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McLaughlin: Colorado, WSU betting lines pose questions
> Spencer McLaughlin sets the stage for a pivotal Week 6 of Pac-12 football on Saturday

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Spencer McLaughlin asks why the Buffs are a small favorite against an ASU team that hasn’t beaten an FBS opponent this year.

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Vilardo: Week 5 NFL West Power Rankings and Previews
> Last weekend was easily the best so far of the 2023 season for the AFC and NFC West at At 6-2

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Week 5 Power Rankings for the eight teams in the AFC and NFC West along with a quick look at the upcoming week’s matchups and my game picks.

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McLaughlin: Why does Pat McAfee get so bothered by WSU?
> Spencer also looks at some midweek football storylines from around the Conference

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Pat McAfee has been staunch in their defense of Lee Corso after he made the Beavers and Cougars the punchline of a joke.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 6 Pac-12 Power Rankings
> Entering Week Six, the conference order feels relatively settled based on the results to date

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Washington, Oregon, and USC have distinguished themselves as the top teams in the league, although the jury is still out on Washington State.

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McLaughlin: Week 6 Pac-12 Football Power Rankings
> Spencer also gives us some more of his takeaways from last weekend in the Conference

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The Washington Huskies are the highest-ranked Pac-12 team and have been the most impressive squad so far, with major tests to come.

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Stephen Vilardo’s 2023 Week 6 College Football Top 25
> We're seeing some games go down to the wire as October conference play gets into full swing

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As the calendar turns to October, conference play is getting into full swing and we’re seeing some games go down to the wire.

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McLaughlin: How Pac-12 Football Teams Fared in Week 5
> Spencer looks at how each Pac-12 fanbase should be feeling after their performances last week

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Spencer McLaughlin looks at how each Pac-12 football team’s fanbase should be feeling after their performances last week.

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Mark Schmor’s Top 10 Tight Ends of the Pac-10/12 Era
> The fourth in a series of weekly lists ranking the best players, coaches, teams, games, and plays

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The Pac-10/12 Conference has produced a number of outstanding tight ends: Here are the Top 10 as selected by Mark Schmor.

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SuperWest on Sundays with Nick and Stephen for October 1
> With Dane off this week, the pair talk about the best games in a lively, off-the-cuff discussion

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Steve and Nick dish on the Colorado-USC, Air Force-San Diego, and Oregon State-Utah matchups and give out their weekly awards.

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Aidin Ebrahimi’s NBA West Offseason Update for Sep 16-30
> The biggest stories of the last two weeks of September focused on the Damian Lillard trade

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‘Dame Time’ is over for the Portland Trailblazers as Damian Lillard is traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster three-team deal.

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Vilardo: 2023 Week 5 SuperWest Football Power Rankings
> How teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West, and BYU stack up after their Week 4 games

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Following another week of football for the 25 SuperWest teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West, and BYU, it’s time to see how they stack up.

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Vilardo: 2023 WK 5 MW Football Power Rankings & Previews
> The Mountain West went 6-2 in nonconference last week, easily the most successful so far

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The Mountain West went 6-2 in non-conference games last week, easily the most successful week of the season so far.

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McLaughlin: Keeping it Close a Challenge for Buffs vs. USC
> Spencer gets us ready for the Week 5 slate of Pac-12 games beginning tonight with Utah at OSU

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Spencer McLaughlin gets us ready for the Week 5 slate of Pac-12 Conference games beginning with Utah at Oregon State.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 5 Pac-12 Football Previews
> All eyes will be on No. 8 USC vs. Colorado, but the top matchup is No. 10 Utah vs. No. 19 OSU

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Oregon State and Utah meet as two ranked teams for the second consecutive year and the potential last meeting between the teams.

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Nick Bartlett’s Week 5 SuperWest Fearless CFB Predictions
> Game predictions with enough commentary to keep Nick from drinking too much pickle juice

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Caleb Williams and the Trojans routed Colorado in Los Angeles last season but face a much tougher game vs. the Buffs in Boulder on Saturday.

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Round 17 Formula 1 Driver, Rookie, and Constructor Awards
> Our team of Formula 1 writers and broadcasters vote on the top performers for each race

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Max Verstappen posted a grand slam, winning the race and sweeping all the Japanese Grand Prix accolades for the weekend.

