coaster” season really goes overlooked and takes a toll on the community, the school, the whole student body, and especially, my heart. This year started out differently than any other in recent memory, with a realistic dream of roses. The winner of the pac-10 gets a trip to the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day, and trip the Arizona Wildcats have never experienced in their rich football history. Also, instead of playing our arch rival ASU at the last game of the regular season, we were set to play the USC Trojans, since the two teams were the favorites to compete for the Rose Bowl. This prediction was a good one, but couldn’t have been more off. The cats came into the season with a quick two wins against a good Central Michigan team, and a bleak Northern Arizona, and then it was time for the first true test of the season, a showdown with the Iowa Hawkeyes, in Iowa City. This was also a alma mater game for head coach Mike Stoops, who was a Big 10 all conference player at Iowa. The cats were outplayed, and fell to a powerful Iowa team 27-17 which gave the Wildcats their first wake up call of the season, but it certainly wouldn’t be the last. This Arizona team certainly didn’t have it easy, they play away from home for 30 straight days, good enough for the second longest streak in the nation, right behind Hawaii, who had 31. It was finally time for the pac-10 season to start, and our first match up was against the Oregon State Beavers. The Beavers have one of the best running backs in the country on their team, Jacquizz Rodgers, and he is always a threat to explode, and this game wouldn’t be any different. It looked as if the Wildcats had no answer for the tough offense of Oregon State, and were struggling to stay in the game. However, with our new quaterback Nick Fowles making his first start of the season, the cats had a renewed sense of play, and managed to hold out against the Beavers to move to one and zero in conference play. This was more than just a conference win for the Wildcats, it was the start of believing. Arizona has never been a good road team under Coach Stoops, but they played a hard game, and managed to pull it out, and not let it go at the end like in recent memory. In the upcoming weeks, we would travel to Seattle to take on the Huskies of Washington, and what happened there was most definitely a sight to see.

Ready for the end

HEY THERE WILDCATS, THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

WELL ITS FINALLY THANKSGIVING WEEK CATS AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I COULD USE THE BREAK, BUT FIRST,WE’VE GOT A LOT TO GO OVER SO LETS GET RIGHT TO IT.

WELL I DON’T USUALLY DO THIS FIRST, BUT I FEEL WE NEED TO COVER THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND. AS YOU SHOULD KNOW, WE HOSTED THE OREGON DUCKS THIS PAST SATURDAY IN HOPES OF KEEPING THE ROSE BOWL DREAM ALIVE. IN MY OPINION, ARIZONA REALLY DID PLAY THEIR HEARTS OUT THE ENTIRE TWO OVERTIMES, BUT JUST GOT TO TIRED. BUT I HAVE NO RESERVATIONS SAYING THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST EXCITING ARIZONA FOOTBALL GAME I HAD BEEN TO IN MY CAREER HERE. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE PLAYED A BETTER TEAM AND THE END RESULT IS THAT OREGON IS PLAYING FOR THE ROSES NEXT WEEK, WHILE ARIZONA IS GOING FOR THE SUN BOWL OR VEGAS BOWL, MAYBE THE POINTSETTIA BOWL. BUT IT WASN’T MENANT TO BE AS THE CATS FELL TO THE DUCKS 44-41 IN OTS. AS FOR THE STUDENTS WHO JUMPED ONTO THE FIELD IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU DON’T NNOW EVERYTHIGN AND TO STOP CELEBRATING DISRESPECTUFULLY. WE HAVE THE TERRITOARILA CUP THIS SATURDAY AND ASU IS NO TEAM NO OVERLOOK. LOOK FOR BOTH TO COME OUT STRONG AND ATTACK THE RUN. I THINK ARIZONA IS TO STRONG AND TOO UPSET THIS WEEK TO LOSE TO THE DEVILS, ARIZONA 38 ASU 24, BEAR DOWN.

IN VOLLEYBALL NEWS, THE ARIZONA WOMEN BOUNCED BACK TO BEAT THE CAL BEARS THIS WEEKEND. THIS GAME WAS THE FINAL HOME MATCH FOR THE 19^TH RANKED LADIES AND THEY SHOWED IT, BEATING NUMBER 11 CAL THREE GAMES TO ONE. THE CATS MOVED TO 19-8 ON THE YEAR WITH AN 8-8 RECORD IN CONFERENCE PLAY. UP NEXT IS THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS THE CATS TAKE ON UCLA AND USC, WE’LL HAVE THE RESULTS AND ANALYSIS AFTER THE BREAK SO GOOD LUCK LADIES.

