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Happy Friday. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes! Fred from Portland writes: Your comments, re Barlkley, tho probably true, are disapointing. Theoretically, at least, the purpose of college is to gain an education. Your article ...

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...

Six Pac-12 players made the initial 28-player Heisman Trophy Watch List, published by the Heisman Pundit blog. The Pac-12 players are: Ka'Deem Carey, Jr., RB, Arizona Kevin Hogan, So., QB, Stanford Brett Hundley, So., QB, UCLA Marqise Lee, Jr....

Chip Kelly isn't terribly big. He's not notably loud, either. Nor is he typically expansive. Who he is, however, is -- was! -- the presence most often cited as transforming Oregon's football program from good to great. So his absence from the Ducks' ...

Washington's dramatic improvement and blossoming promise since going winless in 2008 yielded to a frustrated "what if?" and "not yet" in 2012 under fourth-year coach Steve Sarkisian. Yet when you roll together the mixed bag of red-letter wins and ...

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...

On Tuesday, we asked for your dark horse Heisman Trophy candidates, and 34 percent of you said "other." It was Kevin's fault "other" was omitted from the Pac-12 blog's top 25 player rankings. So what do we think? Thanks for asking. Kevin Gem...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The old Canon camera commercial announced that "Image is everything!" If that's so, everything presently is wrong for Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey, whose horrible offseason has obscured an All-American 2012 campaign that includ...

Call them seeming contradictions if you will, but Washington begins spring practices Tuesday with two mixed messages. Senior Keith Price is the Huskies' starting quarterback. Unless he isn't. There is a lot of enthusiasm surrounding the Huskies...

On Jan. 4, Oregon, fresh off its second consecutive BCS bowl victory, was at an all-time high. Then, while riding that wave of emotion, it watched Chip Kelly transformed into Hamlet -- "To go or not to go, that is the question..." Kelly was certai...

Five guys are hurling balls inside Memorial Stadium, each getting plenty of chances to impress new California coach Sonny Dykes. But the Bears don full pads on Friday, which means a winnowing process at quarterback will begin in earnest. Dykes sai...

And the Pac-12 Bloggers saw the top-25 list that they had made, and, behold, it was very good. Or so they think. Since the beginning of times, people have been creating things. Beautiful things. And then there have been critics. Adam: Yeah, i...

The Pac-12 blog's top-25 list is complete with the naming of Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota No. 1. It's wonderful that everyone came to the same conclusion: The list is perfect. You wouldn't change a thing. Let's break down the list. By t...

Our countdown of the top 25 players in the 2012 season continues. You can see our preseason top 25 here. No. 1: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon 2012 numbers: Mariota completed 68.5 percent of his passes for 2,677 yards with 32 touchdowns and six ...

The overwhelming sentiment in college football is that having an accomplished quarterback coming back as you head into spring football is a good thing. Even a most excellent thing. Of course, overwhelming sentiments often end up getting poleaxed by w...

What are the odds a Pac-12 player wins the 2013 Heisman Trophy? Glad you asked, because sports betting site Bovada released its 2013 Heisman Trophy odds this week -- thanks to the Big Ten blog for noticing! -- and it includes five Pac-12 players a...