Paul Finebaum says the Pac-12 will be easy for Bo Nix

When it comes to basketball, the Pac-12 is a fearsome conference that actually had the most successful March Madness showing of any conference. Football, though? Well, to give some perspective, Paul Finebaum believes the Pac-12 will be easy for Auburn football QB transfer Bo Nix with the Oregon Ducks.

Remember, for all the flashes of brilliance Nix showed this past season–his Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Arkansas performances stand out as perfectly executed gameplans from start to finish–he still struggled for much of his career with accuracy, overthrowing many a deep route.

But that was in the SEC, where the pass rush is scarier than coal in a youngin’s stocking for Christmas.

Cal, Washington, and Stanford simply do not inspire the same level of fear. Even Pac-12 South ‘power’ Utah is a lightweight compared to the likes of Georgia, LSU, and Alabama.

Hence Finebaum dropping this nugget:

"The Pac-12 is high-quality football and he’s prepared for it. He’s played Oregon before. That was his baptism. He played in the toughest league in the world, so this should be pretty easy for him.”"

This isn’t to say there isn’t talent on the west coast. Far from it. The thing is, though, the Nick Saban’s and Kirby Smart’s of the world will always have a more appealing pitch because of the all-encompassing college football experience Saturdays in the south represent.

The states comprising the Pac-12 don’t come close to measuring up in many respects, and the region is seeing an influx of migration, making it an even tougher sell to recruits to join an area of the country whose morale is at historic lows.

Nix has walked into hostile environments in Baton Rouge and College Station and has lived to tell the tale as the victor. I’m sure strolling into an empty California Memorial Stadium will be a refreshing change of pace for the former Auburn football star, who is already a top Pac-12 QB in our eyes.