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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...

Though it started getting reported early this week that Clancy Pendergast would be USC's next defensive coordinator, the Trojans waited until Friday afternoon to issue a news release making the hiring official. Pendergast, a longtime NFL coach, co...

Our pre-Fiesta Bowl chat was brief, but hopefully not woefully inadequate. If you wish to review it in its entirety, go here. Otherwise, here are some highlights: Markus (SF) If Stanford returns all the players who are on the fence about lea...

With just a week to prepare for the nation's best defense, USC's backup quarterback Max Wittek played pretty darn well. His performance was encouraging in a 22-13 loss to No. 1 Notre Dame on Nov. 24. With over a month of preparation for the Sun Bo...

If you missed my stepping in for Kevin on the Wednesday chat -- he's on today at noon PT, 3 p.m. ET -- well, don't despair. You can read the entire text here. Billy (Denver) How does Stanford do next year? Ted Miller (2:02 PM) May need to wa...

Our assignment is to pose a best-case and a worst-case scenario for every Pac-12 bowl team. So here goes. Arizona Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, N.M., Dec. 15: Arizona (7-5) vs. Nevada (7-5), 1 p.m. ET, ESPN Best case: Arizona rolls...

Our question this afternoon: "What's next for USC?" Well, what's immediately next is the Trojans looking up at UCLA in the Pac-12 pecking order and Notre Dame in the national one. How 'ya like them apples, 'SC? UCLA is the likely pick to repeat...

Happy Friday... this is a big one, eh? Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter here. Nine out of 10 doctors recommend it, the 10th doctor being Dr. Evil. To the notes! Leif from San Francisco writes: Ted-I got home from work tonight and went throu...

The good news is there's no longer a need to regurgitate comparisons between USC in 2012 and USC in 2005. In 2005, the Trojans beat Stanford by 30. In 2012, the Cardinal forced a fourth-quarter tap out. The 2005 team went undefeated in the regular...

In 2000, Oklahoma won the national title without any starters missing a game due to injury. Think about that. Think of all the injuries that your team has suffered through the years that make you go "what if?" I hear you Oregon, 2007. With that th...

You can see our Pac-12 media day page here. Here are some more notes and quotes from Pac-12 media day. And part I is here. USC coach Lane Kiffin on Matt Barkley's decision not to enter the NFL draft: As we went through the process after the sea...

You can see our Pac-12 media day page here. Here are some more notes and quotes from Pac-12 media day. Commissioner Larry Scott on new four-team playoff that will begin in 2014: The four-team playoff set to start in the 2004 team season is a po...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- Notes from USC's news conference with coach Lane Kiffin, quarterback Matt Barkley and safety T.J. McDonald. Kiffin: "I think our conference is extremely competitive top to bottom ... there are no easy games ... and when ...

Which college football programs develop the best, pro-ready quarterbacks? That's Brock Huard's question here. To answer it, he enlisted the help of former Oregon coach Mike Bellotti, ESPN Recruiting's Tom Luginbill and a former NFL passer Jesse P...

Happy Friday. Anyone miss me? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? I appreciate the notes of support in the mailbag. Blog Baby 2 and Blog Mother 1 are doing well. Blog 3-Year-Old and Blog Baby 2 have already engaged in a heated "Pac-12!" versus "SEC!" deba...

ESPN.com senior national columnist Gene Wojciechowski asks a question many athletic directors -- and fans -- have been asking themselves over the past few weeks: What is a perfect coach? Woj tries to come up with some ideas, and what he found is t...