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Pac-12 Notes – September

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Pac-12 Notes

September 30th

Pac-12 up to six ranked teams

Just what the struggling Buffs needed to hear … half of the Pac-12 is ranked in the latest poll.

Oregon held onto its spot at No. 2 after struggling for a half against Washington State before prevailing, 51-26. Idle USC remained at No. 13, followed closely at No. 14 by Oregon State, 38-35 victors on the road against Arizona.

Stanford, which lost 17-14 to Washington on Thursday night, fell from 8th to 18th, while the Huskies joined the poll at No. 23.

The other Pac-12 team re-joining the polls after a week’s absence was UCLA. The Bruins’ 42-14 victory over Colorado was enough to put UCLA back in the poll, at No. 25.

Here is a link to the entire poll.

September 28th

Scott confirms discussions concerning 7th BCS bowl game

From ESPN … Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott confirmed Thursday night the conference is in preliminary talks with the Big 12 about creating a seventh bowl game that would match a representative from one of the two conferences against the best team from a group of five conferences, including the Big East.

Scott spoke at halftime of Washington’s game against …

Pac-12 Notes – August

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August 31st

UCLA, Utah win big in their openers; Washington State, Sacramento State lose big in theirs

Washington State … The most interesting game of the night, at least as far as the Pac-12 was concerned, was the matchup between BYU and Washington State. Sure, the game was in Provo, and the BYU Cougars were coming off of a 10-3 season; the Washington State Cougars coming off of a 4-8 campaign.

Still, Washington State had its new head coach, Mike Leach. The offensive genius inherited a team which was already prolific – 9th in the nation in passing offense in 2011; 33rd in total offense.

So, what happened?

Splat. BYU won, 30-6, with a game not as close as the score indicated. A Mike Leach coached team failed to score a touchdown for only the third time ever, and for the first time since 2006.

Leach’s reaction?

From ESPN … New Washington State coach Mike Leach says his team is closer to playing well than his players might think. He says it’s just a matter of eliminating the bad, being a bit more consistent with the good and remaining confident.

“We’ve got to be a mentally tougher team,” Leach said …

Pac-12 Notes – June/July, 2012

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Pac-12 Notes – June/July, 2012

July 31st

Penn State running back transferring to USC

The highest profile Nittany Lion to date has defected, choosing USC.

From ESPN … Penn State running back Silas Redd reportedly met with Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien this afternoon, letting his head coach know he was heading to Los Angeles.

Redd is eligible to transfer immediately without sitting out a season after Penn State was hit with unprecedented sanctions two weeks ago, including a four-year bowl ban. Several Penn State players, including linebacker Michael Mauti and defensive lineman Jordan Hill, said last week they are staying. Redd was not among that group.

Redd has two seasons of eligibility remaining. He ran for 1,241 yards and seven touchdowns last season, and ran for more than 100 yards in five straight games in mid-October. He was a second-team All-Big Ten pick. Earlier this year, he was named to the Walter Camp and Doak Walker awards watch lists.

USC coach Lane Kiffin had been pursuing Redd aggressively since the NCAA sanctioned Penn State and allowed its players to transfer without having to sit out a season. The Trojans lack depth at running back because of injuries and …

Pac-12 Notes – February / March

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Pac-12 Notes - March

March 31st

Rick Neuheisel to work for Pac-12 Network

He’s baaaccckkk …

Former Colorado, Washington, and UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel will work for the Pac-12 Network this fall, according to published reports.

Neuheisel will serve as an analyst and color commentator at various football games throughout the season. For his efforts, Neuheisel will be paid $300,000.

For history Buffs, Neuheisel was a walk-on quarterback who finished his career as a Rose Bowl-winning quarterback for UCLA. While attending USC law school, UCLA worked as an assistant coach at UCLA.

After graduating from law school, Neuheisel spent five years as an assistant with the Bruins before joining Bill McCartney’s staff at Colorado in 1994 as the Buffs’ quarterback coach. After the 1994 season, McCartney retired, and Neuheisel was the surprise choice for the next CU head coach.

Neuheisel was a golden child his first two seasons in Boulder, posting 10-2 records in 1995 and 1996, Colorado’s last season in the Big Eight, then CU’s first year in the new Big 12.

