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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...

Identity is why Dennis Erickson decided to become Utah's offensive coordinator. He has one and Utah's offense didn't last fall. Erickson, one of the seminal minds behind the spread passing attack, is a football coach at heart. At 65, he's not read...

LOS ANGELES -- USC is back as the Big Show, as a premier football program that features All-Americans, high rankings and national title hopes. At least, that's been the big talk all summer. Really, it started last December when QB Matt Barkley sto...

Here's an interesting story from Andrea Adelson about "copycat coaches." It's interesting not only because it's a good topic but also, for our purposes, because its central figure is new Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez, arguably the father of the modern...

Arizona announced Tuesday a home-and-home series with Hawaii for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. The teams will play Aug. 31, 2019 in Honolulu and Sept. 5, 2020 in Tucson. Arizona and Hawaii have met four times with the Wildcats winning each contest...

Here are some things you might not know about Utah's top receiver, DeVonte Christopher. In 2007, he was Nevada's Gatorade Player of the Year. As a quarterback. In 2008, he briefly lived with Utah's starting quarterback. That QB, guy by the name...

Not unlike his pop -- "Playoffs? Playoffs?!" -- Jim Mora can be kind of a grump. Not in a "I hate the world" sort of way. More in a football coach-y way. Which is why I got a kick out of Jon Gold's description of Mora from spring practice No. 1 fo...

Utah begins spring practices Tuesday, and most of the focus will be on the offense, with new 25-year-old coordinator Brian Johnson installing his scheme and quarterback Jordan Wynn returning from injury. Some are theorizing Johnson will bring back...

On Oct. 1, Utah went into the halftime locker room trailing Washington 10-7, kicking itself for a pair of red-zone turnovers. Quarterback Jordan Wynn walked into the locker room with two thoughts. First of all, he felt like he was throwing like hi...

Happy Friday. Welcome to the post-signing day mailbag. I arranged these questions in front of me like hats, then picked them. If you wish to follow me on Twitter, which you most certainly should, then go here and follow the directions. To th...

When Utah coach Kyle Whittingham tapped Norm Chow as his offensive coordinator last year, he got a celebrated, experienced veteran. With Chow off to the islands as Hawaii's new head coach, Whittingham is going with youth, energy and potential this go...

Utah has promoted Brian Johnson from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator.

While recruiting season is heating up for its home stretch, national signing day is about the future. The present matters, too, and there are plenty of present matters that need attending. What are the main areas of focus in advance of spring prac...

The system of checks and balances is working in Los Angeles. Just consider new UCLA coach Jim Mora's recent hiring of a new new strength and conditioning coach. The media in Los Angeles is calling attention to a horrible - and infamous - mistake S...

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge awa...

USC, which finished this season 10-2 and ranked No. 5, will have 19 starters returning in 2012 including both specialists and a guy by the name of Matt Barkley. The Trojans welcome back their top rusher, top three receivers, four starting offensiv...