Give the Pac-12 credit: Be it hiring coaches willing to test all logical boundaries when it comes to the transfer portal ... or taking a very, very long time to figure out a new media rights deal ... or returning a ton of experience and upside at quarterback in a year when seemingly everyone else doesn't ... this conference can't help but do things a little differently. That's not always a good thing, but it could be quite a bit of fun for viewers in 2023.
Per Total QBR, four of the top eight returning quarterbacks in college football play in the Pac-12.