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Every game counts. But some games count more. Or tell us more. We're going through the Pac-12 and picking out one game that seems most important -- or potentially most revealing -- for each team from our vantage point today. And then we'll let ...

Say what you want about the flagging reputations of former USC quarterbacks, but at least they keep things interesting. One of the big questions for the 2013 NFL draft this week is the fate of Matt Barkley. Will he still get picked in the first ro...

Welcome to the mailbag. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. We can't guarantee it will make you smarter, but it probably will. To the notes! Bruce from Los Altos, Calif., writes: Re: Oregon's penalties for NCAA infractions. How do you think t...

Oregon defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti knows transition. He's coached at Oregon in five different decades and under four head coaches. He's seen tough times and BCS bowl games. So Chip Kelly's departure to the Philadelphia Eagles isn't going shake...

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 ...

Everybody loves rankings lists, and college football fans -- by necessity -- seem to like lists even more than average folk. So we have Athlon making another list. First it ranked Pac-12 coaches. Now it ranks all 125 coaches for FBS programs. O...

Happy Friday. Hope your brackets are beautiful. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. This mailbag is a salute to the state of ... Texas. Yeah, I have no idea why so many folks from Texas wrote in this week. To the notes! rtXC1 from Denison,...

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...

Good news for USC: The start of spring practices means the Trojans can start looking forward after a horribly disappointing 2012 season. The bad news? The start of spring practices -- and fall camp in August -- will bring out reporters wanting to ...

USC, Washington and Colorado are starting spring practices after each suffered through disappointing seasons. Ted Miller says each team has different priorities in order to move on from those disappointments....

USC coach Lane Kiffin has reconfigured his coaching staff with the official announcement -- many of the hirings were reported over the past few days -- of three new coaches: Mike Ekeler (linebackers), Mike Summers (offensive line) and Tommie Robinson...

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...

ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach foresees the Stanford Cardinal as the top team standing in the way of an Alabama three-peat in 2013. At least, that's how he stacks things up in the second iteration of his Way-Too-Early preseason top-25. Stanford repl...

Kennedy Polamalu is out as USC's titular offensive coordinator, which will reignite speculation that coach Lane Kiffin might relinquish offensive play-calling responsibilities as he overhauls his staff. Polamalu, a former Trojans running back and ...

If you missed my Thursday chat, well consider this a microwave reheating. You can review the entire text here. And here are some highlights. Ben (Denver, CO) Ted, which Pac-12 recruiting classes stood out to you? Which school did the best jo...

Our countdown of the top 25 players in 2012 continues. You can see our preseason top 25 here. No. 14: Matt Barkley, QB, USC 2012 numbers: Barkley passed for 3,273 yards with 36 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He completed 63.6 percent of hi...