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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...

Happy Friday. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. Greetings to all our new Pitt fans. Maybe you can start a blog club with Kansas State and Mississippi State fans? To the notes! Alex from Ann Arbor, Mich., writes: Ted,Your article about Ru...

Happy Friday. Arizona stays in-house to hire a new safeties coach. Arizona State changes the date of its season-opener. Former California coach Jeff Tedford reflects in his first post-firing interview. Former Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is h...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Oregon Ducks donned new T-shirts after their 35-17 victory over Kansas State in the Totitos Fiesta Bowl. "Won the Day" those shirts said, obviously playing off the program's mantra under Chip Kelly: Win the day. Oregon certa...

Oregon's attempt to obtain a summary disposition from the NCAA for the investigation of its use of scout Willie Lyles has failed, which means the school will appear in front of the NCAA committee on infractions.

Oregon Ducks (11-1) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (11-1) Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m. ET, Glendale, Ariz. (ESPN) Oregon take by Pac-12 blogger Ted Miller: Oregon began the season as the perceived second fiddle to USC. It finished as the second fiddle to Stanf...

Stanford might not be the elite team this year that it was the previous two, but it has already played the role of spoiler this season. Can the Cardinal do it again against Oregon?

Is Oregon-USC about a passing of the guard? The one absolute history teaches us is there will be change. Nothing lasts forever. Empires fall. In ancient times, no one could conceive a world without Roman domination. Look at Italy now. USC has 1...

The Big 12 owns a slight lead over the SEC in the ESPN Stats & Information's Conference Power Rankings, while the Pac-12 remains in third place. The Pac-12 is 12.5 points behind the SEC, but it remains well ahead of the ACC, which lags by 27.7...

There's some good ESPN.com Insider content this week that Pac-12 fans might find of interest. Start with this: Washington fans, guess who said this?: "That team is good. They have a great coach. They're going to get it in gear and beat somebody b...

Welcome to the mailbag. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. To the notes. Tyler from Nashville writes: Does Stanford beating USC raise or lower the perceived "quality" of the PAC12? I feel like if an upset like this were to have happened with...

You guys have plenty good and bad BCS memories. Here's a sampling. Dane from Salt Lake City writes: As a Utah fan and a former Non-AQ, I will focus on Non-AQs. My best BCS memory was our visit to New Orleans. Not only did I see things on the stree...

Nearly half of the teams in the Pac-12 are undecided about a starting quarterback. Given the number of new coaches this spring, plenty of questions remain in the Conference of Quarterbacks.

Our topic is new looks to old rivalries. Other ESPN.com writers are looking at Ohio State-Michigan (Urban Meyer vs. Brady Hoke), Oklahoma State flipping the script on Oklahoma and the new feel of Clemson-South Carolina. So why am I tossing Oregon-...

Happy Valentines Day. Many of you over the past few days professed your love for your team to the Pac-12 blog. We did the Pac-12 South Division earlier. Here are Valentines for the North Division. California Tylurker from Land of Oaks, Calif.,...

Football Outsiders developed a metric for ESPN The Magazine at the start of the season called "value drive." It was an effort to expand on an important statistic that was somewhat limited: Red zone efficiency. What is "value drive"? Red zone effi...