Arizona out to double 2024 win total in 1st Big 12 meeting with Baylor

Arizona and Baylor will meet for the first time as Big 12 Conference foes on Saturday morning in Tucson, Ariz.The only previous meeting between the schools came in the 1992 Sun Bowl, when Arizona was still in the Pac-10. The Wildcats moved to the Big 12 last season and have nearly doubled their win total from a year ago.”For us, it’s always a one-week season, that’s it,” said Arizona coach Brent Brennan, whose team is riding a three-game winning streak. “And so right now, we’re locked into Baylor, because it’s the most important game of the year, and that’s where our headspace is. We’re not spending any time living backwards or forwards. We’re about right now.”Arizona (7-3, 4-3 Big 12) is coming off a 30-24 win at then-No. 25 Cincinnati, a game that saw Wildcats quarterback Noah Fifita become the school’s career passing touchdowns leader with 68. He has 24 this season, against four interceptions, with TD passes to 10 different players.Baylor (5-5, 3-4) has the nation’s leader in passing yards (3,210), Sawyer Robertson. The senior is also second in the country in touchdown passes (29) after throwing for 430 yards and three TDs with two interceptions last week in a 55-28 home loss to then-No. 13 Utah. He has thrown for at least 300 yards six times this season.”Without Sawyer, we’re not able to win any games,” Bears coach Dave Aranda said. “We’re not to be in any type of position to be in a bowl game, be competitive, any of those things.”