2012 New Mexico Bowl: Arizona outcooks Nevada

1. You like offense, right?

2. Rich Rodriguez. Rodriguez all but invented the version of the run-first spread that so many teams across the country now utilize. He developed it as head coach at Glenville State in the 1990s, tweaked it as Tommy Bowden’s offensive coordinator at Tulane (you’re welcome, Shaun King) and Clemson (you’re welcome, Woody Dantzler), and perfected it at West Virginia with quarterback Pat White. Rodriguez’s career took a hit with his failed three years at Michigan (his offense was fun and successful, but without Casteel, he somehow decided that Greg Robinson was a good enough defensive coordinator to bring him aboard; it was his undoing), but at Arizona he has reminded us that Rich Rod Ball is pretty fun.