2011 Pac-12 Conference football season explained

2011 Pac-12 Conference football season
Color:	193980
Color Text:	white
League:	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport:	American football
Pixels:	110px
Duration:	September 2011 through January 2012
No Of Teams:	12
Draft:	2012 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2012 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
Picked By:	Indianapolis Colts, 1st overall
Season:	Regular season
Conf1:	North
Conf1 Champ:	Oregon Ducks Stanford Cardinal
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Washington Huskies
Conf2:	South
Conf2 Champ:	UCLA Bruins
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Utah Utes Arizona State Sun Devils
Finals:	Pac-12 Championship Game
Finals Link:	2011 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Finals Champ:	Oregon Ducks
Finals Runner-Up:	UCLA Bruins
Finals Mvp:	LaMichael James (RB)
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2010
Nextseason Year:	2012

The 2011 Pac-12 Conference football season began on September 1, 2011 with Montana State at Utah and UC Davis at Arizona State. The conference's first game was played on September 10 with Utah at USC, and the final game played was the Pac-12 Championship Game on Friday, December 2. Oregon defeated UCLA^[1] to claim their third straight conference title. This is the first season for the conference as a 12-team league. In July 2011, Colorado and Utah joined the conference, at which time the league's name changed from the Pacific-10 Conference.

Seven teams accepted bowl bids, an improvement from four the previous season. The BCS bowls featured Oregon in the Rose Bowl against Big Ten champion Wisconsin and Stanford facing Big 12 champion Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl. The Ducks claimed their first Rose Bowl victory since 1917, while the Cardinal fell to the Cowboys in overtime. Of the non-BCS bowl participants, only Utah won their matchup against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl.

Four teams changed head coaches. Arizona head coach Mike Stoops was fired midseason, while UCLA's Rick Neuheisel, Arizona State's Dennis Erickson, and Washington State's Paul Wulff were let go at the end of the season.

Previous season

Oregon repeated as the conference champion, ending the regular season with a program-first twelve wins and with a #2 BCS ranking. The Ducks earned a berth in the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, which they lost to SEC Champion Auburn. Stanford repeated as the conference runner-up, ending the regular season with a program-first eleven wins (their sole loss was to Oregon) and with a #4 BCS ranking, giving them an at-large BCS berth. The Cardinal defeated ACC Champion Virginia Tech in the 2011 Orange Bowl. Arizona lost to Oklahoma State while Washington defeated Nebraska in non-BCS bowls.

Preseason

2011 Pac-12 Spring Football:North Division

• California, Tue., March 15 – Sun., April 24
• Oregon, Mon., March 28 – Sat., April 30
• Oregon State, Mon., March 28 – Sat., April 30
• Stanford, Mon., Feb. 21 – Sat., April 9
• Washington, Tue., March 29 – Sat., April 30
• Washington State, Mon., March 7 – Sat., April 16

South Division

• Arizona, Mon., March 21 – Sat., April 16
• Arizona State, Tue., March 22 – Sat., April 23
• Colorado, Fri., March 11 – Sat., April 9
• UCLA, Thu., March 31 – Sat., April 23
• USC, Tue., March 22 – Sat., April 16
• Utah, Tue., March 8 – Sat., April 16

Head coaches

• Mike Stoops (first six games)/Tim Kish (last six games), Arizona
• Dennis Erickson, Arizona State
• Jeff Tedford, California – 5th year
• Jon Embree, Colorado – 1st year
• Chip Kelly, Oregon – 3rd year
• Mike Riley, Oregon State – 10th year

• David Shaw, Stanford – 1st year
• Rick Neuheisel (regular season and Pac-12 Championship Game – 4th year/Mike Johnson (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl), UCLA
• Lane Kiffin, USC – 2nd year
• Kyle Whittingham, Utah – 7th year
• Steve Sarkisian, Washington – 3rd year
• Paul Wulff, Washington State – 4th year

