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Looks good on paper, but Pac-10 midseason arrives with thud

By Ted Miller
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Four Pac-10 teams are ranked among the top 14, more than any other conference. So why does the midseason report arrive with a dull thud rather than an earth-shattering kaboom? Because, on the heels of USC's choke job against Stanford in the Coliseum, the overall ledger feels like an underachievement. Because it seems less likely than it did a week ago that the conference will play its way into two BCS bowl games, the ultimate badge of honor in college football. Four ranked teams? Based on tal ...

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