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1 overall pick in May's draft . While the Texans were losing to the Jaguars, their fans could have watched the franchise's future on another channel.

It's Thursday morning and with football on hiatus until we discover which third-or-fourth tier bowl game we will land in following Jim Mora's second season in Westwood, the rest of UCLA's squads have been busy, with the #1-ranked women's soccer team advancing to the NCAA tourney semi-final tomorrow.

Amid the hullabaloo of the week -- Sarkisian! Mora? Chris Petersen!? -- the news that probably will have the biggest impact in 2014 in the Pac-12 and nationally was Marcus Mariota 's announcement that he will again be Oregon's quarterback next fall and not enter the NFL draft.

With the Pac-12 Championship Game being held this weekend, along with those for a slew of other conferences, it is time to seriously take a look at the bowl options facing UCLA and the other bowl-eligible teams in the Pac-12.

School: University of Arizona When you started with Bonneville Phoenix: Fall 2008, right before Cardinals Super Bowl run Favorite sports memory: Being at Game 7 of the 2001 World Series with my dad Favorite all-time athlete: Larry Centers Favorite sports movies: The Sandlot, Rookie of the Year, Jerry Maguire Most crushing sports moment: Kurt Warner ... (more)

Just 24 hours after firing running backs coach Steve Broussard, Coach Jim Mora just sent shockwaves around West Coast recruiting trail by making a blockbuster move - bringing on Kennedy Polamalu - ace Trojan assistant/recruiter - as Bruins' new running backs coach.

Rumors are flying all over the Internet that new Southern Cal Head Coach Steve Sarkisian has offered UCLA offensive line coach/ace recruiter Adrian Klemm a great deal of money to coach at Southern Cal.

Check out the combined stats for the Weas from yesterday's game: I'm willing to give "Tavid" a little bit of a break on yesterday's low rebound numbers--after all, if you let your opponent shoot 53% from the field, there aren't as many missed shots to rebound.

Last week, we talked about some college basketball players who've underachieved to start the 2013-14 season.

Five years ago, if Washington had hired the best assistant from the staff of, say, Texas, and he'd gone 24-21 in league games at the UW, does he get a sniff from the Trojans? Or think about it like this: In the Apple Cup the other day, Washington State was at its own 28 with 5½ minutes left, down 20-17.

UC Santa Barbara's Alan Williams, right, scores in front of UCLA's Travis Wear, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, in Los Angeles.

There is a basketball game going on at OPUG right now but no one really cares about it.

UCLA tallied its eighth consecutive win to begin the season on Tuesday, piling up its best start to a season since the 2006-07 season, a campaign in which the Bruins made a trip to the Final Four.

Bryce Alford #20 of the UCLA Bruins drives against Kyle Boswell #10 of the UCSB Gauchos at Pauley Pavilion on December 3, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

The highlight of tonight's Big Ten/ACC Challenge slate was supposed to pit two top ten teams against each other.

Nov 2, 2013; Pasadena, CA, USA; UCLA Bruins linebacker Anthony Barr is called for a roughing the passer penalty after a hit on Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Sefo Liufau at Rose Bowl.

The 6-10, 215-pound senior at W.J. Mouat in Abbotsford, Canada led the third-ranked Hawks to a 75-67 win over No.

A pair of Golden State squads step on the floor for the first time in December when the No.

So how this weekly post is goin' to work is a lot like Kyle and I's Tanking Rankings.

The game of football has evolved over the years with different formations. We've had the single-wing, the split-T, the wildcat.