It's Duck Soup on a cold and rainy day at Arizona Stadium

Arizona Wildcats Football


The Arizona Wildcats football team pulls off the upset of the season, upsetting the fifth-ranked Oregon Ducks 42-16 today at Arizona Stadium.

Before the game was over the sun decided to shine after 24 consecutive hours of rain and emerging from the dark clouds over the Catalina Mountains was a Wildcat team which went from a so-so football team just a week ago with a devastating loss on the same field against Washington State to a signature win for Coach Rich Rodriquez today -- the result of which gives them a shot at an eight-win regular season as they head north next Saturday to face in-state rival Arizona State.

All of a sudden, the Wildcats are 7-4 and no longer are they looking at a 6-6 season, but instead, have put themselves in line for a great finish to the season and a chance, if they were to keep the same intensity that they showed today against the Ducks, to beat the Sun Devils and then head to a more prestigious bowl game, possibly on New Year's Day.

Eighteen seniors and more than likely Ka'Deem Carey just played their last game at Arizona Stadium -- a game they all will remember for years to come. Carey pounds his way to 206 rushing yards and four touchdowns and in doing so broke just about every career rushing record at Arizona.

Even with Carey's performance, it was quarterback B.J. Denker stealing the show as he called an almost perfect game, completing 19 of 22 passes for 178 yards and two scores, while rushing for 102 yards on 14 carries.

There's nothing quite like a college football game. It's a game involving 19, 20 and 21-year-old young men and sometimes you just have to scratch your ahead and say, "What just happened?"

What just happened was a Wildcat football team finding itself today for 60 minutes and was by far the best team on the field. The Ducks were favored by three touchdowns and ranked No. 5 in the country.

The Ducks found the water not to their liking at Arizona Stadium today.