Watch: 7 best things Arizona Wildcats said after beating Colorado
Key moments from UA's post-Colorado press conference.
UA enters bye week on strong note with win over the Buffaloes
UpdatedArizona held off Colorado 42-34 behind career performances from quarterback Khalil Tate and running back J.J. Taylor.
Tate posted a career-high 350 yards and completed 17 of 22 passes while
Taylor rushed for 192 on 40 carries.
Arizona recorded 566 yards of total offense compared to Colorado's 383 and UA's defense was able to force turnovers, a Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles forced fumble and a Troy Young interception in the fourth quarter.
The Wildcats advance to a 5-5 record, 4-3 in Pac-12 play and head into a bye week before hitting the road to face Washington State on Nov. 10.
Tate, Taylor, linebacker Colin Schooler, defensive tackle PJ Johnson and head coach Kevin Sumlin spoke to the media in the postgame press conference, here's what they had to say.
Khalil Tate's thoughts
UpdatedKhalil Tate on the win over Colorado: pic.twitter.com/sI8s9d1bqi
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
'Played their As off'
UpdatedPJ Johnson making sure he doesn’t use profanity in the postgame press conference. “Our DBs played their As off.”Khalil Tate: “Their what?” pic.twitter.com/J3HBL0Hfj4
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
Season overview for PJ Johnson
UpdatedArizona defensive tackle PJ Johnson on what this season has meant for him: pic.twitter.com/vhfnY62rJP
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
'I think we did pretty good'
UpdatedKhalil Tate on Arizona’s offense: “We had 566 yards of total offense so I think we did pretty good.” pic.twitter.com/8XQ7zGSjpL
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
A bowl game for the Cats?
UpdatedColin Schooler: “I’m pretty confident we can win out and make it to a bowl game.” pic.twitter.com/3SsArxoPvu
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
Building confidence
UpdatedKevin Sumlin on Arizona’s win over Colorado and the defense: “There’s a growing confidence in those guys around each other.” pic.twitter.com/Tz3AnnyUmf
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
Momentum
UpdatedKevin Sumlin on Arizona’s momentum: pic.twitter.com/Y61m34c7ob
— The Wildcaster (@TheWildcaster) November 3, 2018
Postgame breakdown
UpdatedMore information
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