• David Shaw took over as head coach of the Stanford Cardinal after Jim Harbaugh was hired as head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.
• Mike Stoops was fired as head coach of the Arizona Wildcats on October 10 after starting the season 1–5 (their sole victory was against FCS Northern Arizona). Including the previous season, the Wildcats under Stoops had lost 10 consecutive games against FBS opponents, with their last victory over a FBS team taking place nearly a year earlier on October 30, 2010 against UCLA. They had then lost their final four games and the Alamo Bowl. Defensive Coordinator Tim Kish was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2] Former Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez was named the new head coach on November 22.^[3]
• Rick Neuheisel was fired as head coach of the UCLA Bruins on November 28, but coached his final game in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game on December 2.^[4] Offensive coordinator Mike Johnson will coach the Bruins in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.^[5] On December 10, 2011, Jim L. Mora was named new head coach of the Bruins.^[6]
• Arizona State announced on November 28 that Dennis Erickson will not return the following year as head coach, but will coach the Sun Devils in their bowl game.^[7] Former Pittsburgh head coach Todd Graham was announced as Erickson's successor on December 14.^[8]
• Paul Wulff was fired as the head coach of the Washington State Cougars on November 29.^[9] He was succeeded by former Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach on November 30.^[10]

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Arizona	AP	RV	RV
C	RV	RV
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	22	RV	25	22	18	24	23	20	RV	RV
C	RV	23	18	RV	RV	24	20	25	20	18	RV	RV
Harris	Not released						19	23	20	19	RV	RV
BCS	Not released								21	19
California	AP				RV
C		RV	RV	RV
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
Colorado	AP
C
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
Oregon	AP	3	13	12	10	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	4	9	8	6	4
C	3	14	14	13	11	9	9	8	7	6	6	4	9	7	5	4
Harris	Not released						9	9	7	6	6	4	9	7	5
BCS	Not released							10	7	8	7	4	10	9	5
Oregon State	AP
C	RV
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
Stanford	AP	7	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	4	4	3	8	4	4	4	7
C	6	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	9	5	4	4	7
Harris	Not released						7	7	4	4	3	7	4	3	4
BCS	Not released							8	6	4	4	9	6	4	4
UCLA	AP
C
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
USC	AP	25	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	21	18	18	10	9	5	6
C	Ineligible for ranking
Harris	Not released						Ineligible for ranking
BCS	Not released							Ineligible for ranking
Utah	AP	RV	RV		RV	RV
C	RV	RV		RV	RV							RV	RV
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released
Washington	AP	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
Harris	Not released						RV	25	RV	RV	RV
BCS	Not released							25
Washington State	AP
C
Harris	Not released
BCS	Not released

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost
Pac-12 teams in bold

Week fourteen (Pac-12 Championship Game)

Pac-12 vs. BCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Winning Team	Notes
September 3	Minnesota	25 USC	USC	USC quarterback Matt Barkley and wide receiver Robert Woods set school records for completions and receptions, respectively.^[11]
September 3	3 Oregon	4 LSU	LSU	In the Cowboys Classic at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Oregon running back LaMichael James became the school's career rushing leader.^[12]
September 8	Arizona	9 Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	In a rematch of the 2010 Alamo Bowl, Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon extended his NCAA record streak of at least 100 receiving yards for the 14th straight game.^[13]
September 9	21 Missouri	Arizona State	Arizona State	Arizona State ended Missouri's 22 non-conference game winning streak in overtime.^[14]
September 10	Oregon State	8 Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin had its first shutout victory since 2009.^[15]
September 10	6 Stanford	Duke	Stanford	Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck tied Jim Plunkett for the second-most wins in school history.^[16]
September 17	23 Texas	UCLA	Texas	Texas defeated UCLA for the first time since 1971.^[17]
September 17	Washington	11 Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska had its straight non-conference home win.^[18]
September 17	22 Arizona State	Illinois	Illinois	Illinois had its first victory over Arizona State after losing in the two previous meetings.^[19]
September 17	Syracuse	USC	USC	In the teams' first meeting since 1990, the Trojans improved their record against the Orange to 3–0.^[20]
September 24	Colorado	Ohio State	Ohio State	The teams met for the first time since 1986.^[21] Colorado's record road losing streak was extended to 19 games.^[22]
October 15	Utah	Pittsburgh	Utah	Utah's record against Pitt improved to 3–0 and their record against the Big East Conference remained undefeated at 9–0.^[23]
October 22	USC	Notre Dame	USC	USC had its ninth victory in the ten most recent games of the Notre Dame – USC rivalry in the first night game at Notre Dame Stadium in 21 years.^[24]
November 26	22 Notre Dame	4 Stanford	Stanford	Stanford's third consecutive victory in the Notre Dame – Stanford rivalry. Quarterback Andrew Luck set new records for single-season touchdown passes, career touchdown passes, and total offense, and became only the third quarterback to defeat the Irish three straight times.^[25]

