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The 2013 season will be the final year of the BCS era. And there was much rejoicing! So, what have been the Pac-12 highs and lows of this often confounding system? Thanks for asking! Best 1. USC drubs Oklahoma for the 2004 national title:...

Arizona's biggest question heading into 2013 is at quarterback. Not only are the Wildcats replacing Matt Scott, who earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors and was sixth in the nation with 343.8 yards of total offense per game, but the options on hand t...

Oregon clearly was in trouble. Its opponent had all summer to prepare for the Ducks gimmicky offense, and we all know what that means. The defense could train its eyes. It could memorize the Ducks' feints and misdirection and personnel groupings. The...

Dr. Saturday takes a look at Oregon's 53-30 win against Stanford, and makes a great point about how good the Ducks' defense was against Andrew Luck and the Cardinal, even though it gave up 30 points. Writes Matt Hinton: It wasn't just Stanford's ...

You've got to look at the guy next to you, look into his eyes. Now I think you're going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team, because he knows when it comes down to it you're gon...

Ohio State just suffered through the worst Memorial Day in program history. You can read about the details here -- coach Jim Tressel resigning and further grounds for major NCAA sanctions -- but that's not our focus on the Pac-12 blog. Our focus,...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Here are three keys for the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game. 1. Newton down on first contact: A quarterback feels pressure and decides to bolt: Almost every time that happens, a defensive player will have a shot to mak...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The talk before the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game is almost at an end, but here's a quick preview to tide you over before kickoff. Our prediction comes later. Who to watch: Cam Newton vs. the Oregon front seven. T...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- One is the veteran linebacker with the last name that says "football." The other is the young, boisterous and sometimes spectacular playmaker who earned All-American honors despite not earning a starting job until midseason. O...

You should find the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game terribly offensive. If you love defense. But for folks who celebrate irresistible forces while finding immovable objects dull, this one should be a grand affair. If both top-ranked Auburn...

Stanford's Andrew Luck and Oregon's Darron Thomas are among 10 finalists for this year's Manning Award. The winner will be announced after the bowl games on Jan. 19 and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans. The Manning Award was created by...

Oregon running back LaMichael James and Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck are two of the "Players to Watch" for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation. A list of five finalists will be annou...

Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and Oregon running back LaMichael James have been one-two in the Heisman Predictor rankings since the sixth week of the season. But, as just about everyone knows, Newton's candidacy might -- fair or unfair -- be damag...

The ESPN.com Heisman Predictor ranks Oregon running back LaMichael James seventh and Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck seventh this week. James is behind three quarterbacks: Auburn's Cameron Newton, Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor and Nebraska's Taylor...

ESPN The Magazine polled 135 college football players to break down the upcoming season from both a national and a conference perspective. The results for the Pac-10 were interesting. First, the players not only picked Stanford to win the Pac-1...

Seventh in a series looking at potential dream and nightmare scenarios for all Pac-10 teams, starting at the bottom and working up from my vote in the Pac-10 media poll. Understand: These are not predictions. They are extreme scenarios and pieces ...