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Pac-12 morning links

If you use more than 5 percent of your brain you don't want to be on earth.

Leading off

Another day, another round of All-America teams. Three more to catch you up on. You should know the names by now.

First up is The Sporting News:

  • First-team offense: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon; Andrus Peat, OT, Stanford; Hroniss Grasu, C, Oregon;

  • First-team defense: Danny Shelton, DT, Washington; Scooby Wright III, LB, Arizona; Hau’oli Kikaha, LB Washington; Erick Kendricks, LB, UCLA.

  • First-team special teams: KR Kaelin Clay, Utah.

  • Second-team offense: Jaelen Strong, WR, Arizona State.

  • Second-team defense: Nate Orchard, DE, Utah; Shaq Thompson, LB, Washington; Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon;

  • Special teams: Tom Hackett, P, Utah.

Next up is the AFCA FBS All-America team:

  • First-team offense: Mariota

  • First-team defense: Leonard Williams, DL, USC; Wright; Kikaha; Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, CB, Oregon.

  • Specialists: Hackett

And here's the Football Writers Association of America All-America team:

  • First-team offense: Mariota, Jake Fisher, OL, Oregon

  • First-team defense: Orchard, Kikaha, Wright III,

  • Specialists: Hackett

  • Second-team defense: Williams, Kendricks

The Sporting News also named Mariota its player of the year.

Ifo out

No doubt, you've heard the news that Oregon cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, whose name appears on some All-America lists above, is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. It's not an apocalyptic blow to the Ducks. But you don't want to be facing Winston down one of your best defenders, either.

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