Bowl games

Pac-12 teams played in the following bowl games.^[26] Pac-12 teams are bolded.

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Time (PST)	Team	Score	Team	Score
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas	December 22	Sam Boyd Stadium	Whitney, Nevada	ESPN	5:00 PM	8 Boise State	56	Arizona State	24
Holiday Bowl	December 28	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego, California	ESPN	5:00 PM	Texas	21	California	10
	December 29	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN	6:00 PM	15 Baylor	67	Washington	56
Sun Bowl	December 31	Sun Bowl Stadium	El Paso, Texas	CBS	11:00 AM	Utah	30	Georgia Tech	27 (OT)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	December 31	AT&T Park	San Francisco, California	ESPN	12:30 PM	Illinois	20	UCLA	14
Rose Bowl	January 2	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, California	ESPN	2:00 PM	6 Oregon	45	9 Wisconsin	38
Fiesta Bowl	January 2	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	ESPN	5:30 PM	3 Oklahoma State	41	4 Stanford	38 (OT)

Players of the week

Following each week of games, Pac-12 conference officials selected the players of the week from the conference's teams.

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special teams
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
9/5/11^[27]	Robert Woods	WR	USC	Desmond Trufant	CB	UW	Erik Folk	PK	UW
9/12/11^[28]	Paul Richardson	WR	COLO	Cort Dennison	LB	UW	Everrette Thompson	DT	UW
9/19/11^[29]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Trevor Reilly	DE	UTAH	Brendan Bigelow	KR	CAL
9/26/11^[30]	LaMichael James	RB	ORE	Shelly Lyons	LB	ASU	Jordan Poyer	PR/KR	ORST
10/3/11^[31]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Alex Hoffman-Ellis	LB	WSU	Jamal Miles	PR/KR	ASU
10/10/11^[32]	LaMichael James	RB	ORE	Lance Mitchell	S	ORST	Clayton York	FB	ORST
10/17/11^[33]	Andrew Luck	QB	STAN	Derrick Shelby	DE	UTAH	Coleman Petersen	PK	UTAH
10/24/11^[34]	Sean Mannion	QB	ORST	Scott Crichton	DE	ORST	John Bonano	PK	ARIZ
10/31/11^[35]		RB	UW		S	UCLA	Eric Whitaker	PK	STAN
11/7/11^[36]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Eddie Pleasant	DB	ORE	Sean Sellwood	P	UTAH
11/14/11^[37]	Connor Halliday	QB	WSU	Travis Sandersfeld	DB	COLO	Marqise Lee	KR/WR	USC
11/21/11^[38]	Marqise Lee	WR	USC	Hayes Pullard	LB	USC	Coleman Petersen	PK	UTAH
11/28/11^[39]	Matt Barkley	QB	USC	Jon Major	LB	COLO	Giorgio Tavecchio	PK	CAL

Position key

Center	C		Cornerback	CB		Defensive back	DB		Defensive end	DE
Defensive lineman	DL		Defensive tackle	DT		Guard	G		Kickoff returner	KR
Offensive tackle	OT		Offensive lineman	OL		Linebacker	LB		Long snapper	LS
Punter	P		Placekicker	PK		Punt returner	PR		Quarterback	QB
Running back	RB		Safety	S		Tight end	TE		Wide receiver	WR

