To get ready for the upcoming Arizona football season, All Sports Tucson offers a countdown, which will include history notes and a look ahead to the season — a good way to keep Arizona football on the mind in the summer months leading up to fall camp in early August and then kickoff against New Mexico on Aug. 31 in the start of the Brent Brennan era.
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A LOOK BACK — NO. 37 BOB SVOB
With it being the 37th day until kickoff between the Lobos and Wildcats, the best player to wear No. 37 for Arizona is halfback Bob Svob, who played with the Wildcats from 1938 to 1940 was a long-time fixture on campus after that. Svob, who passed away at 98 in 2017, was a coach and administrator after his playing days at Arizona. He spent 44 years at Arizona. He led the university’s intramural sports program for 16 years, served as an assistant football coach for two and was an assistant athletic director for seven. Svob was the school’s dean of men from 1966-72. He was then promoted to dean of students, a position he held until retiring in 1983. An Arizona Hall of Famer, Svob also assisted the development of high school sports as commissioner of the Arizona Scholastic Association from 1950-59. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a ferry driver on the Japanese island of Saipan.
NO. 37 IN 2024 — DE NOLAN CLEMENT
Clement, 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, redshirted last year as a freshman after he was rated a 3-star prospect by 247 Sports out of Scottsdale Desert Mountain High School. He had scholarhship offers from New Mexico, Idaho State, Navy, Nevada, Northern Arizona, Northern Iowa, St. Thomas, Utah Tech and Weber State.
NOTE
Arizona offensive linemen entering the 2024 season:
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Yr. | Hometown | Previous |
| 50 | Matautia, Shancco | G | 6-2 | 346 | R-Jr. | Anaheim, Calif. | New Mexico |
| 55 | Hand, JT | G | 6-4 | 310 | R-Jr. | Orange County, Calif. | |
| 56 | Gonzalez, Tylen | T | 6-6 | 305 | R-Fr. | Carlsbad, N.M. | |
| 58 | Stewart, Ryan | T | 6-4 | 305 | R-Jr. | Mokena, Ill. | San Jose State |
| 59 | Tapa’atoutai, Rhino | T | 6-5 | 310 | R-Fr. | Mission Hills, Calif. | |
| 60 | Doost, Alexander | G | 6-7 | 295 | R-Fr. | Phoenix | Northwestern |
| 63 | Payne, Elijha | T | 6-7 | 310 | R-Fr. | Chatsworth, Calif. | |
| 65 | Magnuson, Leif | G | 6-5 | 315 | R-Jr. | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| 70 | Wells, Zarius | T | 6-6 | 305 | R-Fr. | Chandler | |
| 71 | Savaiinaea, Jonah | T | 6-5 | 330 | Jr. | Tafuna, American Samoa | |
| 72 | Moe Jr., Wendell | G | 6-2 | 340 | R-So. | Long Beach, Calif. | |
| 73 | Lado, Matthew | T | 6-6 | 280 | Fr. | Glendale | |
| 75 | Baker, Josh | C | 6-3 | 305 | Sr. | Eureka, Mo. | |
| 76 | Rodriguez, Jonah | T | 6-4 | 275 | R-Fr. | San Diego, Calif. | San Diego State |
| 77 | Wooten, Michael | T | 6-4 | 310 | R-So. | Simi Valley, Calif. | Oregon |
| 78 | Stovall, Grayson | G | 6-3 | 310 | R-So. | Chandler | |
| 79 | Pulido, Raymond | T | 6-6 | 335 | So. | Apple Valley, Calif. |
Projected starters (combined 65 starts)
- LT – Pulido (five career starts)
- LG – Moe (three)
- C – Baker (32)
- RG – Magnuson (no starts but 15 game appearances)
- RT – Savaiinaea (25)
THEY SAID IT
“We’re looking for a total team aspect on things. We know we’ve got some fantastic offensive linemen. … As the offensive line goes, we go. You can’t do anything without an offensive line. We know we have four cats up there.” — new Arizona offensive coordinator Dino Babers during spring practice.
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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator in 2016 and is presently a special education teacher at Sunnyside High School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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