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WSU Will Have A Tough Time

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Pac 12 Football Washington State The Washington State Cougars were one of the most talked about teams in the Pac 12 heading into the 2012 season thanks to the arrival of new head coach Mike Leach. Things didn’t go quite as planned, however, and the Cougs limped to a 3-9 finish in year one under the Palouse Pirate. While Leach and company try to get things turned around in Pullman and make a return to WSU’s glory days of the early 2000?s, they will run into a major hurdle in 2013. Specifically, their schedule. In a word, the Cougars 2013 slate is rough. They open the year with back-to-back road games against the Auburn Tigers and USC Trojans. While Auburn isn’t in great shape and could be open to an upset if the Cougars come out firing on all cylinders, it’ll be a tough trip into SEC country for a roster still trying to figure it out. And last year’s 3-9 team enjoyed the benefit of not having to play USC, a luxury they will not get to enjoy again in 2013 as they open ...

PAC 12 Football Recruiting Info

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Pac 12 Football Recruiting Pac-12 Networks analysts discuss football recruiting . . . Pac-12 Networks put together a football-signing conference call Monday with football analysts Rick Neuheisel and Yogi Roth. Roth used to work as an aide on Pete Carroll‘s staff at USC, and Neuheisel, well, he doesn’t need a lot of introduction. Much of … National Signing Day guesses, Pac-12 Edition: UCLA football cleaning up? Fitts really likes USC, really wants to attend USC, but got screwed over due to scholarship limitations and another Trojan recruit taking his early entree status. Will Fitts really stick with USC after all of that? Fitts doesn’t want to leave the West … Utes ink 23 recruits It’s not one that many outside Utah will point to and say, “wow”, especially since it’s coming in at the lower-end of the Pac-12. Of course, that should be expected after last year’s struggles and shows just how difficult it is to recruit at this leve ...

PAC 12 Football Bowl Outlook

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Pac 12 Football Teams bowl Info How will the Pac 12 do in the post season?  Will Sanford roll over Wisconsin who shocked Nebraska in the BIG 10 Championship Game?  Which is your favorite bowl game?  Some to be answered which the bowl season starts in a couple of weeks. Stanford Cardinal - Wisconsin thinks third straight trip to the Rose Bowl might offer different results. First five-loss team to make it to RB, but three of those losses were in OT … for entertainment purposes only, early Rose Bowl odds … who saw this matchup coming? Washington Huskies - It was Vegas the Dawgs wanted all along, but Sark says there must be some limitations set (you think?) … Condotta’s blog … with Boise State ahead, there’s no looking back USC Trojans - OK, it’s a bowl game, but it isn’t what Matt Barkley envisioned. A look at his star-crossed time at USC … Barkley could probably play in the Sun Bowl with his sprained shoulder, but s ...

Apple Cup Coming Washington vs Washington State

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Pac 12 Football Teams Week 13 The rest of Bob Condotta’s story More Dawgs and Cougs: Huskies improved defense proof of progress under Sark … it’s not exactly SEC money, but Sark and Leach stand to pocket an extra $25,000 if they win today’s game … breaking down the game … Travis Long’s legacy at WSU … Black Friday edition of the Apple Cup ain’t no doorbuster USC-Notre Dame (5 p.m. Saturday, ABC): Lane Kiffin will have SEC support for a Trojans’ win … Notre Dame may find that the Coliseum is a tough place to stay No. 1. … Manti Te’o is the heart of the Fighting Irish … Wittek goes from anonymous backup to starter UCLA Bruins - Kevin Prince is enjoying his senior season, even as a backup. Bruins meet Stanford Saturday (3:30 p.m., FOX). … Mora says he’s not worried about UCLA penalty issues … RB Jordan James and his mohawk set for prime time Stanford Cardinal - Mason takes Cardinal defens ...

Just How Good Are PAC 12 Football Teams?

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Pac 12 Football Teams Just How Good Are These Teams Oregon Live Take on this week in Pac 12 football “  A 27-9 victory over Cal didn’t exactly calm the fears in Trojan-land that mighty USC (a  humbling No. 13 AP) will never live up to its lofty pre-season hype. As Bill Plaschke of the LA Times put it, “What happened to a USC team that last season outscored its final four opponents by 101 points? What happened to a college football team so potentially overwhelming it began this season ranked No. 1 even though it had not played a meaningful game in two years?” … the Trojans welcome a bye week to recover physically and emotionally More USC – Cal win wiped away some of the Stanford hurt, but at times it was painful to watch, says Gary Klein … Matt Barkley continues to struggle a bit … road to “rehab” slow and painful Arizona Wildcats – Worse shutout loss since 1991 for de-clawed Cats, who were horrible in the red zone R ...