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ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach has released the third edition of his 2013 Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25, and there are a lot of changes. For one, there's a new No. 1: Ohio State, which went 12-0 in coach Urban Meyer's first season, jumps two-time def...

Washington tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who was cited Saturday night for suspicion of driving under the influence, released a statement Monday afternoon. "Coach Sarkisian holds our team to high standards on and off the field, and I fell short ...

Last year, the Pac-12 had a quasi-valid excuse for its 2-5 face plant in the bowl season. Because 10-2 and fifth-ranked USC was ineligible for the postseason, the conference was missing a quality team, and the Trojans' absence forced everyone othe...

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...

On Aug. 31, 2013, Washington will play a hugely important game. After a lengthy and sometimes contentious bureaucratic process, it finally will open a renovated Husky Stadium, as one of the most spectacular settings in college football finally get...

Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I wa...

Our assignment is to pose a best-case and a worst-case scenario for every Pac-12 bowl team. So here goes. Arizona Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 15: Arizona (7-5) vs. Nevada (7-5), 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Best case: Arizona rolls...

The Grinch hated Christmas -- the whole Christmas season. Now, please don't ask why; no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right. But I think that the m...

This week we'll be taking a snapshot look at all of the bowl games including Pac-12 teams. MAACO LAS VEGAS BOWL Washington (7-5, 5-4) vs. Boise State (10-2, 7-1) Where: Las Vegas When: Sat. Dec. 22, 3:30 ET/12:30 PT TV: ESPN About W...

Happy Friday. Awards are piling up for Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey. Arizona State defensive tackle Will Sutton is a consensus All-American. The most complete Sonny Dykes is hired at California package of videos and text you will every ...

If you missed my Thursday chat, you can read it in its entirety here. But here's a smattering of brilliance! Matt (Los Angeles) Ted, Do you think SC can get back to a championship level next year? Ted Miller (3:01 PM) I think USC should be c...

Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute si...

The Pac-12 has never before had eight bowl teams. But so what? It's only been a 12-team league for two seasons. Eight bowl-eligible teams should become the standard. What's more important is the final bowl record. And that should -- emphasis on sh...

This then is my story. I have reread it. It has bits of marrow sticking to it, and blood, and beautiful bright-green flies. At this or that twist of it I feel my slippery self eluding me, gliding into deeper and darker waters than I care to probe. ...

Happy Friday. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter here. To the notes. Stephan from Shanghai, China, writes: A lot is being made about the possibility of Chip Kelly heading for the NFL next year. This past off season, he was in talks with Tampa...

Alabama was up 38-7 over Mississippi State, but coach Nick Saban -- veins bulging, spittle flying and words pummeling -- was giving a backup player his own personal Crimson Tide. I had three thoughts: 1. That is beautiful; 2. Chip Kelly would appr...