A good look back at Pac-10 Media Day

Published 3:35 pm Friday, July 25, 2008

The Pac-10 held its annual football media day in LA yesterday, and if you haven’t read enough about it already, a good place to go is the Pac-10 blog on espn.com. Ted Miller, formerly of the Seattle PI, did a great job down there, and if you read back over the last few entries you’ll find lots of good links (including a story calling Jake Locker one of the top five playmakers in the conference) and brief recaps on all 10 coaches’ press conferences. Miller also tells a story about Locker putting on a show singing during the dinner last night.

The Huskies were eighth in the preseason media poll, and (this is going to be hard to believe) USC is again the runaway favorite to win the conference. Here’s the breakdown of voting.

First place votes in parentheses (and no, I don’t know who voted for Cal)

1. USC (39) 389

2. Arizona State 330

3. Oregon 295

4. California (1) 274

5. UCLA 204

6. Oregon State 192

7. Arizona 185

8.Washington 139

9. Stanford 76

10. Washington State 61