SAN ANTONIO – Arizona quarterback Nick Foles returned to his native Texas with four straight losses, no national ranking and a third consecutive eight-win season as the best the Wildcats can do.
Maybe not a triumphant homecoming, but Foles isn’t complaining.
“It’s not what you’re expecting, but that’s where you are,” he said. “It’s a lot better than not having six wins.”
Arizona (7-5) is bringing the Pac-10 back to the Alamo Bowl for the first time since 1994, after the game ended a 15-year run with the Big Ten to become the Pac-10’s top game after the Rose Bowl. But with No. 2 Oregon and No. 5 Stanford headed to BCS bowls, the Wildcats fell to the Alamo Bowl while plummeting the final month of the season.
They lost their final four games and are playing for yet another eight-win season against No. 16 Oklahoma State (10-2) on Wednesday night.