[Tuck4Bama]

TUCSON - The University of Arizona football team will head to Los Angeles this weekend to take on 10th-ranked USC.

A coach’s anguish over UA’s struggle

But the way Arizona coach Mike Stoops sees it, the Wildcats have six more USC-caliber games left on their schedule.

Stoops said his team should treat its remaining opponents as if they are ranked in the Top 25.

In order to salvage a season fast slipping away, the Wildcats must — to quote USC’s fight song — “Fight On.”

“We’re just not good enough to make mistakes and not play with great effort, regardless of who we play,” Stoops said.

“We would like to think we’re somebody, but we’ve got to go out and earn it.”

Clearly, Arizona must play near-perfect football if it hopes to rally in the second half of the season. Arizona (2-4 overall, 1-2 Pac-10) has watched as its once-hopeful season be marred by mental lapses and on-field inconcistency.

Arizona has been outscored 73-33 in the first quarter this season.

UA Football notebook - Cats must play all opponents tough

[desertrat]

Tough is not something we've seen much of from Arizona this year, with the exception being freshman TE Rob Gronkowski when he steamrolled a Wazzu safety for his first career TD reception. The safety was carried off the field and spent the night at UA medical center with a severe concussion. Freshman RB Nicholas Grigsby has also been a nice surprise, but the defense, which returned 10 of 11 starters from last year has been a huge disapointment.