Pac-12 schedule shakes out nicely for UA football team looking to rebound

When Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott released the league’s 2017 football schedules last week, Arizona probably got the best of the draw. The Wildcats don’t play Washington and Stanford, which, with USC, are apt to be projected among the league’s top three powers. Even though Arizona’s nonconference schedule (Houston, UTEP, NAU) remains tissue-soft, the unfortunate trend is that many are following Arizona’s lead. Defending champion Washington plays Fresno State, Montana and Rutgers. And South champ Colorado plays Texas State, Northern Colorado and Colorado State. It’s a disturbing trend, as is Arizona’s Friday night home game, Sept. 22, against Utah. It’s the UA’s first Friday night game to conflict with a dozen or more local high school football games that isn’t on Labor Day weekend. Not a good trend. 

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