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	Arizona Stadium	57,803	51,761^[40]	49,636^[41]	56,096^[42]	46,565^[43]	50,839^[44]	38,819^[45]			293,716	48,953	84.69%
Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium	73,379	45,671^[46]	70,236^[47]	61,495^[48]	57,437^[49]	53,168^[50]	72,694^[51]	52,350^[52]		413,051	59,007	80.41%
California	AT&T Park	41,915	33,952^[53]	44,043^[54]	35,182^[55]	35,506^[56]	39,602^[57]				188,285	37,657	89.85%
Colorado	Folsom Field	53,613	49,532^[58]	51,928^[59]	52,123^[60]	50,083^[61]	48,111^[62]				251,777	50,355	93.92%
Oregon	Autzen Stadium	54,000	58,818^[63]	58,847^[64]	58,796^[65]	60,055	59,126^[66]	59,933^[67]	59,802^[68]	59,376^[69]	474,753	59,344	109.90%
Oregon State	Reser Stadium	45,674	41,581^[70]	44,352^[71]	40,403^[72]	42,584^[73]	42,835^[74]	42,766^[75]			254,521	42,420	92.88%
Stanford	Stanford Stadium	50,000	47,816^[76]	50,360^[77]	50,360^[78]	50,360^[79]	50,360^[80]	50,360^[81]	50,360^[82]		349,976	49,997	99.99%
UCLA	Rose Bowl	91,136	42,685^[83]	54,583^[84]	64,217^[85]	55,604^[86]	65,438^[87]	57,334^[88]			339,861	56,644	62.15%
USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	93,607	68,273^[89]	73,821^[90]	65,873^[91]	63,707^[92]	93,607^[93]	64,756^[94]	93,607^[95]		523,644	74,806	79.91%
Utah	Rice-Eccles Stadium	45,017	45,311^[96]	45,412^[97]	45,089^[98]	45,017^[99]	45,039^[100]	45,026^[101]			270,894	45,149	100.29%
Washington	Husky Stadium	72,500	58,088^[102]	63,252^[103]	60,437^[104]	62,147^[105]	59,825^[106]	69,407^[107]	64,559^[108]		437,715	62,531	87.19%
Washington State	Martin Stadium	35,117	22,034^[109]	27,018^[110]	30,843^[111]	49,219^[112]	27,213^[113]	16,419^[114]			172,746	28,791	71.21%

Due to reconstruction at California Memorial Stadium, California played their 2011 home games in AT&T Park in San Francisco, California.^[115]
Washington official home game played versus Washington State in Seattle, WA at CenturyLink Field (capacity 67,000) as renovation began on Husky Stadium.^[116]
This was an official Washington State home game played versus Oregon State at CenturyLink Field.^[117]

Notes

• May 26, 2011 – The NCAA upheld all findings and penalties against USC in their infractions case on former players Reggie Bush and O. J. Mayo. The USC football team will not participate in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game or a bowl game.^[118]
• July 18, 2011 – USC running back Marc Tyler was suspended for the season opener against Minnesota for making inappropriate comments to the media.^[119]
• July 27, 2011 – Media Day in Los Angeles.
• November 30, 2011 - Stanford defensive assistant Chester McGlockton, who had been on the coaching staff for the past two seasons, died suddenly in his sleep.^[120]
• November 30, 2011 - The NCAA granted UCLA a waiver to still be bowl-eligible in the event of a loss in the Pac-12 title game to finish at 6-7.^[121] UCLA subsequently accepted a bid to participate in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
• December 5, 2011 - Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris was dismissed from the team for violating team rules. He had already been suspended from the team indefinitely following a traffic stop on October 24 and only played in six games during the season.^[122]
• December 10, 2011 - Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck becomes the fourth player to be a runner up for the Heisman Trophy in consecutive seasons and the first since Arkansas running back Darren McFadden in 2006 and 2007.^[123] In 2010, the award was won by Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and this year it was won by Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. This was the third year in a row that Stanford has had a runner-up for the Heisman (running back Toby Gerhart was the runner up in 2009).
• December 31, 2011 - Washington fires defensive coordinator Nick Holt, linebackers coach Mike Cox, and safeties coach Jeff Mills after the Huskies give up the most yards in school history in a 67-56 loss to Baylor in the Alamo Bowl.^[124]
• January 2, 2012 - Oregon defeats Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl for their first Rose Bowl victory since 1917, setting a record for most total points scored with 83.^[125] Stanford falls to Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl in overtime, giving the Cowboys their first BCS bowl victory.^[126]

