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Five storylines ahead of Arizona football's road finale at TCU on Saturday in Fort Worth, as the Wildcats look to remain bowl eligible. FORT WORTH, Texas — For the second straight week, the Arizona Wildcats are in a one-week season when they meet the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday afternoon at Amon G. Carter Stadium. It's simple for Arizona: Win, and the bowl hopes still have a pulse. Or lose, converting the Territorial Cup battle with Arizona State into a bowl game since the Wildcats won't qualify for the game in a season that started with Arizona preseason ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in nearly a decade. After Arizona (4-6) beat Houston to snap a five-game losing skid, the Wildcats will now have to face TCU (6-4), which has the top offense in the Big 12, for the Horned Frogs' home finale. TCU could conceivably win the next two games and bolster the bowl résumé. Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan (4), right, gets a helmet butt from running back Kedrick Reescano (3) after he hauled in a touchdown catch in the first quarter against Houston in their Big 12 game on Nov. 15, 2024. In recent years, excluding last season, the Wildcats struggled in the game preceding the Territorial Cup game. But maybe the Wildcats facing bowl elimination will keep Arizona intact for its final road contest. "When we get so focused on outcome, when we get so focused on down the road, that's the worst place for us to be because we're missing the importance of what's happening right now," Brennan said. Added Brennan: "We can't worry about what's down the road because none of that matters. What matters is what we're doing right now. ... For us, we need to find a way to play good football Saturday against TCU. That's all that matters." Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan needs 112 yards to become the UA's all-time leading receiver, passing current Arizona wide receivers coach Bobby Wade. Saturday could be a momentous day for Arizona. Arizona defensive coordinator Duane Akina jumps for joy with defensive back Genesis Smith (12) after Smith grabbed a Houston fumble in the first quarter of their game on Nov. 15, 2024. UA defense to play with 'good balance of pressure and playing it straight' In last week's win over Houston, the Wildcats used their dime defense, which has evolved into their base defense following season-ending injuries to captains in linebacker Jacob Manu, safety Gunner Maldonado and nickel back Treydan Stukes. However, the Wildcats brought more defensive backs in the box and flashed blitz, but sometimes dropped back in pass coverage; other times, the Wildcats rattled Houston's dual-threat quarterback Zeon Chriss, who is more potent with his legs than his arms. Sophomore defensive back Genesis Smith broke out for a career-high seven tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery, earning him Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors. It was a defensive formula that was effective and forced four fourth-down stops. This week is a different story. "Two totally different worlds," said Brennan. "They don't even correlate." TCU quarterback Josh Hoover "is a much cleaner and better thrower than (Chriss)," said Brennan. Hoover leads the Big 12 in passing, averaging 323.3 yards per game. TCU also has four receivers with over 500 yards this season: Jack Bech, Savion Williams, Eric McAlister and JP Richardson. TCU's offensive line has also only given up 11 sacks the entire season; Arizona has allowed 24. Arizona's defense will look to find "good balance of pressure and playing it straight" against TCU, said Brennan. "You can't allow (Hoover) to stand back there all day and pick you apart and have all the time to do it," Brennan said. "The biggest thing is when you do pressure him or you do get there, you gotta get him down and you gotta make the tackle. That part has been a huge point of emphasis for us." Arizona picked up a commitment from three-star Texas wide receiver Muizz Tounkara for 2025. Lone Star recruiting When the Arizona coaching staff strategized the Wildcats' recruiting plan, Arizona running backs coach Alonzo Carter was the first coach to raise his hand. "'I want Houston and Dallas,'" Carter said. When Carter was the recruiting coordinator at San Jose State, even though the Spartans' primary hotspots for recruits are along the West Coast, Carter developed connections in Texas, a prominent state for producing high-level football players — and high school programs