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Transcript: Q&A chat with Ryan Finley on UA-Nevada game

Here is the transcript of today's live Q&A chat with Ryan Finley on college football bowl predictions and the UA-Nevada bowl game.

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by John Bolton, StarNet night... 12/13/2012 6:26:17 PM
Hi everybody, welcome to the latest — and last — in our series of weekly UA football chats. As we type, the Wildcats are holding their first practice in Albuquerque. They'll face Nevada in Saturday's New Mexico Bowl, held at University Stadium. Fire away with questions; I'll take as many as I can in the next hour or so. Ready … go!

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:01:43 PM
How is the team mentally? Do they feel they should have gone to a better bowl or does this one make them feel ok.

by Tim 12/13/2012 7:01:51 PM
I think they're excited to be here, though reading a team's "mood" can often be a tricky deal. Ka'Deem Carey's assault on the rushing title, Matt Scott's final game under center and a national television audience are three pretty big motivators for this team. I think they'll be ready for Saturday, but I've been wrong before.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:02:42 PM
How is the mood of the team? Happy to be there?

by Brian 12/13/2012 7:02:49 PM
Like I said, I think so. There's a positive to playing such an early bowl game, and it's this: The team won't spend three weeks (or a month) lounging around. I think they're excited to play.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:03:43 PM
Is Ka'Deem healthy?

by G Man 12/13/2012 7:03:46 PM
As healthy as he's going to be. Carey's going to play Saturday, and I doubt we'll see any lingering effects from the shoulder and collarbone injury he battled against ASU.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:04:11 PM
With all the accolades, do you think Ka'Deem stays two more years?

by Tony 12/13/2012 7:04:13 PM
Great question, and something that I'm sure will be talked about plenty over the next year or so. Say Carey comes back, wins a rushing title and becomes a Heisman Trophy finalist. Would he leave? Possibly. But a LOT would have to go well for Carey to put himself in that situation. Look at it this way: If Carey is high-profile/good enough to leave early, it's probably because he and the Wildcats are having great success. A win-win.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:05:56 PM
Great questions so far. Keep firing away.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:06:07 PM
Weather report for kick off?

by MI_WildCat 12/13/2012 7:06:44 PM
Gonna be cold in the mornings — it was 14 degrees when I landed here yesterday — and warming up to about 50 during the day. If you're tailgating, bring coffee, hot chocolate or other, ahem, warming liquids. It's gonna be brisk.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:07:25 PM
Will the team be sporting their all-red unis?

by Damian 12/13/2012 7:07:28 PM
Sure looks like it. They've been practicing in red lids all week, and that's usually a good indicator. It makes sense, sartorially: Nevada wears navy helmets.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:08:09 PM
According to an ESPN Tweet the WolfPack is practicing at an indoor facility. Are the Cats outside?

by MI_WildCat 12/13/2012 7:08:34 PM
Yes, Nevada is practicing indoors. Arizona is practicing outside. It's not THAT cold right now. Low-40s.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:08:54 PM
You think Vanilla Vick can start next year? I love his attitude.

by Brian 12/13/2012 7:08:57 PM
I think BJ Denker, aka "Vanilla Vick", will be given every opportunity to start in 2013. Expect JC transfer Jesse Scroggins, a former USC player, and true freshman Anu Solomon to push him.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:09:53 PM
If a woodchuck could chuck wood, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck? Also, who rushes for more yards? Carey? Or Jefferson? +/- for total yards in the game?

by Chuck 12/13/2012 7:10:00 PM
Great question. If Carey's healthy — and I think he is — he'll probably run for more. The Wildcats aren't bigger and faster defensively than many teams, but Nevada's one of them. (That's a really awkward sentence, I know. Sorry).

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:10:41 PM
is UA ready for the Pistol

by Manny Mendoza 12/13/2012 7:10:43 PM
That's the million-dollar question this week. Arizona has struggled to stop the run and other lead-option/read-option attacks all year (remember UCLA? Oregon?). But the Wildcats seem to be bigger and faster on defense than their Mountain West Conference opponents. That's a good sign.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:11:48 PM
What is your sense on fan turnout, think there will be more than 30,000? Seems like that is the average for past years for NM Bowl

by What is your sense on fan... 12/13/2012 7:11:54 PM
My guess is no. They drew 25,000 last year. Arizona will be lucky to bring 3,000 fans from Tucson. I'd put attendance right at 25,000 or so.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:12:21 PM
I'll be in ABQ tomorrow...from what you've seen so far, what's the Wolfpack-Cats fan ratio? Are we going to travel well?

by jose r 12/13/2012 7:12:24 PM
My guess, based on a small sample size, is that fans are split about 50-50. Arizona won't travel well, per se — there's a basketball game Saturday night, and the NM Bowl doesnt have the name recognition of some others —but you'll probably see some red in the stands.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:13:24 PM
do you expect the offense to add some new wrinkles to the playbook or do you think they will focus on executing what they are good at?

by Randy Ready 12/13/2012 7:13:30 PM
They'll stick with the offense, Randy. There really hasn't been enough time since the ASU game to put in new "wrinkles" anyway.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:14:23 PM
@Ryan Finley The answer is 12. 12 wood would be chucked if a wood chuck could chuck wood. ...in the event you were wondering.

by Chuck 12/13/2012 7:14:27 PM
I was!

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:14:29 PM
Tevis never seemed to get right after OSU. Any chance he's recovered fully?

by Brady Quinn Medicine Woman 12/13/2012 7:14:31 PM
Probably not, but everybody's sort of banged up at this time of the year. They're going to need him to deliver Saturday; he's arguably the team's biggest hitter.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:15:06 PM
Will Scroggins be at spring camp? Thought on whether he'll beat out denker next year?

by What is your sense on fan... 12/13/2012 7:15:06 PM
Yes, Scroggins will be here for spring ball. Having never seen Scroggins, I'd give the early edge to Denker. Experience in the system is super-important, and Denker has some.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:16:05 PM
There were times during the season that people got so giddy about Matt Scott they were prediciting first-round possibilities. If he has a stellar game, what is realistic for the NFL and Matt?

by SamCat 12/13/2012 7:16:10 PM
Late-rounds, if that. I like Matt Scott, admire his perseverance and think he's a great story. But he's probably too small to be an NFL quarterback. He'll play SOMEWHERE next year, just not the NFL.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:17:16 PM
green chile: most overrated regional dish of all time?

by B. Nirsox 12/13/2012 7:17:22 PM
You stop right there! I had green chile hashbrowns yesterday morning, and they were great. You don't know what you're missing.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:17:50 PM
A little off topic but do you know of any events/meet and greets honoring the team or coaches between Dec 21 and Dec 27?

by MI_WildCat 12/13/2012 7:17:52 PM
Not off the top of my head, no. Most of the players/coaches will either be off or out of town because of Winter Break.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:18:25 PM
Any word on Adam Hall coming back next year?

by Frank 12/13/2012 7:18:40 PM
He won't. Expect Hall to choose a new school sometime before January, and to play there as a fifth-year senior next year.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:19:09 PM
Players turned loose after the game, report back Jan. 7

by @TomDudd 12/13/2012 7:19:10 PM
What he said.

by Ryan Finley 12/13/2012 7:19:15 PM

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