Some major college football awards were handed out yesterday and the Pac-12 brought in a pretty good haul.

Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III won the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the best defensive player in the country, while Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota will have a full trophy shelf after winning the Walter Camp, Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Awards. The conference can also claim the nation's best punter after Tom Hackett won the Ray Guy Award.

Pac-12 players also dot the All-American teams from CBSSports.com, USA Today and Walter Camp.

More links are after the jump.

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-- Yesterday on the blog we had a look back at the Gonzaga game and posted the transcript of Wednesday's live chat.

-- The guys at CougCenter put together an interesting overview of WSU's defensive coordinator search.

-- Three members of Washington's defense earned First-Team All-America honors.

-- But Arizona State's Jaelen Strong can just feel left out.

-- Colorado's athletic director has nine months to get fans interested in football.

-- What can Oregon State fans expect from the new football coach?

-- Tom Fitzgerald has a moving story on the death of Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan's father.

-- Brett Hundley should be 100 percent healthy in his final college football game.

-- USC football will be hosting some visitors this weekend.

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