Bringing back a 6-pac of questions for the offseason ...

1. Spring games typically don't show too much, but, which game could be worth watching this weekend?

@bonaguraESPN: Spring games are too much chicken-or-egg to really make far-reaching conclusions about the trajectory of a team. If an offense looks good, what does that say about the defense? It’s much more worthwhile to focus on individual performances in situations that aren’t so much dictated by scheme. And for that reason USC has the most appeal. I’ll be interested to see how much -- if any -- bouncing around Adoree' Jackson does between offense and defense, because he’s the conference’s most intriguing player headed into next season.

@ChantelJennings: I agree with you completely, Kyle. It’s hard to really say much about a team after spring games because it’s all relative. If you’re looking for progress, it would be better to look for it on an individual level. How is this guy running with added weight? How is this guy looking after a position change? So, in that regard, I’m going with Arizona State. I’m interested to see how D.J. Foster looks exclusively as a wide receiver -- how cleanly does he run his routes? Does he look like a running-back-playing-wide-receiver or does he look like a wide receiver? And, how does Todd Graham’s running back stable look without Foster?

2. If you could set the format of a spring game, how would you make it more interesting?

Bonagura: Let’s pretend coaches don’t look at these extravaganza-experience-fests as just glorified practices and imagine an injury-free world in which actual football games would be possible. Real rules. Real tackling. Maybe do away with the extra points (just make touchdowns worth seven; or six if electing to go for two), but football doesn’t need much tinkering. Still, it’s hard to make it interesting, which is why we’ll have to introduce a pre-game draft in which the coordinators -- with no regard for hurt feelings -- conduct a snake-style draft exposing how they value the entire roster. The head coach provides color commentary with Keith Jackson doing play-by-play and all is right in the world.

Jennings: OK, so Kyle imagined an injury-free world, which is nice, but let’s say you couldn’t do that. If you had to still keep this as real as possible, what would I do to make it more interesting? Mic up some players and coaches in the game. Obviously, you couldn’t mic up the play calls or anything like that, but wouldn’t you want to hear what a defensive coordinator actually says to a defensive back after he gets an interception? Wouldn’t you want to hear a bit of the banter and smack talk that happens between the offensive and defensive lines? Even if the whole game was kept the same but teams somehow managed to mic up a few guys, I think way more people would tune in.

3. What young quarterback are you most looking forward to seeing in a spring game?

Bonagura: UCLA’s Josh Rosen. Of all the talented young quarterbacks in the conference, Rosen figures to be the one with the best shot at earning a starting job this season. That’s reason enough to lean in his direction. Because he enrolled in January, it would be wise to temper expectations for his spring-game performance, but it should allow for a clearer picture of what the Bruins’ quarterback situation will look like in the fall.

Jennings: Morgan Mahalak and Travis Jonsen (formerly Travis Waller) at Oregon. Marcus Mariota leaves the biggest shoes to fill in the conference, and though I’m not thinking either of these guys will fill them in 2015, I think they will be the two battling for the spot in 2016, so this will be an early prelude to that.

4. Which Pac-12 player getting ready for the draft are you most excited to watch at the next level?

Bonagura: Among the players not named Marcus Mariota, I’ll go with former Arizona State receiver Jaelen Strong. There are few guys you watch and immediately say, "He’ll be in the NFL one day." For me, he was one. In college, he was just physically superior to just about everyone he lined up across, so it will be interesting to see him in a league where the talent gaps are much tighter.

Jennings: Former Washington defensive back Marcus Peters. We didn’t get to see much of him last season, but he smashed Washington’s pro day and it sounds like his meetings with individual teams are going well. How much better could the Washington secondary have been last season if he hadn’t gotten kicked off the team? We’ll never know. But, it will be fun to watch him at the NFL and play the "What if..." game.

5. March Madness has come and gone. If the Pac-12 had an encore that only involved Pac-12 football players, who would your starting five be?

Bonagura: G Cody Kessler, USC: Averaged 29.5 -- 29.5! -- points per game as a senior in high school.

G Ishmael Adams, UCLA: Need someone to check the opposing point guard, and Adams seems like he has the skills to do that

F Nick Davidson, Stanford: The offensive lineman joined the Stanford basketball team briefly this year.

F Jordan Kurahara, Oregon: His junior-year highlights were enough to get on the team.

C Freddie Tagaloa, Arizona: Tagaloa was a starter for Salesian High, which went 34-2 and won a California state title in 2012.

Jennings: I hear the entire Wisconsin basketball team is transferring in conference and switching to football during the offseason. I’ll take them.

6. In a no-holds-barred Pac-12 mascot fight, who wins?

Bonagura: USC and Arizona State seem like they would be good picks based simply on the fact that Tommy the Trojan and Sparky the Sun Devil carry weapons, but I’ll defer to game-day mascots and no one has a chance against Ralphie. You have respect the live Buffalo.

Jennings: I know it’s the band’s mascot, but let’s say you can throw it in anyway: the Stanford Tree. Hands down. Everyone would forget to fight it because it would just be in the corner dancing. Then, when the winner thought it was valiant and could relax, it’d find the tree and bathe in its shade ... then -- bam -- the tree falls on it and wins. Game over.