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Here's hoping everyone's bracket is in fine shape. If you go here, you will be able to answer the question of just how fun it would be to follow me on Twitter. To the notes. Brenden from Portland writes: I was curious of your thoughts as to ...

CBSSports.com's Brett McMurphy looks at the biggest AP preseason poll busts since 2001, and three Pac-12 teams make the list. 2002: No. 9 Washington (finished 7-6) 2001: No. 11 Oregon State (finished 5-6) 2009: No. 12 Cal (finished 8-5) Easy ...

The Man has been holding California running back Shane Vereen down. And by "The Man," I mean the media. There's a reason that Vereen is the best running back folks outside the West Coast haven't heard of. There's a reason a back who can go yard or...

Another year, another strong collection of running backs, even with the departures of Toby Gerhart and Jahvid Best. While Pac-10 quarterbacks will grab most of the preseason headlines -- that's what happens when the two best NFL prospects at the p...

The 2007 recruiting class members are either seniors or redshirt juniors this fall, so they should be the backbones of most Pac-10 team's starting lineups. Therefore, it seems like a reasonable moment to look back and review some recruiting hits a...

TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? What might Pac-10 expansion mean for Arizona? Another take. From the gridiron to the race track, a couple of former Sun Dev...

California 2009 overall record: 8-5 2009 conference record: 5-4 (tied for fifth) Returning starters Offense: 8, Defense: 6, punter/kicker: 2 Top returners: QB Kevin Riley, OT Matt Summers-Gavin, OT Mitchell Schwartz, RB Shane Vereen, L...

Three former California players have signed free agent contracts with the Dallas Cowboys: receiver Verran Tucker and offensive linemen Chet Teofilo and Mike Tepper. Linebacker Devin Bishop signed with Denver. The Pac-10 blog previously reported --...

Gunter glieben glauchen globen. This former Arizona basketball player is headed to the NFL. Receiver Kyle Williams had an up-and-down career at Arizona State, but it still got him to the NFL. California cornerback Syd'Quan Thompson on slippin...

Here's the final list of the 28 Pac-10 players selected in the NFL draft and a list of free-agent signings thus far. First round DE Tyson Alualu, California, Jacksonville (10) RB Jahvid Best, California, Detroit (30) Second round DT Brian Pr...

The NFL draft teaches hard lessons. Two USC players are learning that now: Taylor Mays and Everson Griffen. Mays would have been a first-round pick last year. I know folks believe his perceived weaknesses would have revealed themselves on film th...

Here's a prediction: California defensive end Tyson Alualu is going to surprise some folks and end up a top-10 NFL draft pick. Little late on that one, eh? Alualu was the first Pac-10 player drafted Thursday night -- which was projected by no o...

Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? Former Arizona defensive tackle Earl Mitchell looks to the NFL draft. Lots of Pa...

Twelve former Pac-10 players -- topped by USC defensive end Everson Griffen at No. 20 overall -- made the Scouts Inc. top-100 list of NFL draft prospects, which was published in the latest ESPN Magazine. Those players are (number is top-100 rank):...

So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha kno...

A bevy of Pac-10 players may not be selected in the first round of the NFL draft on April 22, but the second and third rounds will feature plenty of West Coast flavor, at least according to Mel Kiper. Kiper ranks nine conference players among the ...