Someone other than Kevin Parrom will have to take this shot. And it has to go in this time.
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Life is more interesting when your team is in the March Madness conversation. Arizona Wildcats fans have a little more pep in their college basketball step as they prepare for this week’s games.

Washington stands alone atop the Pac-12 standings but will the Huskies’ path be as clear after a night on the blurry floor of the Matthew Knight Arena?

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Jared Cunningham and the Beavers have enjoyed playing Sean Miller’s teams.
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After two weeks of Pac-12 basketball it wasn’t a shock that only one team still had a perfect conference record. It was a surprise that the one team was Colorado.

But then you realize the Buffaloes are the only Pac-12 school that played the first two weekends at home.

That changes this week as Colorado hits the road while the other four teams in the top half of the league return home. Will there be a new conference leader when the final buzzer sounds Sunday night?

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The Oregon Ducks have been dragged down by BCS pressure.
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It’s going to be a different holiday season for the Arizona Wildcats.

Three years isn’t long in the grand scheme of bowl things but it was the second-longest active streak in the old Pac-10 and holiday traveling was a welcome addition to the life of UA football fans.

We’ll have to get by on watching other teams play in bowl games, and this year the Granddaddy of Them All is by far the biggest one as far as Oregon and the rest of the Pac-12 is concerned.

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This is how you score six points on one play.
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It’s the Game of the Century, West Coast edition!

Last week was all about Louisiana State and Alabama in the SEC. This week the Pac-12’s two best teams get their turn in the spotlight.

(Well, the portion of the spotlight not glaring on Penn State. I don’t blame anyone who doesn’t feel like watching college football this weekend.)

Alabama still has numbers on its helmets. Oregon has as many different helmets as there are numbers.

Stanford is an academic giant. LSU can’t spell “Go.”

Les Miles eats grass. Chip Kelly’s players possess grass.

Yep, Cardinal v. Ducks will be just like Crimson Tide v. Tigers…but with touchdowns.

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It only seemed like Nick Foles started every play with a Duck around his ankle.
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The top-10 gauntlet is over.

Now Arizona Wildcats fans should hope the entire season goes like the Oregon game.

Wait…What?!

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