FINALLY, THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS TIPS OFF THEIR THIRD GAME OF THE YEAR IN THE MAUI INVITTIATIONAL TOMORROW AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THE CATS ARE FLYING HIGH ON TWO STRAIGHT WINS AND LOOK TO ATTACK THE INSIDE PRESENCE OF THE BADGERS WITH QUICK BALL MOVEMENT, AND A FASTER OFFENSE IN GENERAL. I SEE THE CATS PLAYING INTO THANKSGIVING AND BEATING THE BADGERS 86-74 IN THIS ONE, LETS HOPE IM RIGHT, (I USUALLY AM).

WELL CATS I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “BUDISH” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

Sports! (A good One)

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT IS U OF A SPORTS.

WELL THANKSGIVING IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING US, BUT TO DISTRACT YOU UNTIL THEN, LETS SEE WHATS IN STORE THIS WEEK.

IN SOME WOMENS VOLLEYBALL NEWS, THE NUMBER 19 ARIZONA WILDCATS WILL HOST STANFORD AND CAL THIS WEEK IN THE FINAL REGULAR HOMESTAND OF THE SEASON. STANFORD IS NUMBER SIX IN THE NATION WHILE CAL CHECKS IN AT NUMBER 11 RESPECTIVELY. THE CATS ARE SEVEN AND SEVEN IN PAC 1O PLAY AND ARE LOOKING TO REBOUND FROM A SWEEP IN THE BAY AREA EARLIER THIS SEASON. THE CATS ARE 11-2 AT HOME THIS SEASON. THEY END THE REGULAR SEASON OVER THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AT NUMBER 7 UCLA ON FRIDAY AND NUMBER 15 USC ON SATURDAY, AND LEARN THEIR TOURNAMENT FATE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29 SO GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE SEASON LADIES, AND BEAR DOWN.

IN SOME BASKETBALL NEWS, THE U OF A MEET THE RICE OWLS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY THIS THURSDAY. RICE COMES INTO THE MEETING AT 3-0 WHILE THE CATS ARE FRESH OFF THEIR 87-70 WIN OVER NAU ON SUNDAY. FRESHMAN KEVIN PARROM IS OUT 4-8 WEEKS WITH A STRESS FRACTURE SO DON’T EXPECT HIM IN THIS ONE, BUT WITH THE STELLAR PLAY OF HORNE, WISE AND THE CLUMP OF FRESHMAN WILLIAMS, JONES, HILL AND NATYAZKO THE CATS LOOK TO RUN THE OWL RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING. I DON’T SEE TO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE, CATS TAKE IT BY 15, AND MAKE SURE TO TRY THOSE NEW CHANTS SEAN MILLER DESCRIBED AT HIS MEETING WITH STUDENTS, JUST LISTEN AT THE GAME AND YOULL PICK IT UP QUICK, ITS NOT TO HARD. I GOTTA GIVE A QUICK SIDE NOTE AND ADMIT THAT MY USUALLY FANTASTIC CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS MAY BE OFF, WITH TEAMS LIKE STANFORD AND UCLA LOSING TO TEAMS LIKE UC SAN DIEGO AND CAL STATE FULLERTON….THE PAC MIGHT JUST REALLY SUCK THIS YEAR.

WELL GUYS THIS WEEKEND BRINGS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOTBALL GAMES IN RECENT MEMORY, AND THE FINAL HOME GAME OF THE SEASON. WIN, KEEP THE ROSE BOWL DREAMS ALIVE AND LOOK GOOD FOR OVER 50% OF THE NATION. LOSE…UGHHHH SAME OLD DISSRESPECT. THE CATS TAKE ON THE OREGON DUCKS THIS SATURDAY IN THE FIRST OF THREE STRAIGHT ABC GAMES FOR ARIZONA. WITH STAR RUNNING BACK LEGEURE BLOUNT REENSTATED AT SUCH A CONVIENT TIME FOR OREGON, THE DUCKS LOOK THE BEST TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE EASILY. BUT DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE CATS AT HOME. THE GAME IS A RED OUT GAME, WHERE THE TEAM WILL DON RED JERSEYS AND EVERYONE IS ENCORAGED TO WEAR RED. COLLEGE GAMEDAY, THE PREMEIR COLLEGE SPORTS SHOW IS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE UA MALL THIS SATURDAY AT 8 AS WELL. YOURS TRULY WILL BE THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY, SO IF YOU SEE ME COME TELL ME HOW BAD I AM AT PREDICTING WINS, CAUSE IM GONNA DO IT CATS, HERE IT IS…SHADES OF TWO YEARS AGO, CATS 27 DUCKS 24. SHOOT ME, IM TO GOOD.

