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After all that mocking, the NFL gets around to beginning its real, live draft tonight at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN, NFL Network). As usual, the Pac-12 should be well-represented in the first round and throughout. As Kevin pointed out this week, as many as n...

Second-year head coach David Shaw has repeatedly said he views Stanford as his destination job. After he signed what was termed a "long-term contract extension" Wednesday, perhaps more folks will believe him. Of course, Stanford didn't provide any...

Happy Friday. This is the mailbag. If you were looking for a nice fried egg sandwich, you will not find it here. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes! Ken from Berkeley, Calif., writes: If you look back at the fifty years befor...

Today we ranked the Pac-12 coaching jobs -- an inexact science to say the least. ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach took another angle: Underrated coaching jobs. And he tapped two from the Pac-12: Stanford and Washington. Here's what he had to say: S...

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...

Mark Schlabach has published another iteration of his way-too-early power rankings, that now no longer seem that way too early. You can see them here. LSU is No. 1, which makes perfect sense to me. USC is No. 2. Ditto on that. Oregon is No. 4. ...

The Pac-12 Networks announced Wednesday the hiring of Ronnie Lott, Rick Neuheisel and Summer Sanders as on-air personalities and the "faces" of the network, which is schedule to start broadcasting in August. A couple of quick notes: The networ...

The only surprise to me during the first three rounds of the NFL draft was California punter Bryan Anger getting picked early in the third round. Punters don't get picked in the third round very often, but Anger is a special punter who can change ...

It didn't take long for California to find a new receivers coach after Eric Kiesau bolted for Washington, as coach Jeff Tedford tapped Wes Chandler, who played 11 years in the NFL with four Pro Bowls to his credit. In total, Chandler, 55, has spen...

Washington State coach Mike Leach announced Friday that he has completed his coaching staff, reuniting with several coaches and players who have worked with or played for him in past years. Leach didn't retain any from former coach Paul Wulff's st...

Stanford coach David Shaw is one of two first-year coaches playing in BCS bowl games. ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel points out that he and West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen join a small group of coaches who have led teams to BCS bowls: Only 31 of the 120 a...

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 ...

Black Monday continues with Arizona State firing Dennis Erickson. On a day that the Pac-12 wanted it's first Pac-12 championship game to lead the news, two firings do instead, including UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel, who will coach in said championshi...

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...

LOS ANGELES -- Oregon and Stanford. Stanford and Oregon. They were the two Pac-10 powers in 2010, and they are expected to be so again in 2011 in the new Pac-12. Both finished in the top-10 last winter and are nearly certain to start there this fall....

We are taking a look at FBS programs located in major cities alongside NFL franchises. School: Stanford Location: Stanford, Calif. Enrollment: 15,000 Bowl appearances: 15 NFL first-round picks: 13 Losing seasons: 33 10-win seasons: 3 Source...