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The Pac-12 just had its best year yet but it was two years too late

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LAS VEGAS -- This is what the Pac-12 could have always been -- both over the last decade and in the future.

For over three and a half hours Friday night, the eyes of the college football world were trained on Allegiant Stadium. They witnessed two national title contenders led by a pair of soon-to-be Heisman finalists -- Washington's Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon's Bo Nix -- trade blows in the most high-stakes Pac-12 game of all time.

This was the sport at its best, and more than 11.