WELL CATS, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “I THINK DUCK SOUNDS GOOD FOR THANKSGIVING” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

For the Wildcat

As Americans we value the judicial system. So it is baffling that when Phi Kappa Psi was found not guilty of stealing of 10,000 Wildcats by the judicial board at the U of A, Greek life, and most importantly, UAPD, the Daily Wildcat will simply not let it go. To continually libel our entire fraternity and ruin the name of a national group that so many have contributed to over the years is just wrong and disrespectful. The Wildcat does this because the storyline of the frat boy, and frankly, you cannot blame them for it. The power of the pen is very strong, and to be honest, I believe that the Wildcat needs to consider the consequences of your articles. The image of fraternities in this paper has always been stereotypical and has always outplayed the truth. The Wildcat has consistenly portrayed all of Phi Kappa Psi to be upper class, arrogant, rude, aggressive partiers, but most importantly, thieves as well.

The truth is that we couldn’t be further away from those accusations. We are easily the most diverse fraternity on the Arizona campus, and I couldn’t be more proud of that fact. There are people from all walks of life. People who can’t afford to be in out fraternity, but we make it work through scholarships and payment plans. Men of all races, black, white, Indian, Mexican, and Native American. We have so many different religions and ideals and we all still find a way to get along, and be brothers. We have people that have 4.0 GPA’s and for those who don’t, we have study tables every week to help people improve their grades. We always do what is best for the chapter and the fraternity’s name as a whole, because we care about one another, and no selfish act could change that.

However, on the fateful morning of October 8, 2009, someone stole 10,000 copies of the Wildcat. Without a blink of an eye, “anonymous tips” come flooding in claiming that Phi Psi was responsible. The reason? Because they were in the Police Beat about a girl accusing them of giving her a roofy at a party. Her symptoms, as documented and reported by the Daily Wildcat were, “The woman reported that at approximately 11:30 p.m., she had begun feeling “overly flirtatious.” The woman also claimed to have experienced a loss of both hearing and bladder control. The woman told officers that her friend had walked her back to her residence at the Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall at approximately 1 a.m. on Sept. 27, at which point she vomited. The woman’s friends later told her that between the hours of 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 and 1 a.m. on Sept. 27, she had made out with three different men at the party.” These type of accusations against fraternities are in the Police Beat every week, including Phi Psi in the past, and the papers have never been stolen. So what would make a fraternity do it this time?

The fact of the matter is that this type of libel, and slander goes unnoticed because it’s assumed that whatever is printed in the Wildcat is true. They would never take advantage of their print duties, even in the opinion section. Well the fact of the matter is that you did do that. You took a situation where you lost and turned it on an innocent fraternity to make them look like the culprit, even after they had been proven innocent. The editorial column and opinion section of the Wildcat is supposed to be a place for people to express feelings about

U of A sports!

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT IS U OF A SPORTS.

WELL IT WAS AN INTERESTING SPORTS WEEKEND FOR THE U OF A CATS, BUT ITS ONLY GONNA GET MORE CRAZY SO LETS SEE WHATS GOING ON.

WELL THE WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM HAS PLENTY OF REASON TO CELEBRATE. AS THE NUMBER 24 RANKED TEAM EARNED ON OF THE 13 AT LARGE BIDS TO THIS YEARS NCAA NATIONALS IN INDIANA. THIS IS THE FIRST NATIONAL BID FOR THE LADY CATS SINCE 2001. THIS IS A TEAM THAT HAS NO SENIORS, BUT ARE HANDLEING THE PRESSURE JUST FINE, AND ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A DEEP RUN IN NATIONALS, SO GOOD LUCK LADIES, AND BEAR DOWN.

