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While so much of the attention on Oregon State this spring has been on the quarterback competition -- one of the most intriguing in the nation between Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz -- there are other critical position battles. And the one at cornerbac...

All players are equal, but some players are more equal than others. That's the basis of our Most Important Player series. First off, quarterbacks are excluded to make things more interesting. It goes without saying, for example, that Oregon's Marc...

They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology. And now I understand the problems you can see. Undrafted free agent Kyle Quinn hopes to make it in Philadelphia. The Sun Devils are set to return to Camp ...

With Oregon, Oregon State and UCLA playing spring games over the weekend, Pac-12 spring practices officially ended. But before we begin eyeballing the offseason, here's a wrap on what happened in these three exhibitions. Oregon Like most Pac...

The clear reason to watch Oregon State's spring game on Friday (10 p.m. ET, Pac-12 Network) is to figure out who will be the starting quarterback for an intriguing Beavers team that will be ranked in the preseason top 25. After all, spring games a...

Oregon State running back Storm Woods suffered some concussion symptoms after practice on Monday. As a precaution, he was kept out of practice Tuesday and it's unlikely he'll play in the spring game Friday night. But not even a rung bell could keep h...

Spring is a time of improvement. But who is improving the most? Your bloggers debate the position groups they expect to be better in 2013. Ted Miller: One of the most memorable images of the bowl season was Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz gettin...

Ah, lists. Gotta love 'em. And we know you do, too. Our friends at Athlon Sports -- who brought you some of your favorite hits like ranking the Pac-12 coaches -- posted a new list this morning ranking the Pac-12 quarterbacks. Nothing stirs the pot...

Four of the five Pac-12 teams that entered spring with wide-open quarterback competitions are now finished with practices and are headed into the offseason. So ... what did we learn? A little but not a lot. We didn't expect much resolution and we ...

With recruiting behind us and most schools in the swing of spring drills (the last of the bunch kick off next week), the Pac-12 blog thought it would be fun to examine each team's chances of winning its respective division. This is not whether the...

Get comfortable, Oregon State fans. It's going to be a long quarterback competition. Addressing the media Tuesday in a pre-spring conference call, Oregon State head coach Mike Riley said it's doubtful anything will be decided between Sean Mannion ...

If someone had asked me before spring practices began who California's starting quarterback would be in 2013, I would have quickly said with my all-knowing look: "Zach Kline." If that someone had gently protested with a "But what about..." I would...

The interview was going well. Oregon State receiver Brandin Cooks seemed to be in good spirits. The questions were mostly soft-toss. Then: Alamo Bowl. Texas. What the heck? The pause was pregnant. As in "Rosemary's Baby" pregnant. Yes, we had t...

We're looking at some of the top individual performances in the Pac-12 in 2012. Up next: Perfection in Provo Who and against whom: Oregon State quarterback Cody Vaz stepped in for the injured Sean Mannion and carved up the BYU defense to keep t...

Last week Ted and I gave you our thoughts on the spring quarterback competitions that we thought were the most interesting. I went with the Oregon State competition of Cody Vaz and Sean Mannion. Ted opted for the competition at Arizona. Arizona, C...

The Pac-12 likes quarterback talk. After all, it's the conference of quarterbacks. Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford and UCLA each have A-list signal-callers returning in 2013, but there's at least some degree of quarterback intrigue at the other ei...