What might prove to be Utah’s biggest game of the season is also, in many regards, its first game of the season. Little of what has transpired over the past…
Jon Wilner
The Pac-12 dissolved 13 months ago, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are tied…
Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline — a regular, but not quite weekly, examination of the Power Four. The column will be published each Monday through the end of September as…
Instant reaction to Week 3 developments … 1. Is the end near? We’ll start our review with Friday’s action, and a head coach whose future appears increasingly murky, at least…
One of several intriguing questions from the Big 12’s offseason might have the beginnings of an answer. What if Arizona is this year’s Arizona State? What if the Wildcats are…
Let’s say Jedd Fisch leaves Washington for Florida next year. Who are some candidates to start keeping an eye on to succeed him at Washington? — @draywilson29 What do you…
Welcome the Hotline’s weekly picks against the point spread, published Thursdays throughout the regular season with a focus on the top games nationally and the most intriguing matchups across the West. Last week,…
The single piece of news flowed from three different sources Monday morning over the span of 46 minutes, first from the Big Ten, then Michigan State and, finally, USC. Each…
The Big 12 power rankings are published weekly by the Hotline throughout the regular season. They are the result of a deep dive into the analytics, an assessment of subjective factors and, when necessary,…
Instant reaction to developments on the field … 1. Light lineup, heavy drama Week 2 featured a distinct paucity of marquee games across the region and the country — Oklahoma’s…