Culver City, Calif. -- The following is a pithy synopsis of the what’s taking place in the Pac-12 South, and our youthful predictions representing apiece team, in the same way as we visited recently with the conference's coaches and players next to Pac-12 football media generation.
COLORADO BUFFALOES
Mike MacIntyre has to balance his wish to revolution things next to Colorado while reminding one and all to facilitate this university has a horrendous football tradition. “When you make for into a encode to facilitate has been trailing you own to own a quantity of culture revolution and revolution is tough every so often. You will own a quantity of kids to facilitate move to commit and a quantity of to facilitate stay reluctant and we've got to comprehend them all departing the same direction…But it wasn't too long previously Colorado was solitary of the top-15 programs in the nation state day in and day improbable.”
Junior spacious receiver Paul Richardson had to watch from the sidelines in the same way as misery an ACL injury after everything else spring. The Buffs certainly missed him after everything else season. “It was a humbling experience not being able to compete with my teammates and you can't help but wonder and think around come again? I can be responsibility to help them. During the offseason I took stage to return heaviness, comprehend stronger, quicker, comprehend healthy so I would be able to help my guys at some point in the offseason approaching into fall camp.”
FORECAST: With Richardson back, the offense will undoubtedly be better as they return their running backs as well. But with truly 4 Pac-12 interior games it will be tough representing Colorado to breakout the foundation of the league this season.
(Pac-12 Media Prediction: 6th in South, 12th overall; DSH Prediction: 6th in North, 11th overall)
UTAH UTES
The Utes hopes representing a special 2013 season are riding on the broad shoulders of 6-6, 245 beat sophomore QB Travis Wilson. Top Coach Kyle Whittingham stressed the substance of quarterback perform representing his team’s victory: “We own not been able to start and varnish a season with the same quarterback representing four straight years, that's been a definite liability representing us. So we own to comprehend a quantity of continuity and thickness next to to facilitate position…We hope Travis Wilson is departing to bring to facilitate representing us.”
Despite a quantity of youthful struggles in the Pac-12 league, Whittingham strongly believes to facilitate Pac-12 association has helped his encode. He asserts to facilitate “about three-quarters of the guys we’ve signed in the precedent two years” were recruited as a effect of the Utes being s Pac-12 team.
Like other coaches in this pass-happy league, Whittingham specifically identified cornerback as an area of trepidation representing his squad. “The three corners to facilitate played representing us after everything else day were all seniors and they played 95% of the snaps at some point in the avenue of the season. So it's a complete rebuild next to the corner position…as much "man" apology as we perform and as much as our apology victory hinges on to facilitate, that's got to be an area to facilitate gets up to zoom very quickly in fall camp and youthful in the season.”
FORECAST: This season the Utes will be unnatural to perform Stanford and Oregon improbable of the Pac-12 North, two teams it had avoided in its chief two years in the league. They are frequent truly 12 starters and suffered their chief trailing season in ten years after everything else season. Things might own to comprehend worse or they comprehend better.
(Pac-12 Media Prediction: 5th in South, 9th overall; DSH Prediction: 5th in South, 10th overall)
ARIZONA WILDCATS
Bidding the Wildcats be able to further their apology this season? Last day, Arizona tolerable 498 yards/game. Top Coach Rodriguez seems to believe to facilitate it was truly inexperience and bad fate to facilitate were the foremost culprits. “We were children next to epoch and certainly we had a a small number of injuries to facilitate hurt us…A lot in life of guys are back, and they’re big, stronger, a little more qualified, certainly; and we're departing to own a little more competition and depth. And optimistically we will be luckier as well with keeping our guys healthy.”
Rodriguez furthermore affirmed to facilitate his apology will perform with a morsel on their shoulder. For their sake, let's hope so. Shouldn't to facilitate be how all defenses perform?
The QB post is still undecided in Tucson and Rodriguez is not tipping his administer as to who is the likely starter. “Mike Scott was so respectable after everything else day. The talents departing to be there…we may well not know the answer by the chief link of weeks…”
FORECAST: Can Junior RB Ka’Deem Carey chase 2,000 yards again? Some own questioned his maturity in the same way as a quantity of off-field incidents. A do again of after everything else year's performance may well be compulsory representing the Wildcats victory as the loss of QB Matt Scott will hurt this team. The apology will likely further (how can they not) but not an adequate amount.
(Pac-12 Media Prediction: 4th in South, 8th overall; DSH Prediction: 4th in South, 9th overall)
ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS
Top Coach Todd Graham is not bashful around his positive team. “It's the unsurpassed football team to facilitate I've still coached and we own industrial. This is a much more mature football team justification promptly. We had a horrendous spring, horrendous summer…I'm excited to be now and we're looking promote to competing representing a Pac-12 Championship, Rose Bowl Championship and ultimately a state championship.”
Graham adamantly asserts to facilitate ASU is looking promote to a brutal month of September wherever the Sun Devils perform Wisconsin, Stanford, USC, and Notre Dame in consecutive weeks. “The horrendous issue around our schedule, all you gotta look after is win 13 games and you will be in concert in a state championship since it's a challenging schedule.Why you look after this, our guys would like to perform in persons games, they're excited around the opportunity and I think they know the latent to facilitate our football team has. Also, the investment to facilitate we own plunk in. So we're looking promote to a championship run and taking it solitary week next to a stage.”
On a characteristic edge, Coach Graham, while indicating he did not exactly support “pay to play”, did seem supportive of the goal of a quantity of supplementary profitable aid to scholar athletes.
