A winning season...

The Arizona Wildcats are assured of a winning season. But for a majority of the Arizona fans a winning season includes a victory over ASU.

It's like in golf, you either sink that birdie putt or you don't. You miss, you've got yourself a par, but you walk away with a bad taste in your mouth. As far as Arizona football fans are concerned, a loss means 12 months of eating crow to the Sun Devils and their fans.

Forget whatever bowl game the Wildcats are heading for, the "Big Game" is Thursday at our place --  at Arizona Stadium, in front of 59,000 screaming fans. This year, the Sun Devils can't catch us in the overall standings. Oops! They could tie the Wildcats in the Pac-10 though...what a bummer that would be. ASU could finish 6-6 with a win Thursday. But this sounds better: An Arizona win over the Sun Devils, an 8-4 regular season and another journey down the road to El Paso.