Quarterback Anu Solomon hands the ball off to running back Nick Wilson on the first day of spring practice for the University of Arizona football team, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star

Sabino, UA grad Farhang wants swagger in Tucson's step 

Tucson’s pursuit of a college football bowl game involving teams from Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference is a result of the work of Sabino and UA grad Ali Farhang. An attorney, Farhang watched unhappily as Tucson lost the Copper Bowl, spring training, the Pacific Coast League, the LPGA Tour and on and on. “The plan is to utilize this game to put a little swagger in our step as a community,” said Farhang. He has on his agenda a hope to someday get Triple-A baseball in Tucson. In whatever “free time” he has, Farhang is on the Salpointe Catholic football coaching staff.


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