USC tabbed as favorites to win Pac-12 title

“Until [a Pac-12 team] wins the national championship, it’s hard to make that claim”, USC coach Steve Sarkisian said. “So I don’t think it’s surprising”. His 74 tackles in 2014 are the most of any returner. “He helped me so much and we stay in close contact”, Kessler said. That defense was one of the most disappointing units in the country and Justin Wilcox is on thin ice.

“You focus on the task at hand”, Sarkisian said.

Skeptical or not, USC certainly has the athletes to back up the media’s preseason prediction.

The Bruins received six first-place division votes and two votes to win the league championship. In the North, Stanford earned one vote to win the title game.

At receiver, USC will be without Philadelphia Eagles’ first-round draft pick Nelson Agholor and early departee George Farmer.

Washington and Washington State were picked to finish 4th and 5th respectively in the PAC-12 North.

But the USC coach may have provided the Ducks with a little bulletin board material during the Pac-12 media day event on Friday at Warner Bros. “I don’t want to see him on the injury report anymore. We’re not going to take the field in 13 different uniforms”.

“I took some flak”, said Shaw. Studios. “It’s great. I like when people doubt us as opposed to getting pats on the back. I mean everything changes that first week of the season anyway”. They’re ranked No. 10 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll.

“It doesn’t really matter to us – especially in the Pac-12”, Norris continued.

Last year that burly group opened holes for then-senior Javorius Allen, who ran for a team-leading 1,489 yards.

Arizona State: This is the squad to watch (I have ASU winning the South before Oregon wins comfortably in Santa Clara).

USC was hardly a consensus choice: Five teams received votes as the conference champion. “But I’m delighted for our partners, delighted for us”.

“Yeah, we are delighted that our good partner AT&T successfully acquired DIRECTV”. As part of the celebration, a panel of experts will select the All-Century Pac-12 Football Team.

The South Division, as Whittingham noted, is expected to be a slugfest. “In my opinion, I think everybody knows that”, said Arizona State coach Todd Graham.

Look for electrifying sophomore running back Christian McCaffrey to play a more prominent role with the offense season.

Graham added that one of the obvious and toughest things is to stay healthy. “But when you have to play a guy who is freshman, we spoon feed them”.

UCLA coach Jim Mora also noted the degree of difficulty in the Pac-12 South. It’s something he’s asked about often.

Q. Nine of the 25 most penalized tames last year in FCS were in the Pac-12.

The 2015 season presents an opportunity for the Pac-12 to rush past the SEC. “We’ll be battle-hardened and ready for whatever is next”. The problem is the brutal nature of the Pac-12 and whether the Utes have the physicality to last an entire season at a high level. “There’s no doubt about it”, he said.