Jon Wilner

Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.

NCAA Tournament early seed reveal: Auburn on top, Arizona in the mix while a few familiar names are nowhere to be found

The NCAA Tournament selection committee’s early reveal of the top 16 overall seeds Saturday morning featured SEC dominance, the return of a coaching legend and one representative from the western…

Wilner – Brigham Young’s AD search: Holmoe’s successor must prepare Cougars for college football’s next era (whatever it is, whenever it comes)

In his two decades at the helm of Brigham Young’s athletic department, Tom Holmoe steered the football program from the Mountain West to Independence and from Independence into the Big…

The NFL’s postseason schedule is a big problem for the College Football Playoff that could get much worse

The Super Bowl is here, but perhaps not for long. In a few years, it could be there — it could be next Sunday. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has expressed…

Wilner Mailbag: How ‘poaching penalty’ lawsuit could impact Pac-12 expansion, travel for Olympic sports, Gonzaga’s rev-share edge(?) and more

The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been…