Story by Jon Wilner Ten need-to-knows for Week Six of the Pac-12 football season … 1. The weekend begins early, with Stanford visiting Arizona State on Friday night. The Sun…
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By Jon Wilner The Pac-12’s longest active bowl participation streak, albeit one with a caveat, is in significant peril. Washington has advanced to the postseason for 10 consecutive non-pandemic years….
Story by Jon Wilner Reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field … 1. Rinse, repeat and … relish? The pandemic changed the world, but not the Pac-12. The exact mix…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research — not all questions…
By Jon Wilner There have been a bevy of upsets involving the Pac-12 through the first month of the 2021 season, but none bigger than this: The officiating does not…
By Jon Wilner With the first month of the 2021 season complete, several Pac-12 teams face daunting climbs to the six-win mark needed for bowl eligibility. Arizona looks utterly and…
Power ratings are based entirely on the scoreboard, except when they aren’t … (All times Pacific) 1. Oregon (4-0/1-0) Last week: 1 Result: Beat Arizona 41-19 Next up: at Stanford (12:30 p.m., ABC)…
Story by Jon Wilner With 85% of its non-conference schedule complete, the Pac-12 has two consequential victories and little else to show for three weeks of effort. UCLA’s takedown of…
One week from today, the conference commissioners and university presidents in charge of the College Football Playoff will decide whether to expand the event to 12 teams in time for…
Story by Jon Wilner 1. Rendering judgment Week Three brought five non-conference losses — all of them by the South division, with four coming in stunning, rapid-fire succession after sunset:…