2014-15 Football Previews – (Pac-12) – Bruins
Entering the 2014-15 college football season, it’s clear that the Pac-12 South Division is going to be top-heavy as it pertains to the top-tier competition.
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Entering the 2014-15 college football season, it’s clear that the Pac-12 South Division is going to be top-heavy as it pertains to the top-tier competition.
The Stanford Cardinal are the defending Pac-12 champions, and when looking at the north division of the conference, there’s really only one team standing in their way of making it back to the Pac-12 championship game in 2014.
The MLB baseball handicapping season is set to take a break as the All-Star break provides all 30 teams with a four-day break, but there is no break for the alert bettor.
Mark Helfrich’s first year as the head coach of the Oregon Ducks was excellent in many respects. He won 11 games, made it to a bowl game and competed for a Pac-12 title the entire season.
The USC Trojans spent many years dominating the Pac-12, but it’s been Stanford and Oregon who have taken control over the past few seasons. The question now is whether or not new leader Steve Sarkisian can bring this program back to prominence, and if he can, will it happen in his first season roaming the sidelines as head coach?
The Arizona Wildcats are entering their third season under head coach Rich Rodriguez, and they’re making strides toward improvement, having gone 8-5 overall and 4-5 in the Pac-12 both years.
The California Golden Bears are not a good football team. Sorry to be so blunt with fans of Berkeley, but there’s no nice way of saying that this group was not a contender in 2013, and it’s going to be one in 2014.
The Colorado Buffaloes are a ways a way from being competitive in the Pac-12. That was evidenced when they went 4-8 overall last season, and it’s even clearer when you look at their 1-8 record in conference play – a record bad enough for a last-place standing in the Pac-12 South Division.
The Oregon State Beavers are coming off of a 2013 college football season that saw them go 4-5 in conference play, while posting a 7-6 record overall. Recapping the year that was, simply put: It was a roller coaster.
The 2014 NBA draft will be a big day for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers. The big names on most big boards are Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid, but with the recent injury to Embiid, players such as Dante Exum are looking to hear their names called in the top three.
After years of watching the USC Trojans dominate the Pac-12, the conference has become ultra-competitive. The offense-driven group of teams provide entertainment week in and week out, but entering the 2014 college football season, the question is: Who has the edge when it comes to the Pac-12 title?
The NFC North was a major disappointment during the 2013 NFL season. The Green Bay Packers won the division, but they did it with an unimposing 8-7-1 record. This, of course, came after the group had three teams with double-digit wins the year before.
NFL.com’s Adam Schein recently wrote the following about the 2014 NFC South:
“I get paid to have an opinion. That’s how I make a living. The words “I don’t know” usually don’t fly in my world. However, I’m asking for an exception.
Oklahoma City has worked this to a three game series after back to back wins at home. It has been an amazing turnaround given how soundly they were beaten in game two, so much so I am not sure you can put it all on the return of Serge Ibaka.
The Cleveland Browns may have finished 2013 with a 4-12 record (last place in the AFC North), but fans couldn’t be more excited about the upcoming season for one reason: Johnny Manziel.
The 2014 NBA playoffs have reached their version of the Final Four. The Indiana Pacers and the Miami Heat are set to square off out East, while the Oklahoma City Thunder are hoping to take down the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs.