1. Athlon Sports has a list of five bold predictions for the Pac-12 football season. The first two are bold in a very good way- that the Pac-12 will end its CFP dry spell and produce a Heisman Trophy winner. Unfortunately, the author bestows both honors to lame duck USC on their way out of the conference. He does list UW among the favorites for the conference, but picks Oregon State to make the title game ahead of the Dawgs. The place where he comes down squarely in UW’s favor is in his final prediction- that Michael Penix will be one of three Pac-12 QBs drafted in the first round, alongside Caleb Williams and Bo Nix.