with small college-sized stadiums. "I was the first person to want to go to those areas, because ... I have a lot of ties to the South," Carter said. "I have a lot of ties in the state of Texas, I know a lot of high school coaches, so to be able to go down there was fun because my peers were a little nervous. "I always told them, 'If I get a different logo, all of ya'll are in trouble because you know I can only recruit west coast. If you put me where I can go national, all of ya'll are in trouble.' Plus, I can get some good food while I'm at it? I was all-in. ... I love going to Texas." Texas has produced more NFL players this season than any other state with 211 Texans on league rosters. About one-third of Arizona's 2025 recruiting cycle hails from Texas. The Wildcats currently have seven commits from the Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin regions for their upcoming class, which ranks seventh in the Big 12, per 247Sports.com . "Everybody knows there's good football there in that state," said Brennan, who first started recruiting Texas as a wide receivers coach at Oregon State. Recruiting Texas prospects is "very different than recruiting California," Brennan said, because every coach is an employee of the school, most programs have "a fieldhouse and that's where the coach operates out of," where California has more "off-campus" coaches. "The cool thing about Texas is high school football is such an important thing there," said Brennan. "All of those situations that you go into, it's like a college. It's like when the NFL scouts come here. They have the lists, they have the film, they have everything you need, so you can get a chance to properly evaluate players." Arizona is no stranger to recruiting Texas. The Wildcats pulled several standouts from Texas during the Dick Tomey era, including running back Kelvin Eafon and All-Pac-10 offensive lineman Yusuff Scott. Arizona emphasized recruiting Texas under former head coaches Mike Stoops and Kevin Sumlin. Notable UA Texans under Stoops include Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles, Earl Mitchell, Syndric Steptoe and Trevin Wade, among others. Now that Arizona is a member of the Big 12, which has three schools in Texas, including the Wildcats' upcoming opponent in TCU, the UA has re-established the pipeline in Texas for 2025 and future recruiting classes. "That's the beauty of this program with Texas being so close, being in the Big 12, a great conference. You know you can recruit Texas heavy because those families get to see them play even when we're on the road," said Carter. "Even when we're at home, it's only a one-hour or two-hour plane ride depending on where you're coming from. That's a heavy emphasis for us being a member of the Big 12." TCU wide receiver Jack Bech (18) catches a long pass from quarterback Josh Hoover while guarded by Texas Tech defensive back Macho Stevenson in the second half on Oct. 26, 2024. TCU found a spark, but 'still a flawed team' Ahead of the Arizona-TCU game, we had a chance to speak with Horned Frogs beat writer Steven Johnson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about TCU's up-and-down season. Here are three questions he answered: How would you summarize this season? A: "I would say right now, they have turned things around. Maybe less than a month ago, right before they played Utah, it was a legitimate and fair question, is (head coach) Sonny Dykes on the hot seat less than two seasons after taking the team to the national championship game? The defense was looking bad, they blew an 18-point lead to UCF, they got blown out by SMU, upset at home by Houston, which was the worst team in the Big 12 at the time. "Things were looking rocky, but you gotta give credit to Sonny Dykes. After that bye week, they won three out of the last four games; the one game they lost was a last-second loss to Baylor. TCU is still a flawed team. Everything hasn't been fixed, but the Horned Frogs are playing with a lot of confidence and they're trying to finish the season strong and move up in the Big 12 pecking order. They've turned things around and Sonny Dykes, (quarterback) Josh Hoover and those guys deserve a ton of credit for not letting the season get away like last year." TCU has the best passing offense in the Big 12, but the Horned Frogs have one of the worst rushing attacks in the league. How is the offense so effective despite being mostly one-dimensional? A: "Well, they trust the arm of Josh Hoover. He was their guy and they didn't explore experienced or older quarterbacks because