Right in the middle of a nice Dodgers surge, Pac 12 football media day called at Sony Studios in my old neighborhood of Culver City where as a kid I tried sneaking into what was then the MGM studio lot. So at least this time as I was legally on their invite list…if Clark Gable only knew!

My main reason for attending was to get preview thoughts from UCLA and USC’s head coaches and invited players. But I was also interested in chatting with Stanford head coach David Shaw who I’ve greatly admired since he took over for Jim Harbaugh. The last time I dealt with Coach Shaw was after his impressive win over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and I wanted to catch up and get the latest from him.

Shooting the bull with Coach Mora

UCLA coach Jim Mora:

Towering under Anthony Barr

UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr:

UCLA OL Xavier Sua-Filo:

Coach Kiffin wasn’t in the mood to give me much real insight

USC coach Lane Kiffin:

chatting with Marqise Lee

USC WR Marqise Lee:

USC LB Hayes Pullard:

Stanford Coach David Shaw roundtable discussion:

Somewhere under the rainbow at Sony Studios

MORE TO COME SHORTLY INCLUDING MY 1 on 1 with ex-Oregon QB Joey Harrington