IN SOME VERY EXCITING WOMENS HOOPS NEWS, THE LADY CATS HAVE MOVED TO 2-0 IN THE IONA TOURNAMENT DEFEATING THE TOURNAMENT HOST 75-70 IN OT ON SATURDAY, AND YESTERDAY DEFEATING MIAMI OF OHIO 91-67. THIS COULD BE A TURNING POINT FOR THE LADY CATS AS THEY SHOWED GOOD BALL MOVEMENT AND RANGE. NEXT WEEK THEY HEAD TO SAN DIEGO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JHG JAM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21 TO TAKE ON THE HOST TEAM SAN DIEGO STATE AT 6:30 P.M. SO GOOD LUCK LADIES, AND BEAR DOWN.

HMMM SO WHAT COULD WE TALK ABOUT NEXT? OH YA FOOTBALL. WELL CATS THE 4 GAME WIN STREAK IN THE PAC-10 WASN’T MEANT TO BE, AS THE CATS CAME LIMPING OUT OF BERKLEY WITH A 24-16 LOSS HANDED TO THEM, MAKING THE ROSE BOWL DREAM A MUCH HARDER (BUT STILL DOABLE) GOAL. THE CATS WERE JUST OUTPLAYED, BY A TEAM WITHOUT THEIR BEST PLAYER. BUT THAT WASN’T THE DOWNFALL FOR THE CATS, IT TOOK A STELLAR GAME FROM BACKUP RUNNING BACK SHANE VEREEN, A RIDCULOUS TACKLE FROM THE OREGON KICKER, AND A BLANTANT NO-CALL TO HELP THE CATS FALL. SO BASICALLY SAME OLD STORY. WITH THE LOSS, THE CATS FALL TO 6-3 ON THE SEASON, WITH A 4-2 RECORD IN CONFERENCE, AND AS MUCH AS I HATE TO SAY IT, NO MORE RANKINGS, BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER. BUT I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, COLLEGE GAMEDAY HAS PICKED THE UPCOMING OREGON ARIZONA GAME TO HOST THEIR SHOW. ABC HAS PICKED UP THE GAME BUT THERE IS NO OFFICIAL TIME YET. BUT THIS GAME MEANS EVERYTHING FOR ARIZONA. NO WIN, NO ROSE BOWL. THE CATS NEED TO WIN OUT IF THE WANT TO SEE OHIO STATE IN PASADENA, SO DON’T GIVE UP YET CATS, ILL HAVE ANALYSIS ON THE GAME WEDNESDAY SO STAY TUNED.

AND FINALLY, ITS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR CATS, COLLEGE BASKETBALL IS OFFICIALLY BACK IN TUCSON. ARIZONA STARTED OFF THE SEAN MILLER ERA WITH A WIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE ALWAYS FIRCE NORTHERN ARIZONA 87-70 TO MOVE TO 1-0 ON THE SEASON. ARIZONA HAD THEIR 23 POINT SECOND HALF LEAD AS THEY COOLED BUT REALLY SHOWED GOOD DEPTH IN THIS ONE. FRESHMAN SOLOMON HILL LEAD THE CATS WITH 17 POINTS AND NICY WISE CHIPPED IN 15 BIG ONES HIMSELF. JAMELLE HORNE STEPPED INTO HIS PRESSURE ROLL NICELY, ADDING A DOUBLE DOUBLE OF 14 POINTS AND 11 BOARDS, AND KYLE FOGG ADDED 10 AS WELL. UP NEXT FOR THE CATS IS A BATTLE WITH RICE UNIVERSITY THIS THURSDAY AT 8:30 SO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR TICKETS, CAUSE ITS MILLER TIME.

WELL CATS I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME, THIS IS ALEX “I STILL SMELL THE ROSES” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.

SPORTS!

HEY THERE WILDCATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

WELL IT WAS A GREAT HOMECOMING WEEKEND CATS, AND WE GOT SOME GREAT THINGS COMING UP IN SPORTS THIS WEEK, SO LETS TAKE A LOOK.

IN SOME WOMENS HOOPS NEWS, THE LADY CATS HANDLED GRAND CANYON STATE EASILY, WINNING 83-56. THE CATS GET OUT OF THE PRESEASON WITH A PREFECT RECORD AND NOW HEAD INTO THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST IONA COLLEGE (THAT’S THE ACTUAL NAME I DON’T REALLY OWN A COLLEGE) THIS SATURDAY IN THE TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT. NICE TO SEE SOME GOOD WINS IN THE YOUNG SEASON FOR THE CATS, LETS HOPE COACH BUTTs CAN HAVE THE SAME KINDA SUCCESS IN THE REGULAR SEASON, SO GOOD LUCK, AND BEAR DOWN.

