Trips to Penn State, Clemson, and Virginia Tech are secured by a four-star linebacker.
It’s a major victory for new head coach Brent Brennan that Arizona All-American sophomores Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan will remain at the university. Just now, during the UCLA-Arizona basketball game, the announcement was made.
Les, Fifita’s father, explained to us earlier why the boys desired to remain in Tucson.
Fifita stated, “On it (Friday) night, they made the final decision.” It was difficult. Ultimately, though, they aren’t content to simply win the Alamo Bowl; they want to run it back. All they want is to win.
“They certainly have a lot of pressure on them. Noah, though, has always accepted that. He was always the kid who would rather start from scratch and create a winning team than go somewhere and join one that already had success, and Arizona has been able to accomplish that.
The runner-up in this case was Alabama, but Fifita and McMillan had plenty of options, including following former head coach Jedd Fisch to Washington.
According to Fifita, “We’ve known Kalen DeBoer for a long time, and he loved Noah when he was at Fresno State.” When Noah was at Servite and Alabama wanted both boys, he actively recruited him.
“Bama, we had to pay attention.” At the end of the day, though, both children felt that there was still work for them to do. Moreover, this place truly feels like a family. We want to keep this going, and we are aware that not every member of the team was recruited to Washington, just as not every member could attend Alabama. We believe we have a great chance of keeping everyone else here as well, and this is the best course of action for everyone, especially with Noah, TMac, and the core staying.
According to Fifita, on Tuesday, Noah and a few other players got the opportunity to have their first meeting with new head coach Brent Brennan.
He was adored by them, Fifita said. He runs a pro-style offense and employs many of the same techniques as we did at Arizona, according to the former quarterbacks we spoke with.
“He’s a wonderful man, really sincere, and we’re all thrilled about what he intends to accomplish here,” Although they haven’t named an offensive coordinator (OC) yet, we are aware of their scheme and it works incredibly well with the team members we currently have.
Ironically, Taylor Kelly, a former Sun Devil, gave Arizona a helpful hand in this race. Since the beginning of his high school career, Noah has had close working relationships with Kelly, a highly regarded quarterback coach from 3DQB.
Taylor was a great advisor to us and we relied on him a lot, according to Fifita. “You can look around the country and see how true it is when he says that coaches make the players, not the other way around. That explains why so much money is spent on hiring.
Taylor was very helpful and had wonderful things to say. That’s how he’s always been, and we respect his viewpoint. He was talking about what we have here and how special it is, without endorsing any particular school, and we felt
Starting in 2024, schedule favorability will be crucial in the expanded playoff era of college football. A number of non-bluebloods intend to make their first impression in the national championship race. While coaching and returning talent are equally important, it matters more when the regular season isn’t a week-to-week grind.
Using the most favorable schedule projection from the previous season, Louisville, the top-ranked program on the list, won the ACC with ten wins, and Oklahoma State and Georgia, ranked second and third respectively, advanced to their respective conference championship games.
Similar to past projections of the hardest schedules, this group is primarily evaluated based on the number of opponents in our way-too-early rankings for 2024, which come after the recruiting season and before spring practice, which is scheduled to start in a few weeks.
