The closer we get to Selection Sunday, the deeper we dig into the analytics. Today’s discussion: Oregon, Washington State and the NET rankings. The rankings are a convenient way to…
Jon Wilner
In his first account of the Pac-12’s heavily-scrutinized vote against College Football Playoff expansion, commissioner George Kliavkoff said he wanted to support the 12-team proposal but didn’t because of how…
What we learned on the penultimate weekend of the regular season … 1. Las Vegas could deliver drama, after all. Arizona, USC and UCLA have dominated the conference race since…
Gene Smith’s comments didn’t have time to settle before conclusions were drawn and criticism hurled. The moment Ohio State’s athletic director said last week that his peers in the Big…
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field, and court … Falling: ASU accountability The Hotline is beginning to think working at Arizona State would be a pretty good…
On Jan. 10, hours after news broke that College Football Playoff expansion likely would be delayed for years, the Pac-12 released a statement that said, effectively: Don’t blame us. “The…
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…
The anticipated delay in College Football Playoff expansion became a harsh reality on Friday when the CFP announced it would remain a four-team event through the 2025 season. “The Board…
Frequent readers of this space might have noticed we make a big deal out of the Pac-12’s annual performance in non-conference games, whether it’s good, bad or ghastly. Our reason:…
Four Pac-12 football programs changed head coaches last season, although only one move — USC — was directly tied to poor performance. It’s not difficult to make a performance-based case…
