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This week features another Thursday night game for the Pac 12, as well as a collision between north and south favorites. Arizona gets a much needed week off to regroup after the firing of Mike Stoops, and Colorado will make another attempt to end its misery on the road.
Pac 12

USC @ Cal
Line: USC -3
Prediction: USC suffered its only loss this season on the road, and will wear [...]

One flag, one star, one state … one school,” Matthew McConaughey says as he introduces the Longhorn Network in a two-minute promotional video. On Friday night, the Texas Longhorns quietly launched their own behemoth network after much fanfare and controversy. And the opening promo was even more amazing than I expected.[...]

We may have seen the last of Chris Peterson at Boise State.

After Boise State was upset by Nevada in overtime Friday, I wonder if this will be the last season Chris Peterson coaches at Boise State. He has taken Boise State to highs that they will not see again. The media is already against them, so they won’t be ranked as high anymore. The other thing worth mentioning is that Boise State opens the season against a loaded[...]

I could go on forever if I included all the rivalries like USC-Notre Dame, Ohio State-Michigan, so I won’t. I will just stick to the games of importance from a BCS and Conference Championship proseptive:

Thursday:

Texas A&M at Texas. This Turkey Night game is important because Texas must win this game to become bowl eligable. This rivalry just took on a lot more importance. [...]

The top two games of this past week didn’t live up to the hype because Alabama and Oregon blew their games open. As weeks get deeper into conference play, the more important it is to get a win.
Record: 84-15
Game Of The Week
#17 Michigan State Spartans VS #18 Michigan Wolverines
Due to the performances that LSU and [...]

I promised to avoid expansion talk this summer until there was something more than speculation on the table.  I’m breaking that promise, because the latest rumor is just too juicy to resist.
The Pac 10 is prepared to invite six Big 12 schools to join the conference, according to Rivals.com and its sources.  It’s not the [...]

It’s never too early to talk about next year, so here are my power rankings for the 2010-2011 season.

Remember that this is not where I think these teams will be ranked. This is my rankings of how good each team is going into next season.

Missouri Tigers

Preview 2009 New Mexico Opponents: Texas A&M Aggies

Texas A&M used to be a power but they have steadily declined ever since the firing of R.C. Slocum and their latest conference title is the Big XII in 1998.
The Aggies are in year two of the Mike Sherman era begins with no quarterback controversy with the reins given [...]