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Hey, the Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic teams were announced yesterday. Check ‘em out!

The big news yesterday was that Cal relieved Jeff Tedford of his duties as head football coach. As our Bryan Fischer explains, Tedford did a whole lot for Cal and should be held in high regard. Best of luck to Tedford in the future.

People thought Stanford would take a step back when Toby Gerhart left – nope. People thought Stanford would take a step back when Jim Harbaugh left – nope. People thought Stanford would take a step back when Andrew Luck left – not so fast. As Kevin Gemmell writes, Stanford is proving to be a reliable investment.

Want to re-live the Oregon victory, Stanford fan? Sure you do! So watch the latest Cardinal Channel “How We Do It” video entitled “Resolve”.

Despite the Card’s great game plan against Oregon, Oregon State head coach Mike Riley says there is no magic formula to beating Oregon.

How ’bout these redshirt freshmen quarterbacks? UCLA has one of ‘em in Brett Hundley, who is really syncing up with his receivers.

The Territorial Cup between Arizona and Arizona State is a deep-seated rivalry that goes back to the 19th century. Emotions will be high, so Todd Graham and RichRod want their respective teams to focus on the football game itself.

Take a trip down memory lane with House of Sparky as the blog re-visits the five best wins for the Sun Devils against the Wildcats.

What do you think of the red helmets Arizona will be donning for the Territorial Cup? I like these bad boys better than the copper tops, which were pretty tight in their own right.

Matt Barkley returned to USC with hopes of winning a national title and potentially grab a Heisman Trophy in the process. Neither will happen, but Matt Barkley still has no regrets about returning to Troy.

Although Barkley won’t play on Saturday, fear not, Trojan fan, for backup quarterback Max Wittek is predicting an upset of No. 1 Notre Dame.

Despite beating the Trojans earlier this month, the Ducks gave up a lot of yardage to Barkley and his receivers, and the ghost of that USC performance lingers as Oregon prepares to face Markus Wheaton and Brandin Cooks. Or, as Nick Aliotti calls them, No. 2 and No. 7.

As his amazing play against Colorado showed, Washington’s Kevin Smith is back after suffering an injury in preparation for last year’s Alamo Bowl.

In order for Washington State to beat Washington, the Cougars must stop Bishop Sankey and the counter runs.

Kyle Whittingham says Utah is not treating the Colorado game as a bowl game because, well, it isn’t one.

It’ll be Senior Day in Boulder on Friday afternoon, and Jon Embree wants the Buffs seniors to play for each other to try to put up a second win on the board for 2012.

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