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Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita (11) looks for a receiver during the first half of the team’s NCAA college football game against Washington State on Oct. 14, 2023, in Pullman, Wash.
The lights went dark at McKale Center after the first media timeout of Arizona basketball’s battle against UCLA on Saturday, and a spotlight shined down at center court.
A video began playing on the McKale Center. “Loyalty, legacy, family, home” were said over a clip of a UA football helmet and then an aerial shot of Arizona Stadium.
They’re back.
Arizona star quarterback Noah Fifita and star wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan announced in the video their return to the Wildcats for the 2024 season.
“Tucson we have unfinished business,” Fifita said. “We’re running it back,” McMillan said.
Together, they said, “Bear Down!”
Much of Arizona’s entire football team, including Fifita, McMillan and new head coach Brent Brennan, ran out to center court and hyped up the McKale crowd. “U of A” chants echoes throughout the arena.
Brennan, wearing a red UA bomber jacket, assistant coach Duane Akina, offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea, linebacker Justin Flowe, defensive back Treydan Stukes and other UA football players chanted “U of A” back toward the Zona Zoo.
Earlier in the day, Stukes and safeties Gunner Maldonado and Dalton Johnson released a video together to announce their decision to stay, which included a clip of Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie “Wolf of Wall Street.” The clip showed DiCaprio’s character, Jordan Belfort, telling his company, Stratton Oakmont, “I’m not (expletive) leaving! … The show goes on!”
Fifita, who was also the Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year and Football Writer’s Association of American National Offensive Freshman of the Year, concluded his first season as Arizona’s starter with 2,869 yards, 25 touchdowns and six…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-01-21 01:14:54
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