SPORTS
Friday, July 31, 2015
East Oregonian
Pac-12 Football
Larry Scott,
Pac-12
Commission-
er, speaks
during Pac-12
Football
Media Days,
Thursday,
July 30, 2015,
in Burbank,
Calif.
8S& picNed to Zin conference title
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
B85BAN., &alif. ²
Southern &alifornia Zas
picNed to Zin its ¿rst Pac-12
football title since 2008
in a preseason media poll
Thursday.
The Trojans received 21 of
45 votes for the title, edging
defending champion Oregon.
The 'ucNs got 1 votes for
the top spot and Zere picNed
to Zin the North division,
Zhile 8S& is favored to Zin
the South.
Oregon has Zon four
of the last six league titles,
reaching the national cham-
pionship game last season.
Stanford, Zhich Zon the
croZn in 2012 and 2013, Zas
picNed to ¿nish second in
the North division ahead of
&alifornia.
“<ou NnoZ everybody
is going to be better than
they Zere a year ago,´ said
Stanford coach 'avid ShaZ,
Zho has TuarterbacN .evin
2015 Preseason Media Poll
First place votes in parentheses
NORTH
1, Oregon (37)
2, Stanford (8)
3, California
4, Washington
5, Washington St.
6, Oregon St.
Pts
262
231
174
129
89
60
Hogan bacN for another year.
“It’s going to be an insane
year in our conference Zith
the teams Ze have and the
players Ze have.´
While 8S& has 16
returning starters from coach
Steve SarNisian’s debut team
last season, TuarterbacN &ody
.essler liNely is the biggest
factor in the selection. The
proli¿c passer is bacN for his
third season as the Trojans’
starter, Zhile Oregon must
replace Heisman Zinner
0arcus 0ariota.
“8S& Zill be one of the
better teams in the country,´
Washington coach &hris
Petersen said.
SOUTH
1, USC (32)
2, Arizona St. (7)
3, UCLA (6)
4, Arizona
5, Utah
6, Colorado
PTS
254
200
180
155
105
46
8S& Zas hardly a
consensus choice: Five teams
received votes as the confer-
ence champion.
8S& hadn’t been picNed
to Zin the league since
2012, Zhen the Trojans Zere
the preseason No. 1. They
¿nished -6 and unranNed,
and coach /ane .if¿n Zas
¿red less than a year later.
Arizona State Zas picNed
second in the loaded South
division. The Sun Devils are
just ahead of 8&/A, Zhich
has beaten crosstoZn rival
8S& three straight times.
Arizona, Zhich Zon the
South last year, is picNed
fourth in the division.
BARRS-WOODS: Hyphen added to honor mother
Continued from 1B
¿rst tZo seasons at Oregon
State, living up to his billing
as one of the nation’s top
prep linemen, and could play
any position on the line.
“I expect Isaac to start
camp the ¿rst day and be
ready to go, Zhich is great,´
$ndersen said. “I don’t Zant
to see him on the injury
report anymore. We’re past
that. No young man in the
country deserves to have an
opportunity to play football
again (more) than him.
Nobody has ZorNed harder.´
Barrs-Woods also has
ZorNed to be the centerpiece
of the offense, including
changing his mindset on and
off the ¿eld. When Barrs-
Woods Zas sharing the bacN-
¿eld Zith Sean 0annion,
the Pac-12’s career leader in
yards passing, he could defer
to the veteran TuarterbacN.
NoZ
Barrs-Woods
has to be more focused in
his duties to maNe things
easier for potential starting
TuarterbacNs Seth &ollins,
0arcus 0c0aryion or NicN
0itchell.
“It just magni¿es Zhat I
have to do even more, because
the room for error is not as
big,´ Barrs-Woods said. “With
Sean 0annion bacN there,
$ll-$merican TuarterbacN,
NF/ TuarterbacN, he pretty
much NnoZs everything.
Not saying these young guys
Zon’t, but they don’t have
as much experience, so it is
just my job to help on pass
(protection), catch every
single ball, run the ball. That is
the Zay I can help those guys
the most, by controlling the
clocN and helping play-action
get set up.´
$ndersen tooN a similarly
conservative approach at
Wisconsin, riding 0elvin
Gordon for 4,196 yards
rushing and 41 touchdoZns
over the last tZo seasons.
A self-professed “sports
junNie,´ Barrs-Woods Zas
Zatching Gordon long before
Andersen became Oregon
State’s coach, measuring his
production against the best in
the nation.
“I’m a competitor, too,´
Barrs-Woods said. “I Zould
looN at my stats, see Zhat
the other running bacNs did.
