From the best performances to the best Mike Leach quotes, Jon Wilner breaks down the first half of the Pac-12 football season.
Theme of the midseason I: Playoff positioning
The season started with such promise (11-0 in Week One) but the outlook has grown somewhat bleak for the conference, which has no undefeated teams and a collective margin-for-error thinner than the icing on a cupcake.
Two of the three one-loss teams, Washington and Washington State, have ultra-weak non-conference schedules that won’t play well in the committee room at decision time.
The third one-loss team, USC, seemingly has too many difficult games remaining (starting this week) to finish with one loss.