Welcome back students with the start of the college football
today I thought that we would take a look at the Pac-12. The new super
conference of the West coast so to speak. What was the Pac 10 for so many years
last year did the 2 things that I had been begging for them to do. #1 They
added a couple more teams and split the conference into 2 divisions. #2 By
doing this they necessitated the need for a championship game. Which in my eyes
and hopefully in the eyes of the pollsters legitimizes the conference. Allowing
for more BCS births. We will now look at the North Division of the Conference…
Pac 12 North
#5 Oregon Ducks
(12-2, 8-1 Pac 12, 3-1 vs Top 25): The Ducks had another amazing year under
Chip Kelley they won the inaugural Pac 12 championship. And finished off the
year with a Rose Bowl victory. Now the loss of LaMichael James is a big one but
this Oregon squad is stacked with talent and should be competing for a National
Title or at least a BCS Bowl birth. With the emergence of #1USC becoming
eligible for postseason play is gonna make it interesting…
#21 Stanford Cardinal
(11-2, 8-1 Pac 12, 2-2 vs Top 25): The Cardinal took a huge loss in the NFL
draft. Andrew Luck is a once in awhile find. But the new kid Nunes seems to be competent
replacement. The Cardinal may have another 10 win season but there is a lot of
new talent on this team. If that talent can gel the Cardinal can expect to be
in the hunt for a bowl game at the end os the season…
California Golden
Bears (7-6, 4-5 Pac 12, 0-3 vs Top 25): The Golden Bears return a squad
that had its ups and downs last season. Finishing under .500 in conference for
the 1st time in a couple of years lead to the Bears only getting a
Holiday Bowl invite. And then took the loss to Texas. After that disappointment
this young squad will be looking to show out lead by WR Allen. Who is looking
to raise his NFL Draft stock this season…
Oregon State Beavers
(3-9, 3-6 Pac 12, 0-4 vs Top 25): The Beavers won only 3 games last year
and that was with one of the best backs in college football. Jaquizz Rogers.
But now we are in a new year. And although every team has a chance I don’t really
see the Beavers getting significantly better over the past year. So don’t expect
more than 5-6 wins and maybe a Holiday Bowl invite if they are lucky…
Washington Huskies
(7-6, 5-4 Pac 12, 0-4 vs Top 25): The Huskies were a 7 win team last season
and although they took a hard loss in the Alamo Bowl in a shootout against
Baylor and future Redskins QB Robert Griffin III. The Huskies still managed to
put up 56 points. So as long as the offense continues to improve the team
should have a better finish than this year…
Washington State
Cougars (4-8, 2-7 Pac 12, 0-2 vs Top 25): The Cougars hired a new head
coach installed a new offense and hoped for the best against a good BYU Cougars
team. Unfortunately the Cougars of Washington State could barley move the ball
and only scored 6 points total. I wish I hadn’t saw the game before I wrote
this but after that I cant have faith that they are going to have a good season
look for them to win 4-5 games and be sitting at home watching bowls this
holiday season…
Being that this division
currently holds the inaugural Pac 12 north division title and the Pac 12 Conference
Champion in the Oregon Ducks. So what will this year hold? Who knows I know im
not touching that prediction with a 10 foot pole. But I can garuntee that I will
be watching every Saturday to see how it plays out. Till then…Class is
Dismissed…
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