PAC-12 Notes for Week One

PAC-12 North

California Bears

Brock Mansion started the final four games of 2010 but finds himself third on the depth chart starting 2011.

Sophomore walk-on linebacker Dan Camporeale won a starting spot over senior Ryan Davis and freshman Chris McCain.

True freshman cornerback Stefan McClure of Vista, California will get time as a backup to junior Marc Anthony.

Oregon

Cornerback Cliff Harris and linebacker Kiko Alonso are out against LSU. Redshirt freshman Terrance Mitchell replaces Harris and senior Dewitt Stuckey fills in for Alonso.

Red shirt freshman Hroniss Grasu and senior Ramsen Golpashin have earned the open starting offensive lineman spots for the Ducks.

Oregon State

Injuries have marred the starting and two-deep roster for the Beavers vs. Sacramento State. Look for Mike Riley to play as many people as he can to evaluate his team in game time situations.

True freshman running back Malcom Agnew will be the Beavers’ starter. Agnew should provide the breakaway pop they will miss now that Jacquizz Rodgers is gone.

Senior cornerback Brandon Hardin is injured, Rashad Reynolds will start in his place.

True freshman wide receiver Brandin Cooks will start against Sacramento.

Stanford

The three new starters on the offensive line for the Cardinal will be junior Sam Schwartzstein at center, redshirt freshman David Yankey at guard, and redshirt Cameron Fleming at right tackle. The Cardinal has two warm-up games before entering conference play against Arizona. This should give the line time to gel.

Three true freshmen will see a lot of playing time against San Jose State: highly recruited linebacker James Vaughters from Stone Mountain, GA, cornerback Wayne Lyons from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and free safety Jordan Richards from Folsom, CA.

Washington

Two freshmen will see the significant snaps at tight end against Eastern Washington, true freshman Austin Seferian-Jenkins from Fox Island, WA, and redshirt freshman Michael Hartvigson.

Freshmen and sophomores line the two-deep chart: DT Danny Shelton, DE Josh Shirley, LB John Timu, and LB Princeton Fuimaono to name a few.

Washington has two warm-up games before traveling to Nebraska for their 2010 tie-breaker.

Washington State

Only two freshmen made the two-deep chart for the Cougars: LB Chester Su’a from Pearl City, HI, and cornerback Spence Waseem from Apopka, FL.

No surprise that C.J. Mizell is the starter at MLB.

Washington State plays Idaho State this week and gets another tune-up game against UNLV before facing a possible tough test against San Diego State on the road.

PAC-12 South

Arizona

Three true freshmen made the two-deep chart on defense for the Wildcats: linebacker Rob Hankins (starter) from Dallas, TX, linebacker Hank Hobson from Bakersfield, CA, and cornerback Cortez Johnson from New Orleans, LA.

University of Texas transfer, wide receiver Dan Buckner (6’4”, 220 lbs), made the four deep receiver rotation. Look for his size and speed to be a difficult matchup for opposing defenses all season.

Arizona plays Northern Arizona before traveling to Oklahoma State next week.

Arizona State

Arizona State easily won their game against UC Davis Thursday night 48-14. UC Davis started playing in the final quarter but not before ASU was well on their way to amassing 517 total yards of offense.

ASU is still waiting on Omar Bolden, Brandon Magee, and Deantre Lewis to return from their injuries. If the Sun Devils can get to full strength before conference play in week four at home versus USC. The rest of the PAC-12 better watch out.

Colorado

True freshman cornerback Greg Henderson from Corona, CA, will start for the Buffaloes against Hawaii. True freshman Kyle Washington from Pasadena, CA will see time as the backup strong safety.

Jon Embree will alternate Daniel Munyer and Gus Handler at center.

UCLA

No big surprises for UCLA. Wide receiver Taylor Embree has a calf injury and may see limited action against Houston.

USC

Lane Kiffin is still looking for his starting running back, Marc Tyler is suspended for the game against Minnesota. Dillion Baxter, Curtis McNeal, D.J. Morgan and true freshman Amir Carlisle should all see time against the Gophers.

Walk-on redshirt freshman quarterback John Manoogian is listed as Matt Barkley’s backup.

Look for USC to try several players out on offense and defense before entering conference play next week against Utah. Kiffin will look for several players to separate themselves from the back against University of Minnesota.

Utah

Utah had an easy win over Montana State but did not look impressive. Utah jumped out to an early 17 point lead in the first quarter going tying 10-10 from the second quarter to the end of the game. Norm Chow did not open up the playbook but one still has to wonder how Utah will fair next week on the road at USC. 

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