On the 7th December 2008, Arizona Wild Cats romped home against Arizona State on a margin of 31-10. With this, the Wild Cats completed their first victorious season after 1998. This win is creditable primarily because of the absence of some superstars like Antonie Carson and Spencer Larson. It must be said that even with these stars aboard, the Wild Cats could not clock a victorious season.



The man in question throughout the game was quarterback, Wille Tuitama. He is one guy who has seen it all against the Sun Devils. In the team's victory over the Sun Devils, Wille played a critical role. Obviously, including the coach almost everyone was effusive on their praise for Wille. Tuitama though has a long history of yard passes and touchdowns. But this victory over the Sun Devils allows him to go one up on his rival Rudy Carpenter from the Sun Devils.

Perhaps, the more satisfying highlight in this victory was that the Wild Cats were able to keep the Sun Devils off the bowl. This possibly was something that Wild Cats coaches have been aiming for some time now. For a lot of players who started in this game, the win surely would come as a highlight in their career.

Most of the victory was indeed credited to Wille's guile and aggression, but it must not be forgotten that a victory over the Sun Devils could not have been accomplished had it not been for a complete team effort. And a team effort it was! The forward and the back line jelled really well in this game against the Sun Devils to give full points to the Wild Cats.

Receiving the balls was one of the weaker areas of the Wild Cats? game. In fact, this really was one main reason why they ended up losing a lot of games. In the game against the Sun Devils, not too many throws went awry in their directions. With a good touchdown ratio to their credit, surely it was Sun Devils who were going to be in trouble. The Wild Cats, unlike previous games, built up pressure early and did not let up the steam any moment in the game. This just did not allow the Sun Devils breathe easy, and they succumbed to the sustained pressure.

The Wild Cats travel to Vegas now for their next encounter. Obviously, high on their minds would be the confidence they take from this victory. More importantly, the belief that they could do it, could work wonders for this team that for long now has been labeled as chokers. With this victory, surely they would have shrugged off the chokers? tag.