Canzano: My 12 favorite moments of Pac-12 football day

Here are my 12 favorite moments of Pac-12 Media Day in Hollywood:

1. The quarterback of the Oregon Ducks Justin Herbert arrived with long hair and seemed much stronger. He said that he was training partner with defensive lineman Jalen Jelks. Herbert told me that he now weighs 240 pounds. He arrived on campus at 200 pounds for his first season.

He's still 6 feet 6 inches, in case you're wondering.

2. Oregon Ducks coach Mario Cristobal said he was recruiting high school players who understand how to win big. You can teach a few, but Cristobal said, "You'd better have that somewhere inside you. He pointed out that high school programs in Southern California do a great job of making football a thing all year long. In addition, Cristobal said that he feared that a Hollywood agent would see Herbert's new, long, flowing hair and take him as a role model / actor.

3. Oregon coach Jonathan Smith was quizzically quizzed about opening his coaching career at Corvallis on the road to the Ohio State against a cupcake opponent. He said, "It's a way of saying it."

4. Stanford receiver, JJ Arcega-Whiteside said: "I have no idea what Blazers' management is doing with the players it's letting go and no movement of quality out of season … "

5. Conference Commissioner Pac 12 Larry Scott hinted that the title game of the conference could one day be held in the NFL stadium being built in Las Vegas. I'll bet it happens. (Sorry, he had to.) Scott also said of the conference TV agreement: "We have a very stable and secure business model until 2024 … I do not have any Do not expect at this time to a change in this right now. "Scott however mentioned Amazon, Twitter, Google and others as opportunities for sports rights partners." We could not to be more delighted with our strategic location. "

The Pac 12 will have all its rights in 2024 and will be free to negotiate.But everyone knows that there is a big difference between the strategy and the company. The conference has a great plan, but it has been delayed.

6. Washington coach Chris Petersen took the podium after the media gave the Huskies 40 of 42 votes from first place in the North Division I asked Petersen to explain how different it is from try to maintain a winning program rather than build a program on the ground floor. He said, "I think everyone always has the impression that we build, I do not even feel like we have arrived … you have to fight for it every day.

7. Washington State coach Mike Leach was interviewed by a reporter about his first reaction to Chip Kelly's return. Leach pointed out that Cougars are not playing UCLA this season. Then, he said, "I'm two years old to be obsessed with Chip Kelly's return, some people can only enjoy it for one."

8 . Speaking of Chip Kelly, the UCLA coach started his day at 6:30 with breakfast, then a media blitz that will take him up to 18h, at the earliest . Kelly stopped answering questions about his team, and as he was driven to the next interview station, joked, "Can not we do all this at the same time?"

Put Kelly in charge of this event 90 minutes. I wrote a column about Kelly's return. I do not know if he'll win big, but dude, it's already more fun with him, is not it?

9. Stanford coach David Shaw began his presentation by apologizing for the absence of Bryce Love. He pointed out that love wants to go to medical school and will graduate early. In addition, Shaw said, "we will not be doing the Bryce Love watch-stat" this season. I understood. He wants to be a pediatrician. It's great. Academics first. But this event was scheduled for some time and I thought it was a bad idea that the conference did not have one of the country's most advertised players available on media day.

10. The coach of Cal Justin Wilcox spoke about Patrick Laird, who recruited 3,500 youth for his summer reading program: "It makes us really proud to be affiliated and proud to be a student. coach a guy like that.

11 . Arizona State Coach Herm Edwards was informed that the Sun Devils were chosen last in the South. He said: "Bet on me worked OK."

12. Bryce Love made a late appearance on Skype during the event that was nailed in the end. I realized that the conference was trying to involve it, but it fell flat. Most of the energy of the event was gone. In addition, many media were missing.