The last time the Pac-12 had a Saturday in November as consequential in the national conversation as it did in Week 12, California was little more than rows of orange groves and a few small studios churning out talking pictures.
OK, maybe it wasn't quite that long ago, but it's been a while since the Pac-12 was center stage at this point in the season, and on Saturday, the league delivered.
USC and UCLA traded haymakers in a shootout with playoff implications.
Oregon and Utah traded frustrations in a defensive battle in which both QBs struggled to find traction.