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Stepping in for Heather while she is doing uncover work for the NSA. I mean, while she's on vacation. Clemson remains well-positioned with this recruit. Former FSU QB Christian Ponder organizes informal minicamp for Minnesota Vikings. A chat ...

When NCAA sanctions against USC included a two-year postseason ban, the bowl season took a major hit. Or at least that's what the Wall Street Journal says. "When Southern California is in a bowl game, TV viewers tune in," the business newspaper re...

USC Trojans Record: 4-2, 1-2 Pac-10 It's now fair to say that the USC dynasty is over. Completely. In the preseason, it wasn't ridiculous to wonder if the four-loss team from 2009 was just a blip and that the Trojans would bounce back in 2010, ...

During his first run at USC, Ed Orgeron built his reputation as a great defensive line coach and a recruiting force. He also was the coaching staff's designated fiery guy. Fair to say he was a master at whipping a locker room into a frenzy. Now...

Lane Kiffin thinks USC deserves a break. And not just from media and USC fans who have been beating up on the Trojans for their performances in the first two games. Kiffin also thinks the Trojans deserves a break from Kiffin. After all, he's th...

Ten issues to consider heading into the third week of games. 1. Cal's defense will be tested at Nevada: California presently ranks No. 1 in the nation in total defense, giving up a scant 160 yards per game. So kudos to new coordinator Clancy Pende...

Pac-10 officials blew a critical call in the USC-Virginia game on Saturday. That might not surprise you. A swift reprimand might. Kudos to the Pac-10 for quickly and publicly accepting responsibility. That's a change under commissioner Larry Scott...

An undefeated weekend. Unless you're UCLA. Team of the week: Oregon actually in some ways looks better because it came back from a 13-3 deficit at Tennessee with a 45-zip run. If the Ducks had rolled from the get-go, it would have been a case of "...

If you don't like where you are in the power rankings, play better (we're thinking of adopting that as the power rankings' official slogan). 1. Oregon: The Ducks started slowly -- REAL slowly -- at Tennessee, but then opened up a bottle of kick ax...

At Hawaii, the USC offense looked great, the defense terrible. It's not a mirror image versus Virginia, but it's close. The Trojans scored a late touchdown to go up 14-7, but the offense has been sputtering. The defense hasn't been gangbusters,...

Final Pac-10 injury report. For more injury information, see the collegeinjuryreport. Arizona OG Vaughn Dotsy, back, questionable Arizona State DT Lawrence Guy, ankle, probable WR Gerell Robinson, hamstring, questionable TE Trevor Kohl, ham...

Happy Friday. Arizona quarterbacks coach Frank Scelfo has a good backstory and he's clearly helping Nick Foles. Receiver Juron Criner is another example of Mike Stoops' keen eye for talent. A Moos is loose for Arizona State. California's game...

Some quick notes to get you through the hours until Saturday. Five Pac-10 players accounted for at least three TDs last weekend: California's Shane Vereen, Oregon's Kenjon Barner (5 TDs), USC Ronald Johnson (4 TDs), Arizona State's Deantre Lewis ...

Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable...

Ten issues to consider heading into the second week of games. 1. UCLA's run defense needs to bounce back: UCLA surrendered 313 yards rushing at Kansas State, including 234 yards on 28 carries to Daniel Thomas. Thomas is a quality back, but that's ...

Went an extremely unsatisfying 7-3 last week. The seven games I picked correctly were basically sure-things, and my read on how the Washington State-Oklahoma State game would go was completely wrong, even if the pick was correct. As a great man on...