We welcome three new coaches to the awards this season. They are honored, I assure you. The Jeff Tedford award for “We would never ask anyone on our team to fake something! Oh that, well, I didn’t know. Talk to my assistant.” And the winner is: Whoever is responsible at Oregon for releasing documents provided [...]
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Plentiful Pac-10 Picks – Week 9
Finally, a full Saturday of Pac-10 play. And it’s a juicy one. Will the Cougars break through? Can Cal keep it within 40 in a road game? Can Stanford keep on winning with no one noticing? And how ’bout that game in L.A.? No, not you UCLA.
Ranking the Pac-10: Week 9 – Cal? Cal? What’s the Deal?
Oregon remains the clear leader of the Pac-10 while also solidifying its spot at No. 1 in the human polls. The computers are still waiting to crunch some better numbers, but anything to give you an extra edge is worth having, right?
Ranking the Pac-10 – Week 5: Not Yet Stanford (Actually, Not Ever)
This blog will not move Stanford to #1. What’s the point of rearranging something for one week if you’re just going to put it right back?
Ranking the Pac-10 – Week 2: Oregon an Easy Choice
That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout Pac-10! A 7-0 weekend in non-conference games and five ranked teams. This conference is for real… until next Saturday anyway.
3rd Annual Pac-10 Coaches’ Awards!
When new commish Larry Scott caught wind of this year’s awards, he said, “Nick, you got a good thing going here, but your presentation is weak. Come on, market it, kid! Throw in some pictures or something. Let the world know you exist!” He’s the guru. Now on to the 2010 Coaches’ Awards. The Rick [...]
Bigger Civil War, 2000 or 2009?
The Civil War count stands at 112. It’s about to move to 113. Through all those games, there have been just a handful that have truly mattered at a national level. In recent memory, a Pac-10 title has been at stake four times (that’s since football began in 1994). Before that, I’d guess the total [...]
1st Annual Pre-Season Coaches Awards
Because pre-season awards are every bit as important as pre-season rankings, it’s time to unveil my 1st Annual Pre-Season Coaches Awards, each named in honor of a Pac-10 coach. The Dennis Erickson Award for “It’s Been Fun, But it’s Time to Move On” …And the Winner Is: Taylor Mays, USC Safety. An overwhelming consensus first-round [...]
Pre-Season Predictions – Useless, but Everyone's Doing It
You can’t have a blog, run a website, post in forums or basically breathe oxygen without at some point sitting down and doing your pre-season predictions. As such, I might as well do mine. But before I get to that, I’d like to remind you that I did get 1 out of 10 exactly right [...]
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4th Annual Coaches’ Awards – Pac-12 Style!
