Dec 20, 2020
The Pac-12’s regular season concluded in the most appropriate fashion: a sloppy championship game upset on Friday night, followed by as much chaotic beauty that could be crammed into an abridged Saturday slate.
The Oregon Ducks are your 2020 champions, retaining their crown by knocking off previously unbeaten USC at the Coliseum. Saturday provided a suitable coda, with three entertaining matchups to give fans something to miss ahead of a long offseason. Once more, with feeling: Let’s recap all that went down in Pac-12 country.
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Team of the week: In many ways, Oregon is the most fitting champion the league could have this season. The Ducks this year have looked at times disinterested and often self-destructive, but rose to the occasion after outside influences forced North champion Washington out of the title game. Playing against another flawed team in USC, Oregon made fewer mistakes, won the battle in the trenches and staved off a last-