Of course 0elvin bleZ me
out of the Zater. Seeing a
guy liNe him and (Georgia
running bacN Todd) Gurley
Zas so exciting.´
Besides adding to his
2,250 career yards rushing
and 24 touchdoZns, Barrs-
Woods Zill also have a
neZ addition to the bacN
of his jersey this season,
hyphenating his last name to
recognize his mother, Faith
Barrs.
+oZever, Barrs-Woods
Zon’t legally change his
name until after the season.
There are limits to hoZ busy
Barrs-Woods plans to be this
fall.
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Mark J. Terrill
Pac-12 commish: No expansion
plans, but bright future ahead
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
B85BAN., &alif. ²
Pac-12 &ommissioner /arry
Scott envisions ¿erce compe-
tition, Heisman Trophy
challengers and national
championship bids for his
loaded football conference in
the next feZ years.
Scott doesn’t expect any
neZ members, hoZever.
“I do not see us expanding
in the foreseeable future,´
Scott said Thursday Zhile
opening the Pac-12’s media
days. “We are delighted
Zith 12 schools. It’s ZorNed
exceedingly Zell for us.´
Scott projected optimism
and contentment at Warner
Bros. Studios as the Pac-12
heads into its 100-year
anniversary
celebration.
He believes the league is
gaining the national respect it
deserves, and he is optimistic
that ATT’s merger Zith
DirecT9 Zill alloZ the Pac-12
NetZorNs to increase its distri-
bution to a less embarrassing
portion of the nation.
But the conference hasn’t
expanded since adding Utah
and &olorado before the
2011 season, and it Zon’t be
putting out the Zelcome mat
soon. After considering addi-
tional expansion in previous
years, particularly Zhen the
Big 12 appeared to be on the
verge of disintegration, Scott
noZ believes the current
format provides an optimal
balance of tough league
games and nonconference
opportunities.
“As a 12-team conference
playing nine conference
games, this is an interesting
distinction betZeen us and
some other conferences,´
Scott said. “This is Zhy
I’m con¿dent standing up
and saying no one has got
a tougher schedule than
the Pac-12, and the Pac-12
champion has got the
toughest road, because there
aren’t many misses that you
can have Zithin your confer-
ence.´
The Pac-12’s football
rise isn’t just the product of
the optimism of a perpetu-
ally upbeat commissioner.
0arcus 0ariota’s Heisman
Trophy victory and Oregon’s
appearance in the national
championship game Zere
just the latest manifestations
of the West &oast league’s
rise in quality and esteem.
Oregon State coach Gary
Andersen demonstrated its
draZ Zhen he left Big Ten
poZerhouse Wisconsin after
just tZo seasons to taNe over
the Beavers, a solid program
that’s mostly NnoZn nation-
ally for being perpetually in
the DucNs’ shadoZ. Granted,
Andersen is a native West-
erner Zho got to be closer to
home, but the Pac-12’s spot-
light is undeniably attractive.
“I absolutely have felt
a huge sZing in the last
tZo years,´ Andersen said.
“During those tZo years
I Zas in the 0idZest, the
Pac-12 has gained a ton of
respect nationally, (and) it’s
because of the investment
in athletics as a Zhole, is
my opinion. It gives you the
opportunity to taNe better
care of the Nids. If you play
in the Pac-12, you play at
Oregon State, you deserve to
have the best of the best.´
Scott also said the
Pac-12 prides itself on tough
nonconference schedules,
but doesn’t believe it hurts
the West &oast schools’
chances in the &ollege Foot-
ball Playoff.
“I thinN noZ Ze’re being
reZarded for that strength
of schedule, and part of it is
(having) 12 (teams),´ Scott
said. “When you go beyond
12, you’re going to dilute
someZhat. <ou’re going
to have more erratic types
of schedules Zithin your
conference.´
The Pac-12’s coaches
realize that collective success
carries an individual price,
hoZever.
The league landed six
teams in the preseason
coaches’ poll, topped by
defending champion Oregon
at No. 5 and preseason media-
poll favorite Southern &ali-
fornia at No. 10. The South
division appears particularly
loaded, Zith U&/A, Arizona
State, defending champion
Arizona and Utah all looNing
liNe contenders.
“I Zould not be shocNed
if this is the year Ze have a
conference championship
Zith a team in there that has
tZo losses,´ said Stanford
coach David ShaZ, Zho led
his second straight team to
the 5ose BoZl in January
2014.
“TalNing to those (selec-
tion) committee members,
they recognize hoZ dif¿cult
this conference is. If you can
come out of this conference
as a conference champion,
you’re going to get into that
four-team playoff because of
the road you have to travel.´
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