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McLaughlin: OSU vs. Utah has Pac-12 Title Implications
> Spencer is joined by 'Locked On Utes' host JT Wistrcill to discuss Utah's Pac-12 title game path

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Making the Pac-12 Championship game is still attainable for the Oregon state football and Jonathan Smith. It’s just tougher now.

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Vilardo: Week 4 NFL West Power Rankings and Previews
> The eight teams played outside their two divisions, going 5-3 with two losses in tight contests

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Week 4 NFL Power Rankings for the eight AFC and NFC West teams with a quick look at upcoming matchups and Stephen Vilardo’s game picks.

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2023 SuperWest Football Season Team Stats
> Offensive and Defensive Team Stats for Pac-12, Mountain West, BYU, with Combined Lists

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offensive and defensive team stats all in one place for the Pac-12, Mountain West, and SuperWest (the two conferences combined plus BYU).

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McLaughlin: OSU’s Goals Remain Intact with Win over Utah
> Spencer is joined by Carter Bahns of BeaverBlitz.com and 247Sports to talk about it

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Making the Pac-12 Championship game is still attainable for the Oregon state football and Jonathan Smith. It’s just tougher now.

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Mark Schmor’s Top 10 Running Backs of the Pac-10/12 Era
> The third in a series of weekly lists ranking the best players, coaches, teams, games, and plays

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Mark Schmor does a deep dive into the greatest running backs in Pac-10/12 Conference history, choosing the best since 1978.

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McLaughlin: Is Washington the Nation’s Best Team?
> Spencer is joined by Roman Tomashoff of 'Locked On Huskies' to power rank the Pac-12

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Through four weeks, UW has been the most dominant team, and might even be the nation’s best, but the League still feels wide open.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 5 Pac-12 Power Rankings
> Saturday's results were eye-opening on several different levels and they have shifted perceptions

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The Washington Huskies are now the highest-ranked Pac-12 team in the AP Poll while the Oregon Ducks have cracked the Top 10.

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Stephen Vilardo’s 2023 Week 5 College Football Top 25
> After the first third of the season, we are now separating the contenders from the pretenders

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There isn’t a ton of movement in Stephen Vilardo’s Top 25 this time as Colorado drops out and another team from the west finds its way in.

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McLaughlin: WSU Deserves More Respect as True Contender
> Spencer breaks down the game results from a loaded Week 4, which lived up to its hype

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With three Top 25 matchups, winners of Saturday’s Pac-12 football games may very well be decided on just a few plays.

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SuperWest on Sundays with Nick and Dane for September 24
> With Stephen off this week, the pair talk about the best games in a lively, off-the-cuff discussion

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Dane and Nick dish on Colorado, the Utah-UCLA matchup, some action from the Mountain West, and end with their players and teams of the week.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 4 Pac-12 Football Previews
> The Conference kicks off league play with six of its Top 25-ranked teams playing each other

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The Conference of Champions kicks off league play with six of its ranked teams playing each other on Saturday.

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Nick Bartlett’s Week 4 SuperWest Fearless CFB Predictions
> Game predictions with just enough commentary to keep Nick from drinking too much Red Bull

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The ‘Pac-2’ are unified this season except for this coming Saturday when Oregon State and Washington State meet in a Top 25 matchup.

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McLaughlin: Keys to Week 4 Pac-12 Football Games
> Spencer gets us ready for another outstanding weekend of college football in the Conference

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With three Top 25 matchups, winners of Saturday’s Pac-12 football games may very well be decided on just a few plays.

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Vilardo: 2023 WK 4 MW Football Power Rankings & Previews
> The Conference had minimal success last week with a pair of wins over Pac-12 and Big 12 teams

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The Mountain West went just 3-8 last week in nonconference matchups, but recorded a pair of wins over Pac-12 and Big 12 teams.

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Vilardo: 2023 Week 4 SuperWest Football Power Rankings
> How the Pac-12 and Mountain West teams (along with BYU) stack up after their Week 3 games

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Following another week of football for the 25 SuperWest teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West, and BYU, it’s time to see how they stack up.

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McLaughlin: Can Conference Relegation Save the Pac-2?
> Spencer looks at a potential future for the two teams facing off in Pullman on Saturday

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Spencer McLaughlin looks at a potential future for Oregon State and WSU, the ranked ‘Pac-2’ teams facing off in Pullman on Saturday.

