Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon runs for a aboriginal bottomward adjoin UNLV during the aboriginal bisected of a bold on Aug. 29, 2014, in Tucson.(Photo: Rick Scuteri/AP)

TUCSON - The Arizona Wildcats racked up an NCAA weekend-best 787 yards of absolute breach Friday adjoin UNLV.

Freshman quarterback Anu Solomon had 425 yards and four touchdowns and the UA formed out 353 hasty yards on the ground.

All that would absolutely advance you to accept Arizona's abhorrent band had an aloft average, if not absolutely acceptable bold adjoin the Rebels.

But that abiding isn't the accord about the program.

"There are a lot of things we can apple-pie up," abhorrent band drillmaster Jim Michalczik said. "In canyon protection, I anticipate our fundamentals got awkward at times, and we played a little bit high."

Coach Rich Rodriguez didn't acclaim the band with adulation either.

"(Solomon) got hit a few times aback (he) shouldn't have," Rodriguez said. "There were a few times aback it was aloof a collapsed out bust. One time it was a miscommunication, the added time a guy got beat. There are some things we can apple-pie up a bit.

"Overall as a group, I assumption it was solid."

Even the players gave themselves a adamantine time.

"We accept a lot of being to fix; a lot of first-game stuff," appropriate accouterment Fabbians Ebbele said. "We messed up in some of the canyon block. We did in run, too. We can consistently get bigger in technique. You can consistently assignment on your technique."

Perhaps the acumen the UA isn't patting itself on the aback is because of the claiming that lies advanced Thursday at UTSA.

The Roadrunners aegis captivated Houston active backs to 39 yards on 13 carries. As a team, Houston absolutely had -26 yards hasty afterwards sacks and appropriate teams snafus.

UTSA's arresting advanced got afterwards the quarterback, too, registering four sacks.

The burden from the arresting band helped actualize four interceptions and two affected fumbles.

Another so-so achievement from the band won't cut it this week.

"Houston couldn't block them," Rodriguez said. "They bankrupt on the brawl well. They tackled in the accessible acreage acutely well. Houston went at a fast bounce in the spread, but (UTSA) had a acceptable plan, and they followed that plan."

Michalczik talked frequently aftermost year about the band defective to be added concrete at the band of scrimmage. The drillmaster capital his advanced to not aloof authority off defenders, but advance them aback and actualize space.

The animality will accept to be there Thursday. Both of UTSA's starting arresting tackles, Ferrington Macon and Ashaad Mabry, counterbalance at atomic 310 pounds. The two seniors accept accumulated to comedy in 69 career amateur and accept acquaint 36 career starts.

The Roadrunners arresting ends, Cody Rogers and Jason Neill, accept 28 career starts.

"I anticipate that's still a bit of a assignment in progress, but they are accomplishing a bigger job of it," Michalczik said of the line's physicality. "It's absolutely aggressive and accepting aplomb in what you're activity to do and again activity out there and attacking. I anticipate they did a bigger job of that adjoin UNLV."

Ebbele said animality won't be the alone key Thursday. The band will additionally accept to do a bigger job of communicating with anniversary other, abnormally on the road, alfresco of Arizona Stadium.

"I anticipate that's the key to everything," Ebbele said. "We all accept to be on the aforementioned page. At times aftermost week, we weren't."

UP NEXT

Who: Arizona (1-0) at Texas-San Antonio (1-0)

When: Thursday at 5 p.m.

Where: Alamodome, San Antonio.

TV: Fox Spots 1

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