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Avoiding spring breaks.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Avoiding spring breaks.(Football College)(Arizona State, California and UCLA left with hobbling quarterbacks as spring practices leave some questions unanswered)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard

As unsettled as Oregon's quarterback situation was this month, at least the Ducks' leading contender for the starting job last underwent surgery in the fall, rather than this spring.

Quarterbacks at UCLA and Arizona State aren't so lucky. Another at California didn't make it through spring practices.

The bad news for the league? The one quarterback controversy that was definitively decided came at Southern California, which once again projects as the favorite to capture the Pac-10 Conference title come fall.

A look at major spring developments for Oregon's opponents around the league:

Arizona

With Bill Doba out at Washington State and Karl Dorrell finished with UCLA, the Pac-10 coaching hot seat is shared by Washington's Ty Willingham and Arizona's Mike Stoops this year. And if the Wildcats are going to save their defensive-minded coach's job, they'll have to do it, ironically, with offense.

Antoine Cason, Spencer Larsen and company are gone from the defense, leaving linebacker Ronnie Palmer to lead the unit. Luckily the Wildcats should have no trouble scoring points in their second year under offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes, who has the most precious of Pac-10 gems, a senior quarterback, in Willie Tuitama.

Perhaps the biggest question...

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