Watch: Wildcats holding onto Pac-12 championship hopes ahead of conference opener
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Dominic Baciocco
Sports producer
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Arizona Wildcats players met with media Tuesday ahead of the team's upcoming contest at Oregon State. Here's the best from what Jalen Cochran, Josh McCauley, Lucas Havrisik, Anthony Mariscal, Finton Connolly and Shun Brown had to say.
Wildcats head north for Pac-12 opener
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Arizona receiver Shun Brown (6) said the Wildcats still have title aspirations heading into Pac-12 play.
The Arizona Wildcats have yet to play a Pac-12 game in 2018. And even after a suspect start to the season, UA players still have Pac-12 title aspirations in mind.
That quest begins this week when the Wildcats travel to Corvallis, Oregon, where they will run into a cellar-dwelling Oregon State team desperate for its first conference win since Nov. 26, 2016. The Beavers beat rival Oregon by 10 that day, a week after blowing by the Wildcats at home, 42-17.
Six Arizona players met with media Tuesday to talk about the upcoming game and preparations after the first win of the season.
WR Shun Brown
UpdatedShun Brown says not much has changed for the Wildcats sijce a suspect start to 2018. “We know what our goal is, and it’s to win the Pac-12 championship” pic.twitter.com/XoFY1EcFnF
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 19, 2018
DE Jalen Cochran
UpdatedSophomore D-lineman Jalen Cochran (from Plymouth, Mich.) chose UA over Michigan State “to create my own legacy.” pic.twitter.com/yYUyDtouDS
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
After using a redshirt in 2016, Jalen Cochran announced he was going to transfer from Arizona. His grandma thought he should return to UA. Listen to your grandparents, kids pic.twitter.com/xy2wMacZHm
— Dominic Baciocco (@DominicBaciocco) September 18, 2018
DE Jalen Cochran says the Wildcats will be looking for a greater sense of urgency when rushing the quarterback at Oregon State pic.twitter.com/UbRUuIvj5h
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
OL Josh McCauley
UpdatedSafe to say Josh McCauley won’t be challenging former UA lineman and Pac-12 throw champ Gerhard de Beer to a discus competition pic.twitter.com/84PONy6NJl
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
The hot topic with Arizona’s Josh McCauley: https://t.co/XQublLQrLp
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
K Lucas Havrisik
UpdatedLucas Havrisik holds himself to a high standard. He shares a tie of the UA record for longest field goal (57 yards, 2017). He has 18 touchbacks in 20 kickoffs this year and is 4-6 on FG pic.twitter.com/j87KlR1h7a
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
Lucas Havrisik sounds off on kickers Zane Gonzalez (ASU) and Daniel Carlson (Auburn) being cut from NFL squads, and the mentality after missing a field goal pic.twitter.com/eX1MUlmLJg
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 18, 2018
RB Anthony Mariscal
UpdatedAnthony Mariscal, Arizona’s third-string RB, played safety as a freshman in 2016. He talked today about his first touchdown last week at Southern Utah pic.twitter.com/k6EpfQrct0
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 19, 2018
DT Finton Connolly
UpdatedIt’s all about those sacks. DT Finton Connolly breaks down Arizona’s defense before the Wildcats open Pac-12 play at Oregon State pic.twitter.com/gWZPrlI4B5
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 19, 2018
Think you can out-eat 6-foot-5, 301-pound defensive tackle Finton Connolly? pic.twitter.com/pabzOCeeVG
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) September 19, 2018
Dominic Baciocco
Sports producer
