ESPN.com · Jan 9, 2017
Five things we learned from Pac-12 bowl season
There didn’t seem to be a lot of mystique about the Pac-12 heading into this bowl season. For the most part, the teams had shown they were what they were, and in the bowls, they continued to do just that.
However, here are a few things we did learn heading into the 2017 season.
1. USC QB Sam Darnold is the Heisman front-runner for 2017: From sportswriters to former players to NFL quarterbacks, the love for Darnold was abound after his Rose Bowl performance.
I like Watching Sam Darnold Play!
Sam Darnold has a chance to go down as the one of the greatest Trojans of All Time...Ice in his veins!
— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) January 3, 2017