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With a rose between his teeth, Oregon defensive back Brian Jackson couldn't stop smiling.

"We did it, baby!" he yelled, as fans and confetti enveloped him. "We're going to Pasadena!"

For the second time in three years, he and the rest of the Oregon Ducks are headed to the Rose Bowl.

The Pac-12 North champs racked up 571 total yards, overwhelming the upset-minded UCLA Bruins 49-31 in the first-ever Pac-12 Championship Game on a chilly Friday night in Autzen Stadium.

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Autzen Stadium

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Oregon's Autzen Stadium, consistently ranked among the nation's top 10 venues to watch a college football game, only got better in 2002.

Now in it's 45th season, the facility, which originally was completed for a remarkable bargain of approximately $2.5 million in 1967, underwent a $90 million facelift prior to the 2002 season that not only added 12,000 seats and 32 luxury boxes to the stadium's south-side skyline, it improved the amenities that allows spectators to enjoy a better game-day experience in one of the loudest collegiate stadiums in the country. The renovation encompassed much-needed restroom and concession facilities, a 10,000-square foot entertainment center (Club at Autzen), widened walkway and concourse areas to better accommodate the increased capacity from 41,698 to 54,000 fans, as well as new ticket distribution centers and guest services windows to cater to the needs of its patrons.

HISTORY

The history of Autzen Stadium is rich. Former Athletic Director Leo Harris was successful in spearheading the drive to construct a modern and economical football theater to replace historic Hayward Field. Named in honor of Portland lumberman, sportsman and philanthropist Thomas J. Autzen, the stadium is situated on a 90-acre site adjacent to the north bank area of Eugene's Alton Baker Park. The site is north of the Willamette River and is approximately one-quarter mile north of the main campus, easily accessible by a scenic footbridge.

Following Oregon's first outright Pacific-10 Conference championship, the athletic department named the playing surface of Autzen Stadium after its winningest football coach of all time Rich Brooks in 1995.

Autzen's natural grass playing surface underwent it's first facelift in 1969 with the installation of its first artificial turf. The surface was replaced in 1976 and a new covering of OmniTurf was installed before the 1984 campaign. The field was replaced with a OmniTurf surface prior to the 1991 season. In 2001, Ducks played on NexTurf before upgrading its surface to FieldTurf in 2002, which has polyethylene and polypropylene fibers designed to resist extreme temperature and weather conditions.

The skyline of Autzen Stadium also was first improved in 1981 with the addition of the Barker Stadium Club behind the east end zone. The facility provided the stadium with additional meeting space and functional surroundings for pre-game activities prior to subsequent improvements.

One of the most significant improvements in the history of the athletics department was completed in time for the start of the 1988 season. The press box along the north rim of the stadium was relocated to the south side to make room for the $2.3 million three-story skysuite complex. The project included the construction of 11 individual sky boxes along with a 460-seat master skysuite, with the revenue generated from the leases serving as the cornerstone for financing of the construction of the Len Casanova Athletic Center.

A $4 million MegaVision four-color video display scoreboard was added to the skyline in 1998. Measuring 88 feet by 56 feet at its extreme points, the structure almost doubled the size of the previous scoreboard.

In the first game played at Autzen Stadium, nationally ranked Colorado defeated Oregon, 17-13, on Sept. 23, 1967, before a regional television audience. The program recorded its first win in the stadium that same season on Oct. 21 vs. Idaho, 31-6.

Oregon

Oregon will participate in the Pac-12 Championship game as the North Division champion.

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UCLA Bruins

UCLA will participate in the Pac-12 Championship game as the South Division champion.

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Pac-12 Football Championship Trophy

The Pac-12 turned to one of its own, sculptor Archie Held, an innovative and renowned West Coast artist who graduated from UCLA, to design and create the Pac-12 Football Championship Trophy.

Made of high-polish stainless steel, the trophy begins with a 12-sided base to represent all 12 schools before rising up and splitting into an arched V-shape, with the two equal segments representing the North and South divisions. A football with the Pac-12 logo sits atop the V.

"We were looking for a unique approach to the design of the Championship trophy, Archie's innovative style and excellence spoke to the Pac-12 brand," Pac-12 Chief Marketing Officer Danette Leighton said. "He's a painting, sculpture and graphic arts graduate from UCLA, he understands the west coast spirit and has such a modern and creative style. It all stands out in the design of our trophy."

"I did not want a traditional trophy or cup, I wanted something contemporary, modern and fun," Held said. "I wanted an iconic form, something unique to the Pac-12. I started researching other sports trophies and I was really gravitated to the Lombardi Trophy. It has a very clean and elegant design. I am fairly obsessed with form and the strongest forms are simple, elegant designs. They stand the test of time. That's exactly what I was trying to create with the Pac-12 Football Championship Trophy. I wanted to capture all of the emotion of winning with a very clean and simple design."

A former high school football player, Held used touchdowns, winning and celebration as the inspiration for the trophy design. He started with a sketch, transferred the drawing into a computer generated 3-D model and then delivered the project to the foundry for casting. The project took three months.

"When I think about football, I think about victory, about winning the game and the imagery that goes along with that," Held said. "It's the jubilation of scoring a touchdown, the hands in the air, the arched back, the excitement and joy of winning, the referee signaling touchdown. I like to take complex ideas and emotions and whittle them down to their simplest form. With those images in mind I created the design."

The trophy is 30 inches tall, 17 inches wide, 14 inches deep and weighs 58 pounds.

Pac-12 Bowl Games

Below is a list of all 2011-2012 Pac-12 Conference college football bowl game partners, sorted by date and time of kickoff. The broadcasting network is also shown.

New Mexico Bowl
	Pac-12 vs. MWC	Sat., Dec. 17 / 11 a.m.	Albuquerque, N.M.	ESPN
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
	Pac-12 vs. MWC	Thu., Dec. 22 / 5 p.m.	Las Vegas, Nev.	ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
	Pac-12 vs. Big 12	Wed., Dec. 28 / 5 p.m.	San Diego, Calif.	ESPN
Valero Alamo Bowl
	Pac-12 vs. Big 12	Thu., Dec. 29 / 6 p.m.	San Antonio, Texas	ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl
	Pac-12 vs. ACC	Sat., Dec. 31 / 11 a.m.	El Paso, Texas	CBS
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
	Pac-12 vs. Army	Sat., Dec. 31 / 12:30 p.m.	San Francisco, Calif.	ESPN
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
	Pac-12 vs. Big Ten	Mon., Jan. 2 / 2 p.m.	Pasadena, Calif.	ESPN
Allstate Sugar Bowl
	BCS vs. SEC Champion	Tue., Jan 3 / 5:30 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	ESPN
Discover Orange Bowl
	BCS vs. ACC Champion	Wed., Jan. 4 / 5 p.m.	Miami Gardens, Fla.	ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
	BCS vs. Big 12 Champion	Mon., Jan. 2 / 5:30 p.m.	Glendale, Ariz.	ESPN
Allstate BCS National Championship Game
	BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2	Mon., Jan. 9 / 5:30 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	ESPN