Pac-12 Notebook: It’s official — Dennis Erickson out at Arizona State
A look around the Pac-12: Arizona State – Athletic director Lisa Love met with coach Dennis Erickson Monday to negotiate his firing. According to The Arizona Republic, he will receive half the $1.5...
View ArticleCU Buffs making San Antonio a football recruiting hotbed?
BOULDER — Apparently so. During his final media luncheon of the year, Buffs coach Jon Embree said of the Texas metropolis: “San Antonio is turning out pretty good for us. “And it’s good to get back...
View ArticleInteresting take on CU men’s hoops from visiting Arizona reporter
Here are some excerpts from a column written by Mike Schmitz of dailywildcat.com when he visited the Coors Events Center for last Saturday’s Colorado vs. Arizona game: “… While McKale Center houses the...
View ArticleUCLA redshirt freshman QB Brett Hundley hoping to fill near-decade long vacuum
It’s back. The Pac-12 football blog is back. Here’s a look at today’s stories from around the conference. We lead off with… UCLA – Redshirt freshman Brett Hundley tries to revive UCLA’s quarterback...
View ArticlePac-12 Notebook: New D-coordinator Justin Wilcox hoping to improve worst unit...
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Thursday: Washington – New defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is making his mark with Huskies. Wilcox came from Tennessee after Nick Holt’s unit gave up a...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Howie Long’s son, Kyle Long, trying to make a name at Oregon
A look around the Pac-12 Tuesday: Oregon – Kyle Long, son of Howie, gets first major college game action at offensive tackle. Long’s journey to Oregon is a long one. Considered the most talented...
View ArticleRanking the Pac-12′s newest quarterbacks: How CU’s Jordan Webb compares
Six quarterbacks made starting debuts for their Pac-12 schools in Week 1 and none embarrassed himself. Only Colorado’s Jordan Webb lost, but he wasn’t the reason. (It’s 4th-and-1 on the CSU 1 against a...
View ArticleArizona’s Rich Rodriguez says execution killed Wildcats in Oregon’s red zone
I don’t know if the NCAA keeps track of this statistic but Arizona may have set some kind of record for reaching the red zone six times Saturday and coming away with zero points. It led to its 49-0...
View ArticlePac-12 gets six teams ranked for first time since 2002 but No. 18 Stanford...
Yes, Colorado picked a lousy time to join the Pac-12. In its second year in the league, Colorado finds itself in a conference with six teams in the top 25. That’s the first time the league’s had that...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Six Seconds of Hell drill one ingredient to Washington’s...
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Tuesday morning: Washington – Emphasis on tackling and “Six Seconds of Hell” drill paying off for improved defense. Huskies’ defense has gone from giving up 453.3...
View ArticleHopes high for Colorado men’s basketball as “Madness” approaches
I purchased my first college men’s basketball yearbook and was anxious to see where Athlon Sports pegged the Buffs. They’re picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 and projected to reach the NIT. But in...
View ArticleOregon State QB Sean Mannion out indefinitely with knee surgery
Oregon State’s fairy tale climb from near the bottom of the Pac-10 preseason poll to No. 10 in the country received a devastating blow Monday when it announced quarterback Sean Mannion is out...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Defensive end Junior Onyeali returning home for Arizona State...
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Wednesday morning: Arizona State – Mullen High grad Junior Onyeali returns to play in Colorado for the first time in three years when the Sun Devils visit Folsom...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Oregon game has similarities to Arizona State’s epic 1996...
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Thursday morning: Arizona State — Arizona Republic columnist Bob Young says Thursday night’s home game with second-ranked Oregon has similarities to 1996 upset of...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Kyle Whittingham, Mike Leach are the odd couple of the Pac-12
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Wednesday morning: Utah – Utes coach Kyle Whittingham and Washington State’s Mike Leach are best friends who couldn’t be more different on the field and off....
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Fuming Washington State coach Mike Leach calls 49-6 Utah loss...
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Monday morning: Washington State – First-year coach Mike Leach goes ballistic after “pitiful” 49-6 loss at Utah. Leach calls offensive line play, which allowed Jeff...
View ArticleJon Embree calls Colorado offense vs. Arizona defense “battle of two lessers”
BOULDER — What happens when an unmoving object runs up against a movable object? Colorado could find out when its 116th-ranked offense faces Arizona’s 118th-ranked defense Saturday in Tucson at 11:30...
View ArticleLast trip to Tucson was a bad movie with a happy ending for Embree, Buffaloes
BOULDER — The last time Colorado played at Arizona was 1985 and Buffaloes coach Jon Embree was a tight end on that team. Two things stand out from that game, he said. One, coach Bill McCartney was...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Arizona backup B.J. Denker will “likely be under center” vs....
A look around the Pac-12 Conference Wednesday morning: Arizona — Backup B.J. Denker is preparing like a starter in case Matt Scott (concussion) can’t go against Colorado. He’ll “likely be under...
View ArticlePac-12 Roundup: Jeff Tedford still Cal coach — so far
Here’s a look around the Pac-12 Conference Tuesday morning: California — Coach Jeff Tedford met with AD Sandy Barbour for a second time Monday and he remains coach of the Golden Bears which finished...
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