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1. Stanford: The Cardinal have no obvious holes. Unlike last season, Stanford is set at quarterback, and the defense looks as if it will be even better in 2013. It's always nice to have the nation's most talented offensive line. 2. Oregon: While S...

Best spring game performance: USC WR Marqise Lee made like, well, Marqise Lee in the Trojans spring game, hauling in eight passes for 148 yards with touchdowns of 70 yards -- first play of the game, in fact -- five and 30 yards. The 2012 Biletnikoff ...

1. Quarterback competitions (mostly) unresolved: Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon State and USC entered spring with straight-up QB competitions, and none arrived at any clarity at the position, though some seemed to hint at a front-runner. B.J. ...

2012 record: 3-9 2012 conference record: 2-7 Returning starters Offense: 5; defense: 6; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners DE Deandre Coleman, RB Brendan Bigelow, OLB Chris McCain, K Vince D'Amato Key losses WR Keenan Allen, C Brian...

2012 record: 9-4 2012 conference record: 6-3 Returning starters Offense: 8; defense: 7; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners WR Brandin Cooks, RB Storm Woods, DE Scott Crichton, LB D.J. Alexander Key losses WR Markus Wheaton, CB Jordan...

OREGON DUCKS 2012 record: 12-1 2012 conference record: 8-1 Returning starters: Offense: 8; defense: 7; kicker Top returners: QB Marcus Mariota, RB/WR De'Anthony Thomas, WR Josh Huff, C Hroniss Grasu, TE Colt Lyerla, CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, DE Tay...

STANFORD CARDINAL 2012 record: 12-2 2012 conference record: 8-1 Returning starters Offense: 7; defense: 8; kicker Top returners: QB Kevin Hogan, OT David Yankey, LB Shayne Skov, LB Trent Murphy, DE Ben Gardner, S Ed Reynolds Key losses: RB...

2012 record: 3-9 2012 conference record: 1-8 (last in North Division) Returning starters Offense: 9; defense: 9; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners QB Connor Halliday, WR Gabe Marks, S Deone Bucannon, K Andrew Furney Key losses QB Je...

Optimism is an important part of the sporting experience. From fans to coaches to players, the vast majority espouse great hopes in advance of every season, even when bad things happen that seem to poleax those hopes. A player or coach is never go...

Happy Friday. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes! Fred from Portland writes: Your comments, re Barlkley, tho probably true, are disapointing. Theoretically, at least, the purpose of college is to gain an education. Your article ...

All players are equal, but some players are more equal than others. That's the basis of our Most Important Player series. First off, quarterbacks are excluded to make things more interesting. It goes without saying, for example, that Oregon's Marc...

Happy Friday. Arizona's All-NFL Undrafted team. Taking a look at where Arizona State stands at tight end. Checking in with California wide receiver Bryce Treggs. Troy Walters, Colorado's receivers coach, expects big things out of Paul Richa...

Remember how last year's USC-Oregon game was supposed to be the greatest thing since someone somewhere put knife to bread? It was to be a showdown for the ages with enormous national championship implications. Yeah, not so much. It was a good game --...

PHOENIX -- Although the new College Football Playoff format likely will ignite a spirited debate between Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and his SEC counterpart, Mike Slive -- as well as every other major conference commissioner -- there is at least ...

Kevin Gemmell and Ted Miller wrap up the Pac-12 meetings....

I remember colleague Ted Miller over at the Pac-12 blog's incessant complaints about the league playing nine conference games well. "You don't understand!" "The math makes the standings look worse!" "Why is no one else doing this?" After ...