they trust him that much. For the most part, he has shown why the staff was so high on him. He's a guy I consider a gunslinger. He loves pushing the ball down the field, but sometimes his decision-making can slip away from him. When he's playing within himself and playing with confidence, I think he's one of the best quarterbacks in the country. "They have found a wrinkle in the run game. They're using (wide receiver) Savion Williams, who is 6-5 and an extremely talented wide receiver and a draft pick. They've been using him in the backfield. ... They gotta be creative running the football, so they're not asking Josh Hoover to throw 50 or 60 times a game." Who are TCU's X-factors on offense and defense? A: "For defense, it has to be (LaMareon James). That'll be TCU's top cornerback and he's going to be the guy to match up with on (Tetairoa McMillan) the most. He's an Old Dominion transfer. He's not the tallest cornerback, but he's super-explosive. ... Offensively, I'll go with TCU's wide receivers — all of them. TCU might be the only school in the country with four receivers with at least 500 yards. ... It's hard to pick one, because they all have different roles and different breakout moments this year." Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita, left, is hit by BYU defensive end Tyler Batty, front right, during their Oct. 12 matchup in Provo, Utah. Turnover battle The Wildcats aren't foreign to success on the road this season. In Arizona's first-ever conference game in the Big 12, the Wildcats upset then-10th-ranked Utah, albeit the Utes have lost five straight since then. Beyond the Utah win? Three massive losses for the Wildcats. Including the lone road victory, Arizona has been outscored 138-61 away from Tucson this season — a season after the Wildcats lost three games by a combined 16 points. The turnover battle is the most noticeable difference between Arizona's win at Utah and the other three setbacks. Arizona has forced three takeaways on the road but its opponents have forced seven UA turnovers. The Wildcats have yet to play a turnover-less game this season. Some of Arizona's turnovers were momentum-shifting plays that turned into points for its opponents, such as quarterback Noah Fifita's fumble and interception on the opening drives of the second half of the 41-19 loss to BYU; the Cougars scored 20 straight points before the Wildcats scored a touchdown. Arizona running back Quali Conley had fumbles in back-to-back games, which led to touchdowns for West Virginia and UCF; the Knights subsequently went ahead by two touchdowns in their 56-12 drubbing of Arizona. Turnover differential is "one of those statistics that always leads to the outcome," said Brennan. "It's one of the best predictors of winning and losing," he said. "Noah needs to do a great job with where he goes with the football. "We've gotta do a great job of protecting him with a good defensive front and then anyone who carries it needs to be strong with the ball, keep four points of pressure and understand that when they're possessing, at the end of the play, they need to hand (the ball) to the official." Contact Justin Spears, the Star's Arizona football beat reporter, at jspears@tucson.com . On X(Twitter): @JustinESports Respond: Write a letter to the editor | Write a guest opinion Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sports ReporterAs Fulham look ahead to their upcoming fixtures, Reed remains optimistic about the team's prospects and believes that their hard work and commitment will ultimately pay off. "We have a strong belief in ourselves and in each other," he declared. "We've shown that we can compete with the top teams in the league, and we'll continue to fight for every point until the end. It won't be easy, but nothing worth achieving ever is."Good news on the injury front continues for the Vikings with latest roster move
In the post-match press conference, Munios coach, Garcia, expressed his mixed emotions about the result. "Of course, we feel that we deserved all 3 points today. Our players put in a fantastic effort and came so close to beating a top team like Manchester City. However, football can be unpredictable, and we have to accept that a draw is still a positive result against such tough opposition," he said.
