Greg Hansen Think of all the extraordinary quarterbacks who have opposed the UA at Arizona Stadium: John Elway, Troy Aikman, Marcus Mariota, Andrew Luck. Big names. Big lights. Big stars.
Bourguet wasn’t demeaning his hometown Wildcats by referring to them as"faceless," but it was an ironic use of the word. For the last five years, Arizona has been a faceless entity in not just the Territorial Cup but also college football.
And then the 5-foot, 11-inch, 220-pound freshman, who has become a revelation and playmaker since being regularly installed in Arizona’s lineup a month ago, all but turned that"No Pity For The Kitty" billboard on Interstate 10 into ashes.Or not. Friday's victory could be the launching point of Arizona’s return to relevance.
"This Cup means so much," he said, his voice cracking."I want to apologize for not keeping it. … We needed maybe 10 more yards." But as we saw on Friday, Bourguet is a lot like former Arizona basketball point guard T.J. McConnell, whose value goes beyond the numbers and the physical measurables. Bourguet is a"KISS" kind of football player. He keeps it simple. He doesn’t make errors. Because he’s a step slow, he adjusted and absorbed the ASU offense so well that he was usually a step ahead of opposing defenses.
"I didn’t miss a game until I was 14," he said, acknowledging that Arizona was his dream school."I tried my hardest to come here and walk on. But Rich Rodriguez and Kevin Sumlin just told me I was welcome to come here to watch anytime I wanted. I didn’t want to watch; I wanted to play."
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