Arizona needs to be motivated and sharp vs. North Dakota State; if not, the Wildcats risk losing to a second straight FCS foe.
Michael Lev Arizona coach Jedd Fisch began his Thursday media briefing by reading off items from North Dakota State’s résumé. It’s something to behold:• They have won nine FCS national championships in the past 11 seasons.That should be enough to get the Wildcats’ attention, right? After all, the UA barely has won any games, let alone championships, in recent seasons. As they proved last year against their most recent FCS foe, NAU, the Cats are in no position to look past anyone.
That message seems to be striking a chord. When asked about Arizona’s approach to this game, receiver Dorian Singer said:"Everything's within the team first." "We have a pretty different team than we had a year ago — very different team," Fisch said."I don't know how many starters from that game are actually playing in this game.
The team is different, the circumstances have changed, but there are lessons that can be pulled from the Wildcats’ loss to the Lumberjacks. "I’ve been in college athletics for 26 years now," said Matt Larsen, who’s been the athletic director at North Dakota State since 2014."I would say it's the most unselfish program I've ever been around. You watch us play, you'll see us have probably seven or eight guys carry the ball. It's never about how many carries I have. It's never about how much yardage or how many touchdowns.
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