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The 2013 season will be the final year of the BCS era. And there was much rejoicing! So, what have been the Pac-12 highs and lows of this often confounding system? Thanks for asking! Best 1. USC drubs Oklahoma for the 2004 national title:...

Happy Friday. Arizona is looking for a few good tight ends. Arizona State LB Carl Bradford is coping with a heavy loss this spring. Ten questions for California coach Sonny Dykes. Colorado has a long way to go on its D-line, but things are ...

The Pac-12 released its official 2013 schedule Thursday, and as usual some teams have a tough road ahead of them. First, there's California, which plays Northwestern and Ohio State in its nonconference schedule, and then faces Oregon, Stanford, Or...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night? Forget the corn chips; this matchup is about something else. It's the Regret Bowl. The What Might Have Been Bowl. It's the Can the Mayans Make the Apocalypse Take Out Only Nov. 17 Bo...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There is a school of thought, now apparently subscribed to by a handful of desperate NFL teams, that if that uber-suave, hirsute gentleman from those wildly entertaining Dos Equis beer commercials revealed his true identity, he w...

Just when you think the plot twists are over, college football turns from Verbal Kint into Keyser Soze and gives you a wink. Nos. 1 (Kansas State) and 2 (Oregon) upset on the same weekend? Who saw that coming? So let's figure out where the Pac-...

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...

Oregon, steadfastly adhering to coach Chip Kelly's philosophies, only plays nameless, faceless opponents. And every week is a Super Bowl. There are no rivalries. There are no special emotions. The idea is simple. You should always be 100 percent focu...

Oregon's 49-0 beatdown of No. 22 Arizona pushed it up one spot to No. 2 in the AP poll. The Ducks eclipsed old friend LSU, which struggled against a weak Auburn team. Alabama got 59 of 60 first-place votes. LSU got the other. Florida State, which ...

How much does recruiting cost in the Pac-12? And how does it compare with other conferences? Check out this interesting story from ESPN Recruiting, which gathered budget data from 99 of 120 Football Bowl Subdivision programs for the 2011 and 2010 ...

Four-star Under Armour All-American DT Leonard Williams (Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland) has signed with USC. Williams, 6-foot-5, 265 pounds and ranked No. 50 on the ESPNU 150, picked the Trojans over Florida, Florida State and Auburn. Williams i...

Oregon won the Arik Armstead lottery on Sunday. Armstead, one of the nation's top-rated linemen, picked the Ducks over California, Washington, Auburn and Notre Dame. The one-time USC commitment will play defense for the Ducks -- he's rated higher...

Happy Friday. Follow me on Twitter. To the notes! Kohler from Boise writes: I'm a bit confused about your end of season rankings. A 7-6 Washington, that finished #3 in the Pac-12 is given a final grade of a C. Meanwhile, a 4-8 WSU is ALSO gi...

The system of checks and balances is working in Los Angeles. Just consider new UCLA coach Jim Mora's recent hiring of a new new strength and conditioning coach. The media in Los Angeles is calling attention to a horrible - and infamous - mistake S...

Got a text from a former Stanford player, "My heart hurts." You can understand why. The Cardinal physically dominated the No. 3 team in the country in the Fiesta Bowl, and many believed Oklahoma State should have been playing LSU for the national ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Sometimes storylines become so redundant that they feel like cliches. Reporters get just as bored with them as coaches and players do. But redundancy itself implies that something has been there and is there again and hasn't yet g...