In 1997, though, the bloom fell of the rose for Neuheisel, with the Buffs posting their first losing record, 5-6, since 1984. Colorado rebounded with …

Colorado Daily – February

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Colorado Daily – February

February 28th

McCartney; Garten look to join College Football Hall of Fame

In 2010, Colorado linebacker Alfred Williams became the fifth Buff to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana, joining Byron “Whizzer” White (inducted in 1952), Joe Romig (1984), Dick Anderson (1993), and Bobby Anderson (2006).

Former head coach Bill McCartney and former All-American offensive lineman Joe Garten were nominated Tuesday to join that list. A total of 76 players and eight coaches were nominated. The 12,000 members of the National Football Foundation, along with current members of the Hall of Fame, will vote on ballots for the next Class of Inductees. The NFF’s Honors Court will then deliberate and select the Class. The Class will be announced on May 15th, with inductions to take place on December 4th.

Bill McCartney, of course, is the winningest coach in Colorado football history. No CU head coach coached more games (153) or won more games (93) than did McCartney. While McCartney’s winning percentage is not that impressive (.624, only good enough for 13th out of the 26 all-time head coaches in CU history), it must be remembered that “Coach Mac” …

Pac-12 Notes – September

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September 27th

Washington loses star defensive end

The Washington Huskies have announced that sophomore defensive end Hau’oli Jamora will miss the rest of the 2011 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee. Jamora was injured early in Washington’s 31-23 win over California on Saturday.

It’s a big blow to the Huskies defense. Jamora had emerged as Washington’s best pass rushing threat off the end and was tied for fifth on the team with 15 tackles. He also had three tackles for loss and one sack through four games.

Colorado plays at Washington on October 15th.

Arizona “gloomy”; Oregon State one of seven winless teams in FBS

Want to feel a little better, Buff fans? Then check out how the folks in Tucson and Corvallis.

An article in the Arizona Daily Star is entitled, “Flashy Ducks deepen ‘dark hole’ “, referencing the 56-31 beat down put on the Wildcats by Oregon last weekend. Some of the highlights:

“College football is not a game that plays nice. It feeds on young and inexperienced teams like Arizona and gives them little space and less time to recover. If you string together two or three substandard recruiting years, as Arizona …

Colorado Daily – July, 2011

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July 31st

Texas A&M serious about bolting to SEC

When Colorado was asked to join the Pac-12, it was cause for celebration in the Buff Nation.

When Texas announced the creation of the Longhorn Television Network, a multi-billion marriage with ESPN, Buff fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Colorado was very lucky not to be a part of the Texas et al. “Big 12″. Even after Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe was hailed for managing to hold the conference together last summer, it was clear that the new conference was retaining – in fact endorsing – a league of “haves” and “have nots”. Unlike the Pac-12, where the teams agreed to share television revenue equally, the Big 12 maintained (though it was modified slightly) a system where the more powerful schools (Texas, Oklahoma, Texas A&M) received a disproportionate amount of revenue.

The Texas Longhorn Network, though, irked even Oklahoma and Texas A&M. The TLN would not only bring in unprecedented revenue to the school – which the Longhorns didn’t have to share with the rest of the league – but would also give Texas exposure to recruits unavailable to other teams in the league.

Then, the TLN announced it …

Colorado Daily – June, 2011

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June 30th

Brian Lockridge only returning Buff out

There were 15 players who missed the Colorado 2011 spring game. As June turns into July, and fall practices approach, only one player, running back Brian Lockridge, remains a question mark for the 2011 season opener on September 3rd against Hawai’i.

As you may recall, there were a number of Buff players who were recovering from off-season surgeries, and sat out spring practices. Two of those players have moved on due to their injuries, offensive linemen Maxwell Tuioti-Mariner and Mike Iltis.

Others who were injured and out for much if not all of the spring, however, are on the mend and should be ready for fall practices. That number includes: FB/TE Matt Bahr (shoulder surgery); offensive lineman Blake Behrens (shoulder surgery); defensive back Vince Ewing (knee); defensive back Parker Orms (knee); and defensive back Anthony Perkins (knee).

Then there are those players nicked up enough to miss the spring game, who will be a “full go” for fall practices, including: wide receiver Toney Clemons; offensive lineman Ryan Dannewitz; defensive end Nick Kasa; tight end DaVaughn Thornton; and linebacker Derrick Webb.

June 29th

Arizona star reportedly out …

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Pac-12 Notes – September

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