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Cody Schoeler’s 2022 NFL West Previews: Kansas City Chiefs
> The third of eight preseason outlooks for NFC West and AFC West teams

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Kansas City now plays in by far the best division in the NFL with the Chargers, Broncos, and Raiders filling out the rest of the AFC West.

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McLaughlin: Predicting every game on USC’s 2022 Schedule
> Spencer tells us how significant the Trojan football turnaround figures to be this season

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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.

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Preseason vs Final AP Football Poll Appearances
> A look at the variances of first and postseason appearances for programs in the West since 2000

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We looked at the variances of final appearances to preseason appearances in the AP Football Poll for programs in the West since 2000.

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SuperWest Sports Preseason All-America Team
> The nation's best player at each position as chosen by our senior writer Stephen Vilardo

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Picking this year’s college football All-America team involved numerous tough choices selections, particularly at the QB and RB selections.

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McLaughlin: Pac-12 Teams with the Biggest QB Questions
> Spencer looks at the teams with the most interesting quarterback situations heading into 2022

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

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Updated 50-Year Football Wins in 5-Year Increments

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SuperWest (Pac-12 plus BYU, BSU, and SDSU) football wins by five-year increments with each school’s national rank for wins in each timeframe.

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McLaughlin: The Complications of Pac-12 Realignment
> Spencer joins Big 12 host Josh Neighbors to discuss how the next realignment moves could look

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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.

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McLaughlin: Will Major Pac-12 Football Commits Flip?
> SI recruiting director John Garcia Jr. joins Spencer to talk about recruits being targeted

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

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McLaughlin: Pac-12 Football Title Contenders in 2022
> Which teams will compete with Utah and Oregon for a shot at the championship this season?

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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.

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Updated 2022 Former SuperWest Players in WNBA Tracker
> There are 17 former SuperWest players currently playing in the pros

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WNBA Players stats for currently active players from the West in the WNBA with their points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.

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McLaughlin: George Kliavkoff is Not Backing Down
> The Commissioner shot back at the Big 12 for trying to lure away Pac-12 schools

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

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2022 Pac-12 Football Preview: Ducks Primed to Shine
> After the tragic passing of Spencer Webb, the team will play for something greater than itself

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All teams tend to live and die by their quarterback, but with Nix at the helm it could be a double-or-nothing result for Oregon football.

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Cody Schoeler’s 2022 NFL West Previews: Denver Broncos
> The second of eight preseason outlooks for NFC West and AFC West teams

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The Denver Broncos have massively altered their Super Bowl odds in the past couple of months with the addition of QB Russell Wilson.

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Quick-Read Pac-12 Football Media Day Sampler
> A selection of some of the best quotes from all of the Conference coaches

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You may not have had time to watch all seven hours of interviews. We’ve got you covered with a selection of comments from each coach.

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Dane Miller’s Pac-12 Football Media Day Takeaways
> The event began with fireworks as Commissioner George Kliavkoff took shots at the Big 12

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Pac-12 Football Media Day began with fireworks as Commissioner George Kliavkoff took several shots at the Big 12.

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McLaughlin: The Latest Conference Realignment Speculation
> Four Pac-12 teams are reportedly being evaluated as targets for additional Big Ten expansion

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

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Pac-12 Football Media Day Presser Schedule
> Friday's Pac-12 Football Media Day press conferences run from 8:00 am to 3:55 pm PT

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oday ‘s Pac-12 Football Media Day starts off with what may be the most important media address and Q&A by

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McLaughlin: USC, UW Football Hot on Recruiting Trail
> Spencer is joined by SI director of recruiting John Garcia Jr to talk about their classes

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

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Gators Writer: ‘The Swamp’ could be an Issue for Utes
> The humid atmosphere at night nearly always creates problems for visiting opponents

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his is the second in a series of interviews with writers covering Pac-12 nonconference opponents. In the first installment, I

NCAA Football: Southern California Spring Game

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McLaughlin: Lincoln Riley’s Expectations at USC in Year One
> USC fans are hoping he can orchestrate a drastic one-year turnaround after a 4-8 season in 2021

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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.

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Our Writers Predict Outcome of 2022 Pac-12 Football Season
> Their consensus choices for the top two teams were decisive but not unanimous

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In anticipation of Friday’s Pac-12 Football Media Day vote reveal, we polled our senior writers to predict the season outcome.

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Georgia Writer: Kirby Smart vs. Dan Lanning ‘a Chess Match’
> Our Nick Bartlett interviews Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald about Oregon's opener

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Nick Bartlett interviews Georgia Beat Writer Marc Weiszer from the Athens Banner-Herald about Oregon football’s September 3rd opener.

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2022 SuperWest Preseason All-Pac-12 Football Teams
> The best coach and players in the Conference, three teams deep, as chosen by our senior writers

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In our 2022 All-Pac-12 teams, Utah leads all programs in combined First Team, Second Team, Third Team selections, and annual awards.

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McLaughlin: Pac-12 Football Head Coaches Feeling Pressure
> Spencer identifies the head coaches who may be on the hot seat entering the 2022 season

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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.

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2022 Pac-12 Football Preview: Tree Struggling through Slump
> Stanford is on a seven-game losing streak and has been outscored 100-to-255 since its last win

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The current state of the program starkly contrasts to Stanford Football from the last decade, when David Shaw led the Tree to 3 Rose Bowls.

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McLaughlin: Will Pushback on UCLA’s Move Matter?
> Spencer discusses Gov. Newsom's scrutiny and the pending change in NCAA transfer rules

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

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McLaughlin: Pac-12 has one option left to make a big splash
> The Pac-12 needs to make a disruptive move to remain relevant on the national stage

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Some sort of an arrangement with the ACC could be the Pac-12’s last chance to make a big splash in the latest conference realignment.