Top eight advance directly to Round of 16. Teams ranked 9-24 will compete in knockout round play-offs to determine the remaining spots in the last 16. Juventus 3, PSV Eindhoven 1 Aston Villa 3, Young Boys 0 Bayern Munich 9, Dinamo Zagreb 2 Liverpool 3, AC Milan 1 Real Madrid 3, Stuttgart 1 Sporting Lisbon 2, Lille 0 Bologna 0, Shakhtar Donetsk 0 Sparta Prague 3, Salzburg 0 Borussia Dortmund 3, Club Brugge 0 Celtic 5, Slovan Bratislava 1 Manchester City 0, Inter Milan 0 Paris Saint-Germain 1, Girona 0 Benfica 2, Crvena zvezda 1 Leverkusen 4, Feyenoord 0 Atalanta 0, Arsenal 0 Atlético Madrid 2, RB Leipzig 1 Monaco 2, Barcelona 1 Brest 2, Sturm Graz 1 Brest 4, Salzburg 0 Stuttgart 1, Sparta Prague 1 Inter Milan 4, Red Star Belgrade 0 Borussia Dortmund 7, Celtic 1 Barcelona 5, Young Boys 0 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0 Arsenal 2, Paris Saint-Germain 0 PSV Eindhoven 1, Sporting Lisbon 1 Manchester City 4, Slovan Bratislava 0 Atalanta 3, Shakhtar Donetsk 0 Feyenoord 3, Girona 2 Liverpool 2, Bologna 0 Juventus 3, RB Leipzig 2 Benfica 4, Atlético Madrid 0 Dinamo Zagreb 2, Monaco 2 Lille 1, Real Madrid 0 Aston Villa 1, Bayern Munich 0 Club Brugge 1, Sturm Graz 0 AC Milan 3, Club Brugge 1 Monaca 5, Crvena zvezda 1 Paris Saint-Germain 1, PSV Eindhoven 1 Stuttgart 1, Juventus 0 Arsenal 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0 Aston Villa 2, Bologna 0 Girona 2, Slovan Bratislava 0 Sporting Lisbon 2, Strum Graz 0 Real Madrid 5, Borussia Dortmund 2 Atalanta 0, Celtic 0 Brest 1, Leverkusen 1 Manchester City 5, Sparta Prague 0 Liverpool 1, RB Leipzig 0 Barcelona 4, Bayern Munich 1 Lille 3, Atlético Madrid 1 Feyenoord 3, Benfica 1 Dinamo Zagreb 2, Salzburg 0 Inter Milan 1, Young Boys 0 PSV Eindhoven 4, Girona 0 Dinamo Grazeb 4, Slovan Bratislava 1 AC Milan 3, Real Madrid 1 Liverpool 4, Leverkusen 0 Borussia Dortmund 1, Sturm Graz 0 Sporting Lisbon 4, Manchester City 1 Lille 1, Juventus 1 Celtic 3, RB Leipzig 1 Monaco 1, Bologna 0 Club Brugge 1, Aston Villa 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 2, Young Boys 1 Bayern Munich 1, Benfica 0 Atlético Madrid 2, Paris Saint-Germain 1 Inter Milan 1, Arsenal 0 Salzburg 3, Feyenoord 1 Barcelona 5, Red Star Belgrade 2 Brest 2, Sparta Prague 1 Atalanta 2, Stuttgart 0 AC Milan 3, Slovan Bratislava 2 Atlético Madrid 6, Sparta Prague 0 Manchester City 3, Feyenoord 3 Bayern Munich 1, Paris Saint-Germain 0 Inter Milan 1, RB Leipzig 0 Barcelona 3, Brest 0 Leverkusen 5, Salzburg 0 Arsenal 5, Sporting Lisbon 1 Atalanta 6, Young Boys 1 Red Star Belgrade 5, Stuttgart 1 Strum Graz 1, Girona 0 Liverpool 2, Real Madrid 0 PSV Eindhoven 3, Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Borussia Dortmund 3, Dinamo Zagreb 0 Celtic 1, Club Brugge 1 Benfica 3, Monaco 2 Aston Villa 0, Juventus 0 Lille 2, Bologna 1 Dinamo Zagreb vs. Celtic, 12:45 p.m. Girona vs. Liverpool, 12:45 p.m. RB Leipzig vs. Aston Villa, 3 p.m. Leverkusen vs. Inter Milan, 3 p.m. Atalanta vs. Real Madrid, 3 p.m. Club Brugge vs. Sporting Lisbon, 3 p.m. Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Bayern Munich, 3 p.m. Salzburg vs. Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. Brest vs. PSV Eindhoven, 3 p.m. Atlético Madrid vs. Slovan Bratislava, 12:45 p.m. Lille Sturm Graz, 12:45 p.m. Borussia Dortmund vs. Barcelona, 3 p.m. Juventus vs. Manchester City, 3 p.m. Benfica vs. Bologna, 3 p.m. Arsenal vs. Monaco, 3 p.m. Inter Milan vs. Red Star Belgrade, 3 p.m. Feyenoord vs. Sparta Prague, 3 p.m. Stuttgart vs. Young Boys, 3 p.m. Atalanta vs. Sturm Graz, 12:45 p.m. Monaco vs. Aston Villa, 12:45 p.m. Slovan Bratislava vs. Stuttgart, 3 p.m. Club Brugge vs. Juventus, 3 p.m. Atlético Madrid vs. Leverkusen, 3 p.m. Benfica vs. Barcelona, 3 p.m. Liverpool vs. Lille, 3 p.m. Bologna vs. Borussia Dortmund, 3 p.m. Red Star Belgrade vs. PSV Eindhoven, 3 p.m. Leipzig vs. Sporting Lisbon, 12:45 p.m. Shakhtar vs. Brest, 12:45 p.m. Real Madrid vs. Salzburg, 3 p.m. Paris Saint-Germain vs. Manchester City, 3 p.m. Sparta Prague vs. Inter Milan, 3 p.m. Arsenal vs. Dinamo Zagreb, 3 p.m. Celtic vs. Young Boys, 3 p.m. Feyenoord vs. Bayern Munich, 3 p.m. Inter Milan vs. Girona, 3 p.m. Sporting Lisbon vs. Bologna, 3 p.m. PSV Eindhoven vs. Liverpool, 3 p.m. Young Boys vs. Red Star Belgrade, 3 p.m. Stuttgart vs. Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. Sturm Graz vs. Leipzig, 3 p.m. Manchester City vs. Club Brugge, 3 p.m. Bayern Munich vs. Slovan Bratislava, 3 p.m. Inter Milan vs. Monaco, 3 p.m. Borussia Dortmund vs. Shakhtar, 3 p.m. Barcelona vs. Atalanta, 3 p.m. Leverkusen vs. Sparta Prague, 3 p.m. Juventus vs. Benfica, 3 p.m. Dinamo Zagreb vs. Inter Milan, 3 p.m. Salzburg vs. Atlético Madrid, 3 p.m. Lille vs. Feyenoord, 3 p.m. Aston Villa vs. Celtic, 3 p.m. Girona vs. Arsenal, 3 p.m. Brest vs. Real Madrid, 3 p.m.
