After the Arizona Wildcats overhauled their defensive staff and scheme, it was a given that they would endure some growing pains this season.
That indeed has been the case: Arizona has allowed at least 34 points each game during its five-game losing streak.
The corresponding assumption was that the offense would be OK. This was a Rich Rodriguez-coached team, after all. When did a RichRod offense ever struggle for a sustained period of time?
Yet here we are, eight games into Rodriguez’s fifth season, and the offense is trending in the wrong direction.
Arizona registered season lows in several offensive categories during its 34-10 loss to Stanford on Saturday night: points (10), total yards (286), yards per play (4.