Ted Miller has some things to say about the end of the Pac-12
On the end of the Pac-12 Blog, the conspiracy against USC and why Washington/Oregon is the right way for things to go out.
I’ve wondered what Ted Miller would think about all of this.
About the No. 5 Ducks playing the No. 3 Huskies in the Pac-12 championship game.
About this being the last Pac-12 championship game, the change of the sport he covered for three decades and a media industry that brought himself abrupt change back in 2017.
Miller, the longtime college football writer for the Seattle PI and ESPN.com, was the Pac-12 to me. As I traveled to media day and the conference championship and the College Football Playoff as a wide-eyed 25-year-old during Oregon’s last run like this, I rarely saw a table where Miller wasn’t dressed the best, telling the most stories and laughing the loudest. He owned every room.
And for years, his work with ESPN’s Pac-12 Blog provided West Coast fans with the type of comprehensive and modern coverage they deserved, the type that’s rarely been replicated since ESPN pulled the plug back in 2017.
Miller’s been out of the game since. He’s shocked by how little football he watches these days. But you better believe he has some thoughts on the end of this era.
Here’s a conversation with Ted Miller.
(Lightly edited for length and clarity.)
How long were you in Seattle for?
I moved there in ’99 and was there through 2008. I basically jumped in right as Neuheisel came in, and I thought I was escaping scandal because I had been covering Auburn and the Terry Bowden to Tommy Tuberville debacle. I figured now I’m in the Pac-10 and this will be nice and peaceful. New coach. Million dollar coach. It would all be fine.
What did it feel like becoming a West Coast guy after growing up in the Southeast?