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Cody Schoeler’s 2022 NFL West Previews: Arizona Cardinals
> The first of eight preseason outlooks of the NFC West and AFC West teams

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The Arizona Cardinals are the most logical NFL team to preview first for 2022, and not just because they come first alphabetically.

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McLaughlin: What does Breakdown of Big 12 Talks Signal?
> Carter Bahns of BeaverBlitz.com joins Spencer to discuss the latest realignment conference news

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Spencer McLaughlin is joined by Carter Bahns, senior editor/writer at BeaverBlitz.com, to discuss the latest conference realignment news

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2022 SuperWest Preseason Pac-12 All-SW/Mountain Teams
> Best coach and players from Arizona, ASU, Colorado, and Utah for 2022, two teams deep

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Preseason choices for the best players at each position collectively from Arizona, ASU, Colorado, and Utah for 2022, two teams deep.

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2022 Preseason Composite Top 25 Football Rankings
> An aggregate of 16 of the top media rankings including CBS Sports, ESPN, and USA Today

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Our SportsPac12 Preseason Composite Football Rankings aggregate of 18 of the top media rankings including CBS Sports, ESPN, USA Today, and more.

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2022 Pac-12 Football Preview: Bears Faced with Rebuild
> Cal lost substantial talent on both sides of the ball from a team that went 5-7 in 2021

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Cal enters 2022 having lost its starting QB, three of its top four receivers, its starting tight end, and two of its top three running backs.

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2022 SuperWest Preseason Pac-12 All-California Teams
> Best players and coach from Cal, Stanford, UCLA, and USC for 2022, two teams deep

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Preseason choices for the best players at each position collectively from Cal, Stanford, UCLA, and USC for 2022, two teams deep.

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Dietlin: Pac-12 Likely Doomed Without L.A. Gravy-Train
> Despite its recent mediocrity on the field, USC was holding the Pac-12 Conference together

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USC and UCLA snatched the only available parachutes off the Pac-12’s nose-diving jet airliner, landing safely in Big Ten country.

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2022-23 Preseason Composite Men’s Hoops Rankings

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The SportsPac12 Preseason Composite Basketball Ranking aggregates 12 media rankings.

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2022 SuperWest Preseason Pac-12 All-Northwest Teams
> Best players and coach from Oregon, OSU, Washington, and WSU for 2022, two teams deep

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or the third-straight year, we present our Pac-12 all-region teams, beginning with the Northwest. Selections are based on projections of

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Jack Follman’s 2022 Pac-12 Top 50 Players (10-1)
> Let’s finish our countdown of the Top 50 players in the Conference going into the 2022 season

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Jack Follman concludes his countdown of the Top 50 football players in the Pac-12 Conference for 2022 with the Final 10.

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McLaughlin: Is Conference Realignment affecting Recruiting?
> Spencer is joined by John Garcia Jr., director of recruiting for Sports Illustrated to talk about it

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What could recruits think about programs that are planning to change conferences? Spencer McLaughlin and John Garcia Jr. discuss the issue.

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McLaughlin: What comes Next for the Pac-12 Conference?
> Spencer joins Nate Dickinson of Locked On Big 10 to talk about where things stand

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Will the Pac-12 merge with another conference, and how would that look in a college sports scene alongside the new Big Ten and SEC?

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SportsPac12 is now SuperWest Sports
> We'll still cover all 12 schools, regardless of conference, plus BYU, Boise State & Gonzaga hoops

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SuperWest Sports will continue to cover all Pac-12 schools, regardless of conference, plus BYU, Boise State, and Gonzaga basketball.

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2022 Pac-12 Football Preview: USC has Questions Up Front
> The national college football media have some amnesia when it comes to Trojan Football in 2022

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his USC preseason football preview is the sixth of 12 to appear over as many weeks as we count down

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McLaughlin: Reactions to Dante Moore Committing to Ducks
> The 5-star becomes the highest-rated quarterback recruit in Oregon Football history

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HC Dan Lanning and OC Kenny Dillingham landed their biggest recruit yet in Eugene in Dante Moore and it bodes well for Oregon football.

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Great Debate: The Best and Coolest Pac-12 Alumni
> Nick and Jack debate their respective rankings and have some fun along the way

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Listen in as Nick and Jack debate their respective rankings of the Best and Coolest Pac-12 Alumni and have some fun along the way.

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Neighbors: Can the Big 12 Steal Oregon and Washington?
> Plus the potential for other conferences to try and steal schools from the Big 12 Conference

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In this episode of Locked On Big 12, the guys focus on Oregon and Washington and what it could mean for the Big 12 by adding them.

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McLaughlin: What is the Pac-12 Conference’s next move?
> Spencer is joined by Richie Bradshaw of Locked on Sun Devils to discuss some possibilities

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The Pac-12 and Big 12 now find themselves in somewhat similar places, making a potential expansion partnership a potentially smart move.

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Jack Follman’s 2022 Pac-12 Top 50 Players (11-20)
> This penultimate group is particularly full of great offensive linemen who are neck-and-neck

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Now we start to rank All-America candidates and football players who are already stars in the Pac-12 Conference.

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McLaughlin: Is the Big 12 a realistic landing spot for Oregon?
> Spencer looks at potential conference realignment options for the Ducks as a Pac-12 kingpin

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With a new future conference seemingly imminent, what are the positives and negatives of Oregon leaving the Pac-12 Conference?

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Jack Follman’s 2022 Top 50 Pac-12 Players (30-21)
> This group of spreads across the Conference and includes some big names

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e continue our countdown to the top player in the Pac-12 going into 2022 with a new energy in the