Travis Cobb returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown to set the tone for No. 21 Arizona and the Wildcats went on to rout Washington State 48-7 on Saturday. The Wildcats scored the first seven times they had the ball. Arizona led 34-0 at the half, then William "Bug" Wright returned a punt 86 yards for a score the first time the Wildcats touched it in the third quarter. Arizona (6-2, 4-1 Pac-10), the only Pac-10 team never to go to the Rose Bowl, pulled within a half-game of first-place Oregon after the Ducks lost at Stanford. Arizona and Oregon both have one conference loss. Everyone else has at least two. Washington State (1-8, 0-6) lost its starting quarterback, freshman Jeff Tuel, when he sprained his right knee in the second quarter. Marshall Lobbestael replaced Tuel and finished 7 of 11 for 103 yards and a touchdown. The Cougars avoided a shutout when Jared Karstetter made a one-handed grab of Lobbestael's pass on a 64-yard touchdown play with 6:23 to play. Nick Foles threw for 151 yards and a touchdown in limited playing time for Arizona. Matt Scott, the Wildcats' starting quarterback the first three games of the season, rushed for 83 yards in nine attempts and threw for another 26 yards. Arizona rolled up 471 yards, 294 on the ground. Washington State managed 185 yards _ 64 on one play and just 59 rushing. The Wildcats, in the national rankings for the first time since 2000, were up 14-0 with the game barely three minutes old. Continued... |