Awards and honors

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

Maxwell Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

Walter Camp Player of the Year Award

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

All-Americans

Academic All-America Team Member of the Year (CoSIDA)

• Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford

AFCA Coaches' All-Americans First Team:^[127]

• OL David DeCastro, Stanford
• QB Andrew Luck, Stanford
• AP LaMichael James, Oregon

All-Pac-12 teams

• Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
• Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Mychal Kendricks, LB, California
• Co-Offensive Freshman of the Year: Marqise Lee, WR, USC and De'Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon
• Defensive Freshman of the Year: Dion Bailey, LB, USC
• Coach of the Year: David Shaw, Stanford

First Team:

Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School	Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
Offense				Defense				Specialists
QB	Andrew Luck	Jr.	Stanford	DL	Dion Jordan	Jr.	Oregon	PK	Andre Heidari	Fr.	USC
RB	LaMichael James	Jr.	Oregon	DL	Star Lotulelei	Jr.	Utah	P	Bryan Anger	Sr.	California
RB	Chris Polk	Jr.	Washington	DL	Nick Perry	Jr.	USC	RS	De'Anthony Thomas	Fr.	Oregon
WR	Keenan Allen	So.	California	DL	Derrick Shelby	Sr.	Utah	ST	Rhett Ellison	Sr.	USC
WR	Robert Woods	So.	USC	LB	Josh Kaddu	Sr.	Oregon
TE	Coby Fleener	Sr.	Stanford	LB	Mychal Kendricks	Sr.	California
OL	Tony Bergstrom	Sr.	Utah	LB	Chase Thomas	Jr.	Stanford
OL	David DeCastro	Jr.	Stanford	DB	Delano Howell	Sr.	Stanford
OL	Matt Kalil	Jr.	USC	DB	T. J. McDonald	Jr.	USC
OL	Jonathan Martin	Jr.	Stanford	DB	Eddie Pleasant	Sr.	Oregon
OL	Mitchell Schwartz	Sr.	California	DB	Nickell Robey	So.	USC

ST=special teams player (not a kicker or returner)

^[128]

All-Academic

First team^[129]

Pos.	Name	School	Yr.	GPA	Major
QB	Andrew Luck	Stanford	RS Jr.	3.48	Architectural Design
RB	Malcolm Jones	UCLA	So.	3.20	Undeclared
RB	John Tyndall	California	Sr.	3.17	Interdisciplinary Studies/Peace & Conflict Studies
WR	Jared Karstetter	Washington State	Sr.	3.61	Zoology
WR	Luke Matthews	Utah	Jr.	3.66	Mass Communication
TE	David Paulson	Oregon	Gr.	3.67	Business
OL	Mark Asper	Oregon	Gr.	3.77	Educational Leadership
OL	Mark Brazinski	California	So.	3.68	Business Administration and Media Studies
OL	Mitchell Schwartz	California	Sr.	3.24	American Studies
OL	Tevita Stevens	Utah	Jr.	3.52	Spanish
OL	Carson York	Oregon	Jr.	3.75	Journalism and Communications
DL	Kevin Frahm	Oregon State	Sr.	3.30	Political Science
DL	Ernest Owusu	California	Sr.	3.31	Political Economy
DL	Will Pericak	Colorado	Jr.	3.43	Business-Finance
DL	Derrick Shelby	Utah	Sr.	3.25	Sociology
LB	Brent Etiz	Stanford	So.	3.52	Economics
LB	Paul Vassallo	Arizona	Sr.	3.48	Pre-Public Health
LB	J.J. Williams	Utah	Sr.	3.42	Economics
DB	Cameron Collins	Oregon State	Sr.	3.48	Business-Finance
DB	Kyle McCartney	Washington State	RS Jr.	3.80	Entrepreneurship
DB	Travis Sandersfeld	Colorado	RS Sr.	3.38	Business-Finance
DB	Greg Walker	Washington	Jr.	3.41	Biology
PK	John Bonano	Arizona	Sr.	3.90	Physiology
P	Sean Sellwood	Utah	Jr.	3.78	Exercise and Sport Science
ST	Brendan Lopez	Washington	Sr.	3.64	Neurobiology

