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Last week, Ted gave you the rundown of which Pac-12 players will be attending media day on July 26. Now the on-stage lineup has been set. We'll be there to bring you each team's summary "On stage..." post like we did last year, as well as "Seen an...

USC, in terms of national championships, Heisman Trophy winners, All-Americans, great traditions and NFL success, might be the nation's preeminent program, apologies to Alabama and Notre Dame. So calling the Trojans "sleepers" seems, well, odd. Bu...

If your buddy Otis jumped off a cliff, would you? That used to be a parental standby to elicit the begrudging answer, "No." Yet from the "whatever you can do ridiculously I can do just as ridiculously file," UCLA has matched rival USC by offeri...

Regrettably, there is no too young in recruiting. Not anymore. USC coach Lane Kiffin apparently has offered receiver Nathan Tilford (Upland, Calif./Upland) a scholarship. Tilford has yet to play a down of high school football, which makes this ...

LOS ANGELES - - "Prove it" pretty much sums up the various aspects of the 2013 USC Trojans, from hot-seat head coach Lane Kiffin to the players that he has entrusted regarding his future as CEO of one of the nation's most storied football programs. ...

Class of 2017 receiver Nathan Tilford (Upland, Calif./Upland) has yet to play a down of high school football, but the spotlight already is shining brightly on him.

The college preview magazines are hitting bookstore shelves now, and Athlon's was kind enough to mail me its Pac-12 preview, thereby creating another reason for me not to stand up. Here are some highlights: The magazine ranks the Pac-12 second...

USC coach Lane Kiffin is on the spot for the Trojans in 2013....

Brad Edwards identifies five potential sleeper teams by looking for teams that performed better than their records showed last season.

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As the calendar turns to June, tthe start of the 2013 season gets closer, so it's time to take an in-depth look at how the schedule plays out for the Trojans. Aug. 29 at Hawaii: There aren't too many better ways to open the season than with a tri...

The most newsworthy part of a "Heath and Well-Being" initiative the Pac-12 announced Monday was the conference's intention to reduce contact in football practices. From the news release: Football Contact Reduction: The Pac-12 will codify into a f...

That rug really tied the room together. Arizona has a commitment from a receiver. A radio interview with a QB who has committed to Arizona State. Win probability for California's season. Now former Colorado AD Mike Bohn wasn't your typical ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- SEC commissioner Mike Slive was subtle, but the message was clear: He wants the league's 14 teams to beef up their nonconference schedules. Dump the FCS schools and some of the games against smaller directional schools and ins...

Happy Friday. This is the mailbag (Say to self in James Earl Jones voice). Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes! Oscar from Irwindale, Calif., writes: If and when USC and Lane Kiffin decide to part ways I know for a fact it will b...

What is becoming increasingly clear from the early preseason polls is that most so-called pundits see the Pac-12 as a five-team race. In the North Division, it's Stanford and Oregon. Or is that Oregon and Stanford? Oregon State and Washington migh...

Gods do not answer letters. But blogs do. Andrew from Los Angeles writes: Greetings from Pac-12 country. I'm about to start grad school at USC, and I don't care for Lane Kiffin. In the event that we replace him in the next year or two, I would lik...