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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 ...

Our theme today, as part of our "Love to hate" week at ESPN.com, is "Left in the lurch." This is about coaches who bailed out on a Pac-12 program at an unexpected or awkward time. We're not including Urban Meyer leaving Utah for Florida or Jim Harbau...

Washington athletic director Scott Woodward told reporters Monday the renovation of Husky Stadium is "on time and on budget and that's music to my ears." Further, as the Seattle Times reported, the school has nearly reached its fundraising goal of...

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...

Oregon coach Chip Kelly was baffled in a phone interview before the Rose Bowl. How the heck could little-old-him be important to a reporter? "The big story," he said conspiratorially,"is all these new coaches." Well, it's the big story now as t...

It wasn't random that Jim Mora, a NFL coaching lifer, ended up in college football. It was his specific plan. When his ill-fated, one-year tenure as the Seattle Seahawks head coach ended, he almost immediately started eyeballing the college game. ...

ESPN.com NFC West blogger Mike Sando -- an old Seattle collegue with yours truly -- has some interesting observations about new UCLA coach Jim Mora. Here are a couple of highlights: I've long thought Mora might be well suited for the college ...

Jim L. Mora, a two-time NFL head coach with almost no college experience, is UCLA's new football coach, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com. And UCLA made the official announcement a short time later. Mora, 50, is currently an analyst for the NFL N...

While the bowl games were big news over the weekend, UCLA and Arizona State continue to look for new head coaches. Here's some skinny. At UCLA, ESPN LA's Peter Yoon reported that interim head coach Mike Johnson would like to be considered for t...

Here's a quick look at Week 13 in the Pac-12. All times are ET. Friday Colorado (2-10, 1-7) at Utah (7-4, 4-4) 3:30 p.m., FSN: No word -- yet -- on the fate of Jon Embree's daughter's bike. The newest bitter rivalry in the Pac-12 is actually...

In 2008, USC produced one of the all-time great college defenses. It took just two years for the unit to become mediocre-to-bad. Last fall, the Trojans surrendered 44 plays of 20 or more yards, which ranked 102nd in the nation. By comparison, the ...

The 11th of 12 quick updates on offseason Pac-12 goings on. Washington in a sentence While QB Jake Locker is gone, the Huskies feel like they have turned a corner under third-year coach Steve Sarkisian after winning four consecutive games to f...

A quick look at the two new coaches in the Pac-12: Colorado's Jon Embree and Stanford's David Shaw. Embree and Shaw share some similarities. Both are first-time head coaches. Both played for the program they now coach. Both coached in the NFL. Bot...

Two ESPN.com stories of note on Washington. First, the Huskies football program is profiled by Ivan Maisel as an example of an urban team that thrives despite an NFL presence. How the Huskies not only survived but thrived after the arrival of the...

Washington released its post-spring depth chart on the same day that the new Pac-12 TV deal was being announced, so I didn't get a chance to comment on Keith Price earning top billing at quarterback over Nick Montana. But, of course, I want to com...

The Pac-12 provided 37 players to the NFL draft over the weekend, one fewer than the SEC, which led all conferences. If the six combined picks from Colorado and Utah are taken away from the conference, the old Pac-10 provided NFL teams 3.1 draft p...