Pac-12 preview: West Coastline woes for the Large 10, QBs face acquainted foes and five workforce aim for mini-perfection

5 need to have-to-is aware of for Week Three …

1. Massive 10 travel travails

Michigan Condition mentor Mel Tucker stated he was worried sufficient about the excursion to Seattle for the showdown at Washington that his personnel “talked to some experts” about the influence of touring west.

We could have saved him the time: It’s a lengthy way.

The flight from East Lansing to Seattle will deal with just about 2,000 miles and take about 4-and-a-50 % hrs.

A review of current Massive Ten historical past on the West Coastline must give Tucker added purpose to be concerned.

The Hotline examined just about every Significant Ten vs. Pac-12 matchup this century and filtered for the circumstances MSU will experience on Saturday: common-time video games performed in the Pacific Time Zone.

Courting to the 2000 year, the Pac-12 has a 26-10 document in head-to-head matchups from Large Ten opponents in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.

Dig a person more layer, and the disparity gets to be a lot more severe: Big 10 groups are 2-9 in frequent-season games at Washington and Oregon.

Michigan State’s distinct historical past is no better. The Spartans are -3 on the West Coastline through the regular period since 2000, with losses to Cal, Oregon and Arizona State.

2. Hello, previous foe

At the very least a few Pac-12 quarterbacks will face common opponents this weekend.

Utah’s Cameron Climbing was 19-of-32 for 153 yards and 3 touchdowns final 12 months in aid versus San Diego Condition, though the effectiveness was a tad late to rescue the Utes from a 33-31 loss.

Cal’s Jack Plummer completed 25-of-36 passes for 187 yards and a touchdown last yr for Purdue in a 27-13 reduction to Notre Dame.

Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. faced Michigan State twice in the course of his tenure with Indiana and finished 58-of-80 passes for 656 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions.

In addition, Colorado’s Brendon Lewis started towards Minnesota previous calendar year as a freshman — and fared poorly — but the Buffaloes have not announced their starter. (They could decide on JT Shrout.)

3. Chasing mini-perfection

The Pac-12 has a 16-6 document towards other leagues via two months, with 11 game titles on the program for Saturday and a few more later in the year.

5 groups are in placement Saturday to protected 3- non-convention data: UCLA, Cal, Oregon State, Washington and Washington State.

The Pac-12 generated five best non-meeting information in 2019, when it despatched seven groups to bowl online games.

4. Publicity troubles

Week A few marks the pinnacle of in excess of-the-air tv exposure for the meeting, with four online games across 3 broadcast networks.

The video games are effectively placed in excess of the system of the working day, starting with Cal checking out Notre Dame on NBC (11:30 a.m.), followed by BYU at Oregon on FOX (12:30 p.m.), then Michigan State’s duel with Washington on ABC (4:30 p.m.) and, finally, Fresno Condition matchup with USC on FOX (7:30 p.m.).

At the other stop of the visibility spectrum, there are 4 games on the Pac-12 Networks at 3-hour intervals setting up at 11 a.m. with UCLA-South Alabama and concluding at 8 p.m. with Arizona-North Dakota State.

5. Notable and stats

Nuggets that caught our eye …