How many new coaches will there be in the PAC-12 this offseason?
Maybe they'll all keep their jobs, but Oregon's rise to dominance in the PAC-10 is leading the alumni at several schools to bicker and murmur about the relative lack of success their coaches have had over the last four years.
While the Ducks are playing for a national title and Stanford for a BCS bowl, Arizona State and Washington are scrambling to make a bowl. UCLA enters their rivalry game at 4-7, 2-6. Cal and Washington State are bowlless, and the Beavers, at 5-6, have to engineer a big upset to achieve a .500 season. Progress has been slow around the conference, and patience is wearing thin on the message boards.
Will Jim Harbaugh leave for Michigan or the 49ers? If the Cougars lose the Apple Cup, is that it for Paul Wulff? If ASU loses again to Arizona, is that it for Dennis Erickson? The Sun Devils could be much improved in 2011, and it's an attractive job in many ways. Rick Neuheisel's best record at UCLA is 7-6, and he's had two years of 3-6 in conference, and no chance of improving that this season.
The post mortems after rivalry Saturday will be very telling in the PAC-10/12
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