He was dead man walking after 3, 4 games.

Akina? He strung them along, or they strung him along, six months ago. I doubt there’s interest on either end (his, maybe). Akina’s one stab as a DC with us (2007) ended so well that Will Muschamp was hired a few weeks after the season ended.

I’d expect Arizona to seek somebody from the West who can recruit California. Tucson is not Austin, but the school has sleeping giant potential if it puts the right HC in place. A division of Utah, Colorado, ASU, UCLA and probation-saddled USC is winnable in the next few seasons. Arizona has been one of the major underachievers among BCS schools for several decades.