#pac 12 football championship

When No. 4 USC and No. 12 Utah last met in October, the Utes needed a late fourth-quarter touchdown and successful 2-point conversion to sneak by USC 43-42 and hand the Trojans their only loss of the season. Now, USC (11-1) will have a chance to avenge that loss as it meets Utah (9-3) once again Friday night (December 2), this time in Las Vegas and…

To no one's surprise, the oddsmakers are expecting a close, high-scoring game when USC and UCLA meet on Saturday with a berth in the Pac-12 football championship game on the line. The Trojans are two-point favorites over the host Bruins, and the over-under is 76.5. Last year, UCLA ran away with a 62-33 victory. But the Trojans have a new coaching…

The Pac-12 made a significant change recently when it announced that the division winners would not necessarily be the two participants in its conference football championship game. Instead the two teams with the best conference winning percentage would meet in the title game even if they were from the same division. Whether that affects gamblers'…