Following a brief outage that grounded all American Airlines ( ) flights during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, American Airlines says it has resumed service Tuesday morning. American Airlines said a “vendor technology issue” was responsible for delaying all of its flights in the United States. But the company began boarding flights again at around 8 am ET, and flights have since resumed, airline spokeswoman Sarah Jantz told CNN. The Allied Pilots Association, which represents the 16,000 pilots at American Airlines, said American Airlines’ Flight Operations System briefly went down Tuesday morning, which led to the delays. Known as the FOS, the system handles the airline’s operations, key to getting airplanes released for departure — including passenger boarding. American Airlines has backup flight planning tools to prevent an outage from shutting down the entire airline for extended periods of time, according to the union, which said pilots and crew are trained to understand how to navigate a system outage. American Airlines didn’t confirm the specific system that had an outage but acknowledged the issue prevented it from releasing flights from the gates. The Federal Aviation Administration lifted its nationwide groundstop order for all American flights. The FAA in a statement said American requested a nationwide ground stop but it referred all questions to the airline for more information. The outage came on a day when the airline is scheduled to have more than 3,300 domestic flights, according to the aviation analytics firm Cirium. The airline resumed service with residual delays but without a substantial number of cancelations. “It’s all hands on deck as our team is working diligently to get customers where they need to go as quickly as possible,” the airline said. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.” American said delayed customers should be on their way with minimal disruption. “Expect some delays throughout the day but [we’re] working to mitigate those and avoid cancels,” Jantz said. “We have a smaller schedule today and have the staffing to support the quick recovery.” Just 26 flights across all airlines were canceled nationwide, according to data tracker FlightAware. More than 1,000 flights into, within and out of the United States were delayed – a number that picked up shortly after the American outage, but it could also be caused by airport congestion and some winter weather in the Northeast. ‘Complaining doesn’t seem quite right’ David Myers, a 62-year-old disaster consultant traveling from from Salisbury, Maryland, to New Orleans with a layover in Charlotte said he was first alerted to the issue at 6 am Tuesday morning. He and his wife are trying to spend Christmas with their children. “It’s Christmas Eve, so complaining doesn’t seem quite right,” Myers told CNN. “And safety always comes first. But more information at the gate would be helpful.” Customers on social media began complaining early Tuesday morning that some flights were returning to their gates and that delays are about 90 minutes. “Captain says @AmericanAir software outage preventing weight & balance calculations ‘company-wide’ with no estimate on resolution. Flights unable to depart as a result. Not a good start to Christmas Eve travel!,” on X. In a posted from Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, an agent is heard saying “our system is down” and they are keeping passengers at the gate. American Airlines’ ( ) stock initially fell nearly 3% in premarket trading, but rose 1% following the resolution. Service outages Holiday travel delays are nothing new, but glitches and outages can make annoying situations significantly worse. In July, during the peak of summer travel season, a led to travel chaos around the world. Most airlines recovered within a day, but for about a week. The meltdown ensnared an estimated half a million people, ruined holidays and travel plans and prompted a federal investigation In December 2022, a punishing winter storm that dumped across much of America led to widespread flight cancellations over the Christmas holiday. Although air travel was more or less back to normal a few days later, and delays as its outdated scheduling systems became overwhelmed. That storm had hit Chicago and Denver hard, where Southwest has two of its biggest hubs, exposing the airline’s technology shortcomings. The airline faced massive fines and lawsuits, but it has since upgraded its tech. CNN’s Pete Muntean, Alexandra Skores and Nick Valencia contributed to this report. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at