Better Know a Conference: Pac 10

As crazy as it sounds football is right around the corner. Yeah. It's true. So over the next few weeks I'll be profiling various College, Pro, and Amateur Football conferences to get everyone caught up to speed. Or waste time. One or the other. Anyway without further ado Part 1 of Better Know a Conference.

The Pac 10 gets the first treatment as its predictable. USC will win the conference for the 8th straight time. Alongside the sun rising, people complaining about taxes, and Sean Hannity being a dick USC ranks up with the modicoms of consistency in the aughts (00s? this decade?). So here's my predicted ranking, whys, and other fun facts

1. USC - Yes USC lost a ton (18 players) but as Pete Carroll keeps spare clones of QBs around Aaron Corp or even uber heralded freshman Matt Barkley coupled with a veteran o-line and Taylor Mays should keep USC humming along. Little known fact USC outscored opponents 94-7 in the 3rd quarter last year.

2. California - The perenial 2nd place team in the Pac 10. This year they have Pac 10's heisman standard beared in Jahvid Best alongside a good D. They're missing a good QB . Little known fact: Quarterbacks are helpful in winning games.

3. Oregon - Last year Oregon surprised everyone when the whooped up on the Big 12 and Ok State. Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly takes over with rising star Jeremiah Masoli trying to compensate for losing the entire o-line. Little Known Fact: Chip is still considered an acceptable first name in Oregon

4. UCLA - Last year UCLA had an up and down year. And by up and down mainly down. Without a QB with knee ligments Norm Chow's offense couldn't get going and Rick Neuheisil hadn't had time to commit recruiting violations. But its year 2 and better things are coming to LA. Little known fact: as part of the Govenators budget cuts UCLA will play without helmets this year.

5. Oregon State - Oregon State won the annual which Pac 10 will USC choke against contest last year behind Jacquizz Rodgers. However turnover on defense might hinder them. I mean it was a defense that gave up 65 to Oregon last year but that's what the previews are telling me. Little known fact Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state. In fact nobody even knows where Oregon State University is.


6. Arizona
7. Arizona State
8. Stanford
9. Washington
10. Washington State

The bottom half of the Pac 10 is too inscruptible to write about. Arizona has the potential to compete for the top half of the Pac 10 but have been so inconsistent that I refuse to respect them. ASU face planted after last year's surprise and still are missing a QB. Stanford can go eat a dick (it knows what it did) and Washington and Washington State were a combined 1-3590 last year which wasn't even statistically possible but yet they achieved it. So that's the Pac 10.