ASU DT bidding Sutton brushed sour several get the impression of D-Lineman of the Year competition with much-hyped South Carolina DE Jadevon Clowney. But he admitted to facilitate deciding whether to perform a further day of college football as an alternative of entering the NFL plan was a tough. Among the factors to facilitate persuaded him to return was the anticipation of a very winning season representing the Sun Devils. “We would like to accomplish something to facilitate as soon as again hasn’t been complete now or and I would like to be a part of to facilitate.”
FORECAST: The Sun Devils own large dreams this day comprehend a scheduling break by avoiding Oregon this day, but a rough youthful part of the season will determine the chance of this team. If they live to tell the tale to facilitate September stretch the schedule gets much easier until a gigantic showdown next to UCLA on 11/23. Bidding Sutton leads the unsurpassed defensive line in the league and certainly this team has all the swagger of a team to facilitate believes it will succeed. It is absolutely reasonable to pick ASU to win the Pac-12 South, but the belief now is to facilitate the two LA schools are truly a morsel better.
(Pac-12 Media Prediction: 2nd in South, 4th overall; DSH Prediction: 3rd in South, 6th overall)
USC TROJANS
What the agony happened after everything else day? Top Coach fast lane Kiffin didn’t offer up several excuses as to why USC collapsed after everything else day in the same way as being ranked #1 in the preseason.
“I think we didn't perform very well and we didn't coach very well. When you look after to facilitate, that's come again? Happens. It's not around come again? Someone was wearing or several of to facilitate stuff, it's around not spinning the football larger than, it's around in concert better on third down, it's around in concert better in the red zone than we did after everything else day and tackling better on apology.”
Despite the loss of all-time USC career receptions leader Robert forest, Kiffin is not vexed since he likes come again? He sees from Sophomore Nelson Agholor. “[All-American WR Marquise Lee] missed a quantity of stage at some point in the spring so not single did we distinguish Nelson operate as the No. 2 receiver he was performing as the No. 1 receiver. He's a player with a skill usual and he's a unique delude, very exciting and functioning on the take and he's a horrendous leader already, even though he has truly finished up his chief day.”
The loss of Matt Barkley does destabilize the quarterback view, but Kiffin is rejection hasten to appoint a modern starter. “We're rejection discrete than we were in the spring with our quarterback competition and a lot in life of to facilitate is since we are not tolerable to handiwork with our guys in the summer. So I don't know come again? They're responsibility and how they're performing. All three guys will own a shot...It’s for the most part central representing us to appoint the justification guy.” He likened the post to what time Carson Palmer not here USC and the run ultimately chose Matt Leinart to return him.
Kiffin furthermore inveterate to facilitate he will not be calling the show business this season on offense.
MLB Hayes Pullard seemed content with the changes on the defensive characteristic, noting “Coach [Clancy] Pendergast brings to facilitate swagger that’s been horrendous representing us.”
FORECAST: Last year’s shocking 7-6 season (5-4 in conference) has led to alumni grumblings around fast lane Kiffin and his capability to last Pete Carrol’s bequest next to USC. However the feeling now is to facilitate the demise of Troy has been greatly exaggerated. The Trojans are truly too talented. New Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast is truly come again? USC considered necessary and the Trojans front seven will be refreshed in his attacking schemes. The disgusting line is deep and will be better. The Trojans won’t necessarily be more talented overall than after everything else season, but they are deeper and more gifted of surviving injuries. Like ASU, USC payback greatly by avoiding Oregon on the schedule.
(Pac-12 preseason media prediction: 3rd in South, 5th overall; DSH Prediction: 2nd in South, 4th overall)
UCLA BRUINS
Top Coach Jim Mora is preparing to defend after everything else year’s Pac-12 South championship exclusive of his top running back from after everything else day. “I think to facilitate winning teams, if you're the Minnesota Vikings and you own Adrian Peterson, this generation and age it's around ‘by committee’…will everybody be able to return Johnathan Franklin? No, you don't truly return the leading rusher in UCLA history, but at hand is a belief to facilitate maybe solitary of them can be converted into the then Johnathan Franklin, eventually”.
Is actual Sophomore QB Brett Hundley quick to take his game to the then level? And come again? Does he need to look after to comprehend at hand?
“Brett has all the tools to be a horrendous player...He can holder in the bag and distinguish larger than the line and fling the globe down the take with accuracy and velocity and stroke. He can comprehend improbable of the bag and fling the globe on the move with timing and accuracy. When a perform breaks down, he can run. I think the then step representing Brett and the step to facilitate comes with experience and maturity and having played the game and being plunk in persons situations is to be converted into a better decision maker, a more nippy decision maker.”
The Bruins untried and inexperienced secondary is Mora’s record area of trepidation justification promptly, but he is still positive.
“I am vexed more around the secondary than I still was around the line after everything else year…There’s nonentity. The single guys to facilitate own even played a down are Randall Goforth and Ish [Ishmael Adams] who played a little youthful and followed by he had to redshirt. [Fabian Moreau] didn’t perform...He ran down on a quantity of kickoffs I think...But, if they weren’t talented I might be singing a discrete air.”
FORECAST: There is a modern bearing in Westwood and it does not appear to be departing away anytime soon. The Bruins may well own the for the most part talented disgusting and defensive players in the league in QB Brett Hundley and LB Anthony Barr. It’s troublesome to argue to facilitate UCLA is better than either of the Pac-12 North powers, Stanford and Oregon, both of whom they will visit this day. Nonetheless, we predict the Pac-12 South title will be absolute what time they perform next to USC on November 30th.
(Pac-12 preseason media prediction: 1st in South, 3rd overall; DSH Prediction: 1st in South, 3rd overall)
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