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Pac-12 roundtable: Season Preview

The Pac-12 has been doing nothing but making headlines this offseason
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If all of the offseason ongoings of college football, specially stemming from the Pac-12 doesn't have you entertained, then you are a very difficult person to please. 

The Pac-12 has consistently been in the headlines all offseason for numerous reasons. For starters, after firing Clay Helton, USC was able to lure offensive mastermind Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma to be their head coach. Not only did he bring some friends along with him, but he brought in the No. 1 ranked transfer portal class headlined by Caleb Williams, Jordan Addison, and Mario Williams.

Mario Cristobal left Oregon to take the Miami job, making way for Dan Lanning to take over for his first head coaching job. Without even coaching a game yet at Oregon, Lanning has Eugene as one of the hottest recruiting destinations in the country boasting the No. 21 ranked recruiting class. 

However, all of the coaching changes and transfer moves have been greatly overshadowed by the most recent Pac-12 headlines that saw both USC and UCLA announce that they are defecting from the conference, and joining the Big Ten. A move that has triggered a chain of events such as Pac-12 teams looking elsewhere, the Big 12 and Pac-12 flirting with a partnership, and people all over speculating what schools could replace them.

What is even crazier is the fact that the college football season is 35 days away, and we have all been so focused on offseason movements that we seem to be forgetting about the football season itself. That is why I invited the writers from Ducks DigestAll Utes, and All Bruins to talk about some on the field stuff such as who they think will win the conference, win player of the year, be the best newcomer, talk some realignment (of course), and give a little preview about their respective program.