Author: Spencer McLaughlin

Patience may be required for some Pac-12 fan bases, schools will also need to see their teams make improvements to succeed this year.

Winners, losers, and everything in between saw Week 4 deliver some dramatic endings and some blowouts in Pac-12 football.

Jonathan Smith looks for one of his biggest wins while Lincoln Riley hopes to continue asserting his will as the Trojans meet the Beavers.

Oregon Football added two transfers this offseason to the running back position with new running backs coach Carlos Locklyn.

UCLA football has not come close to hitting its stride in 2022 against three inferior opponents with another one looming in Colorado.

ASU should have several potential coach names in their sights—some of whom might not be taking a phone call until the 2022-23 season is done.

ASU should have several potential coach names in their sights—some of whom might not be taking a phone call until the 2022-23 season is done.

The Pac-12 saw two teams pick up dominant wins against AP-ranked Top 15 opponents in week 3 as UW beat No. 11 MSU and Oregon beat 12 BYU.

Spencer McLaughlin is joined by ‘Locked On Utes’ host JT Wistrcill to look at important factors in the biggest Pac-12 games of the weekend.

There are plenty of Pac-12 teams heavily favored in Week 3—but a couple of them should be cautious against inferior competition.

Spencer McLaughlin and Carter Bahns go through the biggest football games across the Pac-12 Conference coming this weekend.

Spencer McLaughlin is joined by ‘Locked on Trojans’ host Marc Culkin to assess how USC has performed through two weeks under Lincoln Riley.

The highs were high for Pac-12 football teams last weekend, but the outcomes were far from perfect for the Conference on the gridiron.

The three biggest Pac-12 games this weekend involve Oregon State, Arizona, and the first in-conference matchup featuring Stanford and USC.

Opportunities for Pac-12 football teams to pick up notable nonconference victories are plentiful in Week 2, but it will be a major challenge.

The reputation of Pac-12 football took a hit over the weekend with two losses (one a blowout) that the SEC handed to Utah and Oregon.

Now that Utah football has begun 0-1, losing to previously unranked Florida, the path to the CFB Playoff is much tougher for the Pac-12.

Both Oregon and Utah football came up short, and it was not what Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff wanted to see.

No. 7 Utah football could give the Pac-12’s reputation a big boost with a victory over Florida in Gainesville on Saturday. | USATSI

Regardless of who starts for Colorado football in Week 1, the Buffs will need solid quarterback play to be successful this season.

Arizona State and Colorado kick off the Pac-12 football season with nonconference games on Thursday and Friday.

ASU’s Herm Edwards is the betting favorite to be the first football coach fired, and a couple of other coaches aren’t too far behind.

Which of Michale Penix Jr., Cam Ward, Tanner McKee, Chance Nolan, or Bo Nix could help their teams get better this season?

With expectations higher than ever in Season Five with the Bruins, Chip Kelly will need to deliver on the field to maintain job security.

Will starting Michael Penix Jr. help Washington in 2022? How much success could they have as DeBoer tries to turn the program around?

The biggest question for Cal under Justin Wilcox in 2022 will be whether or not the offense can muster enough points to help the defense.

Cardinal football coach David Shaw may be coaching in 2022 to keep himself off the hot seat or worse if Stanford falls below .500 once again.

Oregon State football’s 2022 nonconference schedule is about as tough as it could be without featuring a Power 5 opponent.

Oregon fans are hoping that a new quarterback and head coach will allow the Ducks to be more competitive against Utah than last year.

Oregon football’s first game on September 3rd vs. Georgia is probably the toughest nonconference game of any Pac-12 school in 2022.

There are plenty of winnable games on ASU’s schedule, but the Sun Devils don’t seem poised to surpass—or get back to—their 2022 win total.

Oddsmakers do not have high hopes for a massive turnaround in Tucson this year, and Arizona football fans should manage expectations.

Washington State football is looking to string together consecutive winning seasons in Pullman for the first time since 2017-18.

With road games against UCLA, Oregon, and Washington State, Washington will have to be road warriors to have a successful season.

Starting with three tough non-conference opponents, Colorado Buffs football might enter Pac-12 Conference play without a victory.

The Utes come into the 2022 season with high expectations and a big opportunity in Week 1 when they travel to Gainesville to play Florida.

UCLA’s schedule features relatively weak non-conference opponents and a Pac-12 slate that could allow them to surpass their 2021 win total.

Expectations are high for Lincoln Riley’s first season in Los Angeles with the feasible potential being around their 9.5 over/under for wins.

A look at each team’s quarterback room to give an idea of who the Pac-12’s signal callers should be in 2022.

Today’s Locked on Pac-12 video is a crossover episode that features Spencer McLaughlin and the host of Locked On Big 12, Josh Neighbors.

Other schools with legitimate recruiting prowess nationally are coming after top USC and Oregon verbal commitments for 2023.

Max Torres joins Spencer to talk about the weekend’s Pac-12 media days and his biggest takeaways after covering the Ducks down in Los Angeles.

Commissioner George Kliavkoff is frustrated by Big 12 speculation and is doing everything he can to keep the conference together.

What would Pac-12 schools Stanford, Cal, Oregon, and Washington bring to the table as a “west coast expansion” pod to the Big Ten?

Few schools have seen a quick turnaround on the recruiting trail more so than the Washington Huskies and first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer.

USC fans hope Lincoln Riley can orchestrate a drastic one-year turnaround after a 4-8 season in 2021 and contend for a Pac-12 title in 2022.

Herm Edwards is at or near the top of the list of coaches who may not be with their current school when the 2023 season kicks off.

UCLA is getting some pushback on its move to the Big Ten from the UC Regents and Gov. Newsom, but will it matter?