AND IN SOME WOMENS SOCCER NEWS, THE CATS DROPPED THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON MATCHUP AGAING THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS 3 TO 0. THE CATS SAID GOODBYE TO FIVE SENIORS ON THE TEAM. OVERALL, THIS SEASON WAS TOUGH FOR THE LADY CATS. THEY END THE SEASON AT 4-15-1 WITH A 1-8 RECORD IN CONFERENCE PLAY. BUT FOR SENIORS DEVON WHARF, SAMANTHA DREES, JASMINE NAMDAR, MACKE MUTZ, AND ANALISA MARQUEZ, THANK YOU FOU YOUR SERVICE TO ARIZONA SOCCER, AND GOOD LUCK, MOVING ON.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW WE HAD HOMECOMING THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE’VE HAD SOME EPIC FIGHT TO THE END FOOTBALL GAMES AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE CONFERENCE AND THE COUNTRY, HOWEVER, THIS YEAR WAS NOT TO BE THE SAME, AND THANK GOD. THE CATS TOOK ON THE WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS, WHO MAY BE THE WORST BCS SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. I THOUGHT THAT ARIZONA WOULD WIN THIS GAME EASILY, BUT NOT COVER THE SPEAD OF AN ASTOUNDING 32 POINTS, UNTIL ARIZONAS TRAVIS COBB RETURNED THE OPENING KICKOFF 95 YARDS FOR A TD, THEN I FEL A BIT DIFFERENT. ARIZONA WHALED ON THE COUGARS FOR 471 YARDS, 294 ON THE GROUND. WASHINGTON STATE? A BIT DIFFERENT, THEY MANAGED 185 YARDS 64 OF WHICH CAME AT THE END OF THE GAME. CATTS TOOK THIS ONE 48-7. NOT BAD PLAYING AS A NATIONALLY RANKED TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2000. THE CATS MOVE TO 17 IN THE BCS, 18 IN THE AP, AND 19 IN THE USA TODAY POLL. WITH THE WIN, AND THE OREGON LOSS (THANK GOD) THE CATS NOW FIND THEMSELVES A HALF GAME OUT OF FIRST, AND IN STAND ALONE SECOND IN THE PAC-10 (WHAT)?!? THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE THAT CONTROLS THEIR DESTINY TO THIS EXTENT. OVER THE NEXT 4 GAMES THE CATS MUST GO 3-1, THE ONLY CATCH IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BEAT OREGON AND SC, WHICH CAN BE DONE, BUT LETS TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME. THE CATS HEAD TO BERKLEY THIS WEEKEND TO TAKE ON A JAVID BESTLESS CAL TEAM WHO IS OK AFTER THAT SCARY FALL THIS PAST WEEKEND, SO WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY. ILL BREAK DOWN THE KEYS TO VICTORY ON WEDNESDAY SO STAY TUNED.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME CATS, THIS IS ALEX “THEY LAUGHED WHEN I SAID ROSE BOWL” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YA AT THE GAME.

My day on the job.

Over the course of this semester, I have learned many things that I know will be a great asset to my future career as a sports broadcaster. My time spent at KOLD 13 News has been nothing but fun and the best learning experience available to me. These past few weeks have taught me a lot about deadlines, how you can easily be thrown into a situation you may not be familiar with or comfortable with, but will have to adapt to in order to make sure the job gets done right. This past Friday we had to go to two footballs games like usual, but these games were on the complete opposite side of town from one another. We got to both with enough time to film and record one quarter from each, getting about three or four usable highlights from each one. On the way back, my boss told me that I was going to need to help him out by editing the film, recording the right plays to put on the reel, and then put it into that night’s script. Needless to say I was pretty nervous. Every time in the past that I had done any editing or script work, someone had been there to tell me if I was doing it wrong, and to show me how to do it better. We were behind schedule and it just needed to be done, so it was my job for that night. As soon as we got back to the studio, my boss ran to the office to type up his script and get dressed to go on air, as I slowly and shakily made my way back to the edit bay. I looked at the computer, looming at me, taunting me, and frankly, scaring me. I didn’t have much time to lament my future task however, as right when I was about to sit down, or electronic director ran in and told me he needed me to input all the scores for the games before the show was over. I looked back at him and just said done. I looked back and realized I needed to hustle to get everything done. It’s amazing that when you’re faced with some pressure, how you can rise to the occasion and surprise yourself. I just took it a step at a time, remembering how my boss would do it and managed to get all of our plays into the server, and the script. After that I had to run him the copies of the script, and one copy to out producer for the night, and then it was finally time to hustle up and get all the scores on the website. I remembered how to do it from past times and it seemed like everything was going fine, until the last score wasn’t on my paper. Someone had forgotten to log the score down, and the show was almost over. I didn’t know what to do and it was going to take to long to track down the person that was at the game, until I remembered that one of my friends had gone to the high school playing, so I called him and asked him for the score, which he had, and I got the game in with seconds to spare, (and likely saving the day). This was by far the most hectic week and perhaps most stressful of my semester here so far, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

