‘What more can you ask for in a player?’ No. 2 Utes face familiar foe in Arizona’s Noah Fifita

No. 2 Utah is still fairly new to the Big 12 Conference, having joined just three years ago, but on Saturday, it will be facing a very familiar face — and team — in quarterback Noah Fifita and the No. 23 Arizona Wildcats. Saturday’s big-time matchup is the 50th meeting between the two programs (Utah leads 26-21-2) and the third meeting between the old Pac-12 schools with Arizona quarterback Fifita leading the Wildcats’ offense. The nephew of former Ute defensive tackle Steve Fifita, who starred on Utah’s 2004 team, Noah has been an anomaly in this new age of college sports, sticking it out in Tucson even when coach Jedd Fisch bolted for Washington after the 2023 season. Now in his fifth season at Arizona, Fifita will be trying to keep the Wildcats’ Big 12 championship hopes alive in a de facto elimination game against the No. 2 team in the country. Fifita has been his usual excellent self in 2026, throwing for 2,794 yards (No. 5 in the nation) and 21 touchdowns (No. 9 in the nation).

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