For as down as Rick Neuheisel was after Saturday’s loss to Arizona, the bubbly Neuheisel was back on Monday.
“I’m an eternal optimist,” Neuheisel said. “That’s never going to change. … I had hopes for us to be in the (Pac-10) race. I don’t think we’re that far away. I know sometimes the lopsided scores look as if we are. I see this as a chance to climb that hurdle faster than other might think.”