HEY THERE CATS THIS IS ALEX BUDISH BRINGING YOU ALL THAT’S U OF A SPORTS.

I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT HALLOWEEN WEEKEND, AND I CAN JUST START TO SEE THAT END OF SEMESTER HORIZON NOW, BUT TO DISTRACT YOU UNTIL THEN LETS SEE WHATS GOING ON IN SPORTS.

WELL THE ARIZONA WOMENS VOLLEYBALL TEAM GOT A MUCH NEEDED WIN THIS PAST WEEKEND AFTER FALLING TO THE NUMBER 5 RANKED HUSKIES TOOK OUT THE CATS 3-1. THE NUMBER 18 WILDCATS BOUNCED BACK AND TOOK DOWN THE 21 RANKED COUGARS OF WSU 3-1 IMPROVING THEIR RECORD TO 15-6 AND 5-6 IN PAC 10 PLAY AND KEEPING PACE IN A VERY TOUGH CONFERENCE. UP NEXT FOR THE LADY CATS IS A TRIP TO OREGON TO TAKE ON THE NUMBER 15 OREGON DUCKS AND THE OREGON STATE BEAVERS. WHEN BOTH TEAMS CAME TO TUCSON EARLEIR THIS YEAR, THE CATS SWEPT, SO GOOD LUCK GIRLS. MOVING ON.

WELL THE RED AND BLUE GAME WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND IT WAS NOTHING BUT SMILES FOR CATS AFTER THE GAME. THE FIRST TRUE GLIMPSE INTO THE NEW ERA IF SEAN MILLER SHOWED GOOD DEFENSE AND A LOT OF BALL MOVEMENT. LAMONT JONES PUT IN A SOLID 21 POINTS OFF OF 6-11 SHOOTING WHILE JAMELLE HORNE ADDED 17 AND 9 REBOUNDS IN THE INTER SQAUD SCRIMMAGE. KRYL NATYAZKO HAD A GOOD AFTERNOON, WITH A DOUBLE DOUBLE OF HIS OWN, PUTTING IN 14 POINTS AND 10 BOARDS, WHILE OTHER FRESHMAN DERRICK WILLIAMS, SOLOMON HILL, AND KEVIN PARROM ALL ADDED 13 POINTS THEMSELVES. AND MR. FOGG ADDED 13 POINTS FOUR REBOUNDS AND FOUR ASSISTS. ALL IN ALL ID SAY IT WAS A DEFINATE WIN FOR ALL CATS FANS. WE LOOKED GOOD DEFENSIVELY AND IF WE CAN KEEP BALL MOVEMENT LIKE THAT, ITLL BE HARD TO RUN WITH US. THE NEXT TEST FOR THE CATS COMES THIS WEDNESDAY WITH A EXIBITION MATCH AGAINST AUGUSTANA COLLEGE AT 7 P.M. SO AKE SURE YOU GET YOUR ZONA ZOO TICKET TO SEE THE CATS IN ACTION.

IN OTHER SPORTS NEWS, THE ARIZONA MENS FOOTBALL TEAM CLIMBED UP ALL THREE POLLS THIS WEEK WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING. WISH IT WAS THAT EASY EVERY WEEK. THE CATS MOVED TO 21 IN THE AP, 19 IN THE COACHES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY #18 IN THE BCS POLLS, NICE. THE CATS SQUARE OFF AGAINST THE WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS THIS WEEK, AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ANALYSIS ON THIS HOMECOMING MATCHUP THIS WEDNESDAY.

BUT FOR NOW, I THINK THAT’S GONNA DO IT FOR ME CATS, THIS IS ALEX “I CAN SMELL THE PASADENA ROSES NOW” BUDISH SAYING BEAR DOWN, AND ILL SEE YOU AT THE GAME.