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Vilardo: Week 3 NFL West Power Rankings and Previews
> The eight teams in the SuperWest footprint went 3-5 overall, 2-4 outside of the division

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It was another 3-5 week overall for teams in the two West divisions of the NFL, including a Rams vs. 49ers matchup.

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McLaughlin: Utah Needs Cam Rising to Return to Win Pac-12
> Spencer is joined by 'Locked On Utes' host JT Wistrcill to talk about the state of the program

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If Kyle Whittingham and Company are going to three-peat as Pac-12 champions, veteran quarterback Cam Rising has to return.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 4 Pac-12 Power Rankings
> There’s no denying that the Pac-12 is the strongest conference in America, from top to bottom

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With eight teams in the AP Top 25, there’s no denying that the Pac-12 is the strongest conference in America, from top to bottom.

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Round 16 Formula 1 Driver, Rookie, and Constructor Awards
> Our team of Formula 1 writers and broadcasters vote on the top performers for each race

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Carlos Sainz finished off a flawless weekend by taking home the top step of the podium in the Singapore Grand Prix.

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McLaughlin: OSU vs. WSU Set to Make a Point on Saturday
> Spencer starts diving into a loaded Week 4 of Pac-12 matchups, focusing on the Beavs and Cougs

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The Top 25 matchup between OSU and WSU this Saturday should allow them to show why they should remain Power 5 teams.

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Stephen Vilardo’s 2023 Week 4 College Football Top 25
> There were some close calls but not a ton of movement with two teams from the West entering

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There were a couple of close calls among Stephen Vilardo’s Week 4 Top 25, but no big shockers and not a ton of movement.

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McLaughlin: Pac-12 Moods, Week 3 Winners and Losers
> Spencer explains why some Conference fanbases are feeling better about their teams than others

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Spencer McLaughlin assesses the mood of each Pac-12 fanbase with his weekly “Winners and Losers” segment for Week 3.

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Mark Schmor’s Top 10 Offensive Linemen of Pac-10/12 Era
> The second in a series of weekly lists ranking the best players, coaches, teams, games, and plays

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To come up with the Top 10 offensive linemen in the conference, Mark Schmor choses four tackles, four guards, and two centers.

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SuperWest on Sundays with Nick, Stephen & Dane for Sep 17
> The three talk about the best games of the previous week in a lively, off-the-cuff discussion

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Nick, Stephen, and Dane talk about the top games last week in the SuperWest, focusing on Colorado-CSU, Washington-MSU, and Fresno State-ASU.

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Aidin Ebrahimi’s NBA West Offseason Update for Sept 1-15
> The FIBA World Cup is over so training camp and preseason are less than a month away

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We saw Team USA underperform once again, but now there are serious talks that some of the NBA’s biggest stars will suit up for the Olympics.

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Dane Miller’s 2023 Week 3 Pac-12 Football Previews
> The Pac-12 is on top of the CFB world with 8 teams in the AP Top 25 and GameDay in Boulder

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The Pac-12 enters Week Three on top of the College Football world with eight teams in the AP Top 25 and ESPN’s College GameDay is in Boulder.

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Nick Bartlett’s Week 3 SuperWest Fearless CFB Predictions
> Game predictions with just enough commentary to keep Nick from eating more Chicken Nuggets

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Nick Bartlett makes his 2023 Week 3 SuperWest football picks with his trademark humor and unique perspectives on each game.

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McLaughlin: Week 3 Shows CFB has Scheduling Problem
> Spencer gets us ready for the games with his picks, headlined by Washington at Michigan State

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Spencer McLaughlin his game predictions for every Pac-12 game, with Washington at Michigan State as the headline matchup.

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Vilardo: 2023 Week 3 SuperWest Football Power Rankings
> How the Pac-12 and Mountain West teams (along with BYU) stack up after their Week 2 games

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Following a generally successful week for 25 SuperWest teams from the Pac-12, Mountain West, and BYU it’s time to see how they stack up.

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Vilardo: 2023 WK 3 MW Football Power Rankings & Previews
> How the Mountain West teams stack up after going 7-4 in their Week Two contests

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The Mountain West went 7-4 last week with three of the four losses coming to Power Five opponents; of the seven wins, six were vs. FCS foes.

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McLaughlin: What Do We Know About These 2023 Beavers?
> Spencer is joined by Carter Bahns of BeaverBlitz.com and the 247Sports national writing desk

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Oregon State football has been impressive through two games, but how much do we really know about this 2023 Beavers team?