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When something seemingly loud happens, we can't help but stare. The momentum of attention, which of course can be monetized by the media, creates a hungry void that is filled with endless analysis. The end-result is a suffusion of broad statements of...

Jon Gruden's QB Camp is back -- Spider 2 wide banana! -- and former USC quarterback Matt Barkley is among the players who will be put through the ringer by Gruden. The series will begin April 4. Nine of the top quarterbacks in this spring's NFL...

Our countdown of the top 25 players in 2012 continues. You can see our preseason top 25 here. No. 8: Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford 2012 numbers: Taylor rushed for 1,530 yards, averaging 4.8 yards per carry and scoring 13 touchdowns. He also c...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- It didn't matter to Stanford that everyone was handing the Pac-12 to either USC or Oregon in the preseason. But, of course, it did. It didn't matter to Stanford that many expected the Cardinal to take a significant step back afte...

California, a week past the 11-year Jeff Tedford Era, is presently a program in limbo. It has a skeleton staff of five coaches trying to maintain a recruiting presence, while athletic director Sandy Barbour hopes she can manage a coaching search in t...

Happy Friday... this is a big one, eh? Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter here. Nine out of 10 doctors recommend it, the 10th doctor being Dr. Evil. To the notes! Leif from San Francisco writes: Ted-I got home from work tonight and went throu...

Happy Friday. This is the mailbag. If you were looking for a nice fried egg sandwich, you will not find it here. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes! Ken from Berkeley, Calif., writes: If you look back at the fifty years befor...

Not every top player picked the NFL over staying in school. Getting another shot at the Heisman Trophy and a better spot in the draft are among the reasons some elite players are back.

I smell like coffee, a fried egg burrito with hot sauce and befuddlement. New Indianapolis Colts savior Andrew Luck smells differently. Said former USC tackle and new Luck protector, Winston Justice: "He has that aroma of being the first-round pic...

No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more Well, I wake in the morning Fold my hands and pray for rain I got a head full of ideas That are drivin' me insane. Arizona's former players were hit by bad timing -- in more ways than one -- wit...

The hype and speculations begin to end on Thursday when the NFL draft kicks off with Stanford QB Andrew Luck's name being called by Roger Goodell for the Indianapolis Colts. Will Stanford get four picks in the first round? Will Arizona State LB Vo...

Hot new bracelet for NFL GMs: WWMKD? What Would Mel Kiper Do? Glad you asked. Kiper has projected how he would pick in the first three rounds if he were the GM of every NFL team. Here are his picks for the NFC and here are the AFC picks. ...

Which college football programs develop the best, pro-ready quarterbacks? That's Brock Huard's question here. To answer it, he enlisted the help of former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, ESPN Recruiting's Tom Luginbill and a former NFL passer Jesse P...

Happy Friday. Follow me on Twitter, which is the zany new computer thing! To the notes! Sam from Eugene, Ore., writes: I'm a Duck and have always been a Duck but how can you not have Mike Riley on the poll for 2nd best Pac 12 coach? Ted M...

Which QB should go No. 1 overall in the NFL draft on April 26? Forget the NFL scouts and GMs: You decide whether Stanford's Andrew Luck or Baylor's Robert Griffin III looks better at his pro day in front of salivating NFL personnel men. You can...

Our countdown of the Pac-12's top 25 players ends at No. 1. You can see Ted Miller's preseason top 25 here. 1. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford 2011 numbers: Luck passed for 3,517 yards and 37 touchdowns with 10 interceptions in 2011, completing 71...