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BC coach Steve Addazio: "Rich is really one of the founders of the spread, up-tempo offense. We've spent a lot of time picking his brain."
— Daniel Berk (@DSBerk) December 27, 2013
#Excellent RT @supertmartin2: @DraftnastyCom Check out Tim Martin II's latest article Scouting Report: Ka'deem Carey http://t.co/uS5tXv8cax
— DRAFTNASTY (@DraftnastyCom) December 29, 2013
Ka'Deem Carey said he wants the security of getting a 1st/2nd rd grade or he'd be better off getting his degree. Could be a light RB class.
— Doug Veatch (@Harahduh2) December 27, 2013
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A Did-You-Know? segment involving the Arizona Wildcats and Boston College Eagles …
Steve Addazio coached contrasting personalities Tim Tebow and Aaron Hernandez at Florida
— Arizona has not played an ACC team for more than 18 years when the Wildcats beat Georgia Tech 20-19 in Tucson on Sept. 7, 1995. Arizona freshman linebacker Scooby Wright was only 11 months old.
— The winning coaches of the last two Gildan New Mexico Bowls will be involved in the game: Rich Rodriguez of Arizona and Steve Addazio of Boston College. Addazio coached Temple to a victory over Wyoming in the 2011 game and Rodriguez led the Wildcats over Nevada last year.
— Addazio coached only two years at Temple before taking the Boston College job. He was hired by the Eagles despite a 4-7 record with the Owls last season. The reason? He was the associate head coach under Urban Meyer at Florida.
— Addazio has coached a Heisman Trophy winner — quarterback Tim Tebow — at Florida as the offensive coordinator. Rodriguez could coach one next year, running back Ka’Deem Carey, if Carey returns for his senior season.
— While an assistant at Florida, Addazio recruited wayward Aaron Hernandez from Bristol, Conn., drawing from his ties in that state. Addazio is from Farmington, Conn., and played for Central Connecticut State.
“He came down to Gainesville and had a really great work ethic . . . he would practice really hard and was a student of the game. It was all good,” Addazio told the Boston Globe after Hernandez’s arrest for the alleged murder of Odin Lloyd in June.
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Good luck to everyone tomorrow night in Shreveport! GO CATS!! @AdvoCareV100Bwl #AdvoCareAZvsBC
— Nick Foles (@NFoles8) December 31, 2013
@realshaunking We know you love Rich Rod, he's a nice guy. He 'damaged' the culture. Trust those of us who played there. #LetItGo
— Desmond Howard (@DesmondHoward) December 29, 2013
Boston College's Chase Rettig most improved player in College Football? He has done a 180 from last year. Looks like NFL QB
— Max Bretos (@mbretosESPN) October 12, 2013
@ArizonaFBall BOWL GAME UNI WATCH: Red helmets, White jerseys and Blue pants for #AdvoCareAZvsBC #BearDown pic.twitter.com/qrJIG4Vpco
— Jeff Willet (@JeffWillet) December 30, 2013
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Shaun King came to the defense of his former coach, Rich Rodriguez, in a Twitter argument with Desmond Howard
— Michigan alum and ESPN broadcaster Desmond Howard still blames the current state of the Michigan program on Rodriguez, judging from a Twitter exchange (left) between Howard and Shaun King, who played for Rodriguez at Tulane.
“We know you love Rich Rod,” Howard tweeted to King. “He’s a nice guy. He ‘damaged’ the culture. Trust those of us who played there.” My opinion: Howard is on the ESPN GameDay set only because he won a Heisman Trophy, not because he does his homework. Study him on the set for only five minutes and it is obvious.
— Boston College senior quarterback Chase Rettig is from Pac-12 country: Sierra Madre, Calif. He played his first three seasons at La Salle High in Pasadena, Calif., before finishing up his senior year at San Clemente High, where he threw for 1,748 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for 349 yards to earn All-South Coast League first-team honors. Rettig received recruiting letters from Arizona, ASU, Cal, USC and UCLA but none offered a scholarship.
Former USC coach Lane Kiffin offered Rettig, who grew up watching Trojan games, a scholarship when Kiffin was at Tennessee.
— Rettig and Arizona backup quarterback Jesse Scroggins share a past when it comes to recruiting by Kiffin. The former USC coach offered a scholarship to Scroggins and Rettig in 2009 when he was at Tennessee. Scroggins eventually signed with USC and played briefly for Kiffin there before transferring to a junior college. Rettig opted for BC because the Eagles recruited him early in the process.
— Add former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie, a Heisman winner, to those of us who believe Carey should have been in New York City for the Heisman presentation. In an interview with the Arizona Daily Wildcat earlier this month, Flutie said of Carey: “He deserves to be in that conversation with everyone else that’s in the conversation, there is no doubt about it. He had an unbelievable year, putting up the yards, everything else, carried the football team as far as being the guy the team leans on.”
Know this: If Carey hears from NFL draft information-gatherers that he is not first-round caliber yet, he will remain at Arizona for his senior season and get another shot at the Heisman while working on his degree.
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WILDABOUTAZCATS.net publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report, Lindy’s College Sports and TucsonCitizen.com.
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