Catching Genesis Vk
Onfroi Baird
The most humble of waters call to me. Chocolate-milk-colored seeps and tinkling rocky rivulets no wider than a long stride are the most persuasive. I know the denizens of those tiny waters, and they call as well. They whisper of a time that seems not long ago when all I wanted could be found at the end of a long dirt driveway or just beyond the next creek riffle.
In contrast, catching mountain-creek crawdads, like the ones we found in the moonshine-clear Illinois Bayou and its tributaries near Hector, was almost mystical. With the flip of a rock, I could witness magic as the silt vanished in crystal current and a form materialized: a brick-red crawdad with fire-tipped claws highlighted in teal, a dazzling beast as compared to the plain-brown ditch variety. My young mind had never reckoned there were different types of these creatures, but here was distinction ushered by eons of tectonics and water bringing change to the land. Vibrant, yet cryptic, shades grew in intensity with every second as the water cleared. Then there was this magnificent and alien creature within my grasp, an ancient soul holding secrets that I would never be old enough to know but desperately wanted to learn.
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UA racked up 507 yards of total offense, with Solomon adding 60 rushing yards to his total through the air and completing 22-of-26 passes among six different receivers. Cayleb Jones game highs of nine catches and 116 yards, his second-straight 100-yard receiving game, and caught two of Solomon's three touchdown throws.
Wilson posted his third 100-yard rushing game in as many career contests, following up his 174-yard performance last week with 171 on 29 carries on Saturday. His effort gave Arizona a 100-yard rusher in 20-consecutive games, tying the longest streak in college football since 1996. He scored the Wildcats' first two touchdowns on the night, giving him four on the year.
Scooby Wright III led all tacklers with a career-high 14 tackles, while Jake Matthews also set a career mark with 10 stops and Jared Tevis added 10 tackles of his own. Matthews and Derrick Turituri each posted a sack on the evening.
Nevada drove to the Arizona three yard line on the game's opening possession, but the UA defense held the Wolf Pack out of the end zone and forced a field goal to opening the scoring. The Wildcats answered with a 12-play, 86-yard touchdown drive capped by a two-yard Wilson run.
After a second Nevada field goal, Wilson put up his second touchdown of the night, a 28-yard burst to cap an eight-play, 76-yard drive and put Arizona up by a 14-6 margin. Wilson accounted for 40 total yards on the drive, running for 32 and catching one pass for eight.
Solomon hooked up with Johnson for the latter's first-career touchdown catch, a 35-yard strike, with 2:08 left in the first half to increase Arizona's lead to 21-6. The drive, which started after the UA defense forced Nevada into a three-and-out, covered 65 yards in just five plays and 1:12 of game time.
The Wolf Pack tied the score at 21-21 with 6:03 left in the third quarter, but UA answered with a touchdown of its own the next time it touched the ball to regain a seven-point lead. The scoring play came by way of a 22-yard pass from Solomon to Jones, one play after the duo connected on a third-down pass to keep the drive going.
Solomon and Jones teamed up for another score after the Wildcats forced a Nevada three-and-out, connecting on a 24-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the fourth quarter to give UA a 35-21 advantage.
Nevada cut into the deficit with a touchdown with 6:01 left to play, but could draw no closer as UA came up with a key defensive stop late in the game and was able to run out the clock on the strength of Wilson's legs.
The Wildcats will play in front of their home crowd for the second-straight week on Sat., Sept. 20, opening Pac-12 play against California at 7 p.m. MST. The game will be televised on Pac-12 Networks and carried on the Arizona IMG Sports Radio Network.
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