2012 NFL draft

Round	Overall pick	NFL team	Player	Position	College
1	1			Quarterback	Stanford
1	4			Offensive tackle	USC
1	24			Guard	Stanford
1	28			Linebacker	USC
2	34	Indianapolis Colts		Tight end	Stanford
2	37			Offensive tackle	California
2	42			Offensive tackle	Stanford
2	46			Linebacker	California
2	57			Quarterback	Arizona State
2	61			Running back	Oregon
3	70			Punter	California
3	79			Safety	Oregon State
3	88	Philadelphia Eagles		Quarterback	Arizona
3	95			Offensive guard	Utah
4	101	Denver Broncos		Cornerback	Arizona State
4	109	Pittsburgh Steelers		Defensive tackle	Washington
4	128	Minnesota Vikings		Fullback	USC
5	151			Offensive guard	Washington
5	155	Miami Dolphins		Linebacker	Oregon
5	160	Cleveland Browns		Offensive guard	Colorado
5	166			Wide receiver	California
5	168	Oakland Raiders		Wide receiver	Arizona
6	178			Offensive guard	Oregon
7	216			Safety	California
7	219	Minnesota Vikings		Defensive end	California
7	231	Pittsburgh Steelers		Wide receiver	Colorado
7	240	Pittsburgh Steelers		Tight end	Oregon
7	245	Cleveland Browns		Cornerback	Arizona

Notes and References

1. Web site: Additional Pac-12 2011 Football Telecast Windows Announced . Pacific-10 Conference . June 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110621114346/http://pac-10.org/News/tabid/863/Article/226324/additional-pac-12-2011-football-telecast-windows-announced.aspx . 21 June 2011 . dead .
2. Stoops Relieved of Duties . . October 10, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111012090750/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/101011aaa.html . October 12, 2011 .
3. Rodriguez Era Begins in Tucson. University of Arizona Athletics Department. November 22, 2011. December 6, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111128041434/http://www.arizonawildcats.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112211aae.html. November 28, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
4. UCLA Relieves Rick Neuheisel of His Duties as Head Football Coach. UCLA Athletics Department. November 28, 2011. November 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427094122/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112811aab.html. April 27, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
5. UCLA to Face Illinois in 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. UCLA Athletics Department. December 4, 2011. December 5, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121119034952/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120411aab.html. November 19, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
6. UCLA hires NFL vet Jim Mora as new football coach. Rivals.com. December 10, 2011.
7. Sun Devil Football Announces Change of Leadership . . November 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419010131/http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112811aaa.html . 2012-04-19 .
8. Pitt Coach Todd Graham Named Sun Devil Head Coach. Arizona State Athletics Department. December 14, 2011. December 19, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120120145005/http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121411aad.html. January 20, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
9. Washington State fires football coach Paul Wulff. Rivals.com. November 29, 2011.
10. Leach agrees to coach Washington State. Rivals.com. November 30, 2011.
11. Web site: Woods, Barkley Set School Records in USC's 19-17 Win Over Minnesota. USC Athletics Department. September 3, 2011. September 3, 2011.
12. Web site: Tigers Outlast Ducks in Dallas. University of Oregon Athletic Department. September 3, 2011. September 6, 2011.
13. Web site: Justin Blackmon, No. 9 Oklahoma St. romp past Arizona. https://web.archive.org/web/20120104133454/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=312510197. dead. January 4, 2012. ESPN.com. September 10, 2011. September 11, 2011.
14. Web site: Game Notes: Arizona State vs. Missouri. Arizona State University Athletic Department. September 10, 2011. September 11, 2011. https://archive.today/20120715181601/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/091011aae.html. July 15, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
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