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NORCROSS, Ga. -- ESPN 150 defensive end Lorenzo Carter seems to never stop grinning, even on the football field. His 100-megawatt smile calls to mind another affable defensive end, Michael Strahan, complete with the trademark gap. Even a shoving matc...

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:...

HOOVER, Ala. -- Five-star cornerback Marlon Humphrey has been without a cell phone for over a month now. While most of his classmates at Hoover High School would be lost without their cell phone, Humphrey has actually embraced not having it. He doesn...

We analyzed and graded bye weeks for the South Division just two hours ago! So here we go with the North Division. California: Sept. 21 (before visit to Oregon) and Nov. 30 (last weekend of season) Skinny: We previously wrote that the "worst...

Let's take for granted that bye weeks are good things for college football teams. Rest is good, for one. It allows players with minor injuries to heal. And, one would think, extra prep time helps. It provides the potential for added wrinkles to th...

The Rimington Trophy committee has released its 44-man 2013 spring watch list, and five Pac-12 centers made the cut. The SEC leads the way with nine players, while the Mountain West Conference also has five on the list. You can review the entire li...

Put your eyes on Bobby Jones. Look at his practice swing, almost like he's searchin' for something. Then he finds it. Watch how he settle himself right into the middle of it, feel that focus. He got a lot of shots he could choose from. Duffs and tops...

Not much has developed recently in the recruitment of four-star athlete Montae Nicholson (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway), but that figures to change in the coming weeks. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound receiver/safety has not made too many recent recruiting vi...

Blog | May 21, 2013

All Pac-12 fans and observers should be focused on two items when it comes to the new four-team playoff that will begin in 2014: 1. The makeup of the selection committee; 2. The announced importance that selection committee will put on strength of sc...

For years, Oregon's softball squad seemed content with its bucolic surroundings and subpar record, but coach Mike White and pitcher Jessica Moore have keyed a turnaround.

Here are five things the Pac-12, its players and its teams need to focus on with 100 days until the 2013 season begins. 1. Oregon needs to put the NCAA in its rearview mirror: Oregon and former coach Chip Kelly appeared before the NCAA's committee...

If we all go out to dinner with Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott this weekend, he's buying. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Scott is the highest paid college conference commissioner, earning more than $3 million last year. The WSJ r...

OTTAWA, Ontario -- In theory, these are the moments when experience counts, when the combined years of ups and downs and playoff battles won and lost help forge a protective covering that allows misfortune to fall, well, like water off a duck's back....

I'm sure many of you have seen my story (and video!) "Wrongs of Spring," which touches on a subject that is close to all of your hearts: The Pac-12 blog being wrong, wrong, wrong! WRONG! Now, most of the wrong things that I write in the blog ca...

Fancy silhouetted court designs are all the rage these days and, as with most garish collegiate sports-related designs, we can safely blame Oregon. The Ducks' "Tall Firs" court at Matthew Knight Arena was groundbreaking when it was unveiled two years...