In the beginning moments of Brent Brennan’s news conference on Monday, the Arizona football head coach briefly became a salesman for the program ahead of the Friday night matchup with the Houston Cougars at Arizona Stadium.
The Arizona-Houston game has the potential to be the lowest-attended game of the season, due to the Wildcats (3-6) being one loss away from missing the postseason, in addition to the UA riding a five-game skid and coming off a 44-point beatdown against a UCF team also riding the struggle bus.
Plus, the ninth-ranked UA men’s basketball team will be tipping off against old nemesis Wisconsin in Madison an hour before kickoff — and it’s the first week of high school football playoffs for Classes 4A, 5A and 6A in Arizona, with several Tucson-area teams hosting games that night.
We need Tucson, our fans, our (alumni) and students to show up and rock this stadium,” Brennan said. “I know everyone is frustrated with where we’re at, and we need them to show up anyway. We need them to impact third down, we need to impact the red zone with crowd noise and enthusiasm and juice and energy. Please, rally, we need you, let’s get this rocking Friday night.”
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What was your message to the players now that you’re entering the final stretch of the season?
A: “’How do you want this to feel every day? This last stretch of brotherhood, how do you want this to end? I think that’s something they all lean into heavily. Attacking the work and finishing this the right way is what everyone in the program should be all about right now. We have three games left and they’re all going to be tough, but that’s why you play the games. … So let’s put everything we’ve got into the next three weeks — starting with this week and starting with what we’re doing right now. … Right now, we’re in the fourth quarter of the season, so let’s finish strong.’”
