Rob Gronkowski News

State bragging rights and the University of Arizona 's chances for a second-consecutive upper-division finish in PAC-10 football are on the line during Saturday's Territorial Championship Cup match against Arizona State University .

The following information was released by the University of Arizona : The trivia question popped onto the TV screen -- which PAC-10 team has never been to the Rose Bowl? -- and Cam Nelson took a shot.

Ohio State Doug Worthington, Sr. : A defensive lineman, Worthington has the best chance among the area's players to be selected in next spring's NFL draft.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Little game of Pac-10 Jeopardy: This nationally ranked team controls its own conference destiny and it never rains in its home stadium.

Rob Gronkowski wasn't planning on watching the 2009 college football season from the sidelines.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller When injured Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski watches precocious sophomore quarterback Nick Foles hurl the ball around with great precision, what do you imagine he thinks? "Drat, that guy could have made me a lot of money." That's my guess.

Ed Dickson has 27 receptions for 362 yards and four touchdowns. First, Arizona's Rob Gronkowski , who was first-team All-Pac-10 a year ago, went down with a season-ending back injury.

Instead, the Wildcats went sleepless after blowing a 33-21 lead in the final three minutes to Washington on Saturday night.

One of the nicest things about going to Seattle is that you can get a direct flight, the great Alaska Airlines, and don't have to worry about that dreaded Phoenix connection on US Airways, or changing planes at LAX on Southwest, god bless its baggage-flies-free soul.

Orlando Vargas is hyped about moving to offense as a hybrid tight end-halfback. "Who knows? Maybe I can catch a touchdown," he said.

Arizona's star tight end, Rob Gronkowski, has not played a down. The Wildcats changed quarterbacks after three games.

The University of Arizona's most valuable player in Saturday's 37-32 victory over Oregon State took just five snaps in the game.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller For a time, it seemed like Nick Foles merely would be Arizona's shaggy-haired, back-up quarterback who looked a bit like Tom Petty .

On this week's Cats Cast, News 4's Ryan Recker, Ryan Finley of the Arizona Daily Star and Josh Gershon of goazcats.com preview this Saturday's Arizona-Oregon State game.

MONDAY, stunned in bullet-riddled ... I looked at today's paper, page C2, and noticed a huge typo right away - our "Latest Line'' was all screwed up, showing Arizona as a two-point favorite over Oregon State in Saturday's game at Reser Stadium.

As expected, University of Arizona junior tight end Rob Gronkowski underwent back surgery on Thursday.

A month into the 2009 season, the University of Arizona football team is at an offensive crossroads.

Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Cal steps to the fore. UCLA and Washington make a big leap.

Nick Foles can still remember the last time he started at quarterback. "December 2006," he said.

Arizona comes to Reser Stadium Saturday for a Pac-10 opener against Oregon State with a 2-1 record after a 27-17 loss at Iowa last Saturday.