Canzano: Monday Mailbag includes dumpster fires, conspiracies, rivalries, Pac-12... and a Mark Cuban cameo

Your questions. My answers.

The football season has its first firing — UCLA’s DeShaun Foster. (Photo: Tim Healy)

I’ve emailed a little over the years with Mark Cuban. He’s been willing to engage, trade ideas, and offer insight on a variety of matters. Cuban makes a cameo in today’s mailbag because he offered some thoughts via email on the Trail Blazers’ new ownership group.

I received questions this week about dumpster fires, trainwrecks, the Pac-12, the Civil War, Apple Cup, Oregon’s Top 25 slip, gambling conspiracies, UCLA, Cal, Oregon State, Washington State, the Mountain West, and more.

Thanks to all who submitted questions.

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Onto the Monday Mailbag…