For Star subscribers: Tedy Bruschi and the 1993 Wildcats were introduced to the nation as 'Desert Swarm.'
Greg Hansen In the days leading up to Arizona’s nationally-televised game against USC on a sunny October afternoon, 1993, Trojans coach John Robinson was quoted as saying:"It’s not acceptable for USC to be an underdog."
What looked like a dream season — Arizona went 7-0 and climbed to No. 7 in the AP poll, the greatest start in school history, then or now — didn’t go as planned. About 20 minutes after the game, walking up stairs to his team’s locker room, UA coach Dick Tomey turned to me and pulled a wallet from his back pocket. He opened the wallet, which was about an inch thick.What looked to be the best season in school history had gone bust at the worst possible time. Cal had lost four consecutive games and critics blamed Tomey for taking his pedal off the gas in the second half, protecting a lead, allowing the Golden Bears to come back.
If anything could ease the sting of getting so close to the Rose Bowl, it was blowing out Miami 29-0 in the Fiesta Bowl. I was standing on the 30-yard line at that moment, maybe 10 yards from Bruschi. I asked him about it after the game."It was a helpless feeling," he said."I was standing right there. I wanted to run out and tackle him."
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