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We're taking a look at the best and worst of the Pac-12 bowl season. Best player, offense: Washington RB Bishop Sankey was the best player on the field in the Huskies' 28-26 defeat in the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl. He gained 205 yards on 30 carries wit...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Both Fiesta Bowl quarterbacks earned first-team all-conference honors. Both are dual threats. Both are humble guys who inspire effusive praise from coaches and teammates. But Kansas State's Collin Klein and Oregon's Marcus Mar...

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...

Oregon's Kenjon Barner, UCLA's Johnathan Franklin and Stanford's Stepfan Taylor are among the 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award, given annually to the nation's top running back. Here's the complete list of semifinalists: Montee Ball (S...

There were a lot of strange things about Oregon State's 10-7 win against Wisconsin last weekend. For one, the score. Forget that the Beavers upset the No. 13 Badgers. Who would have projected that score, either way? Then there's this: Oregon State...

Almost exactly year ago, Oregon State was suffering total program misery. First, it opened with a home loss to FCS foe Sacramento State. Then, it got drubbed 35-zip at Wisconsin. Amid those two dispiriting defeats -- the Beavers would start a s...

Welcome to Week 2. Ted went 9-2 in Week 1; Kevin went 8-3. The difference was Kevin picking a Washington State upset of BYU. Friday Kevin: Utah 35, Utah State 10. The Utes will see a stronger offense than they saw last week, but it won't matter...

USC is ranked No. 1 in the Grantland Rice Super 16 Preseason Poll, which is voted on by members of the Football Writers Association of America. Oregon is fifth. LSU is second, Alabama third and Oklahoma fourth. Trojans QB Matt Barkley is offici...

Not every top player picked the NFL over staying in school. Getting another shot at the Heisman Trophy and a better spot in the draft are among the reasons some elite players are back.

Is Arizona State's junior quarterback Brock Osweiler headed to the NFL draft? He is according to a Tweet from Devils Digest. Then there is this from the Arizona Republic: "Sources indicate that Osweiler is indeed leaning toward that direction, but...

At LAX yesterday, I typed up some of the official notes from the Rose Bowl, but my computer -- or more accurately my Internet connection -- ate them. Here they are a day late but hopefully not a dollar short. Oregon's win over Wisconsin gave Pac-...

LOS ANGELES -- If reporters weren't going to ask Nick Aliotti interesting questions this week, well, maybe he'd ask them a few. "I always find it interesting, not to be religious or anything like that, because I don't want to go there," Oregon's d...

The Granddaddy looks like a heck of a matchup between high-powered teams that do things very differently but equally effectively. WHO TO WATCH: LaMichael James. He's had a brilliant career and is likely off to the NFL after this last hurrah, but ...

The more you read about Wisconsin, the more impressive the Badgers are, particularly on offense. Here are some factoids, numbers and notes Oregon fans might find interesting in advance of the Rose Bowl. The takeaway from the below numbers: Wiscons...

USC quarterback Matt Barkley's late run of success wasn't enough to make him a Heisman Trophy finalist along with Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. Joining Luck in New York for the ceremony on Saturday will be LSU cornerback Tyrann "Honey Badger" ...

Oregon is better on defense than offense. That got your attention, eh? Well, you can make the case by one measure: the All-Pac-12 team as voted on by the coaches. Only one Duck is named to the first-team offense. Three are named to the first-te...