When the commissioners couldn’t deliver, the presidents stepped in and got it done: The College Football Playoff will finally, officially, expand to 12 teams in the 2026 season — and…
Jon Wilner
Five nuggets as we look ahead to Week One … 1. Defining success With so much attention on the twin duels in SEC country, we should not forget 2021. Oregon…
The Pac-12 opens its redemption tour with three matchups against Power Five opponents, but one is more important than the others. Utah’s visit to Florida is the game of the…
The transfer portal whirled like never before, coaching staffs were turned over in dizzying fashion, and when the movement stopped late this spring, Pac-12 rosters had undergone significant remodeling. All…
When assessing the Pac-12’s postseason prospects, the Hotline peers into the future with reverse engineering. Will the conference send a team to the College Football Playoff for the first time…
Why don’t the TV networks understand that Washington State is in the Seattle metro market — much more than Oregon. — @bigpurple The method by which media companies…
A summer like no other for the Pac-12 has given way to a football season that defies all reason. How else do you explain the twin threats of pathogen and…
Not only has Chuck Neinas seen everything in college sports five times over, he’s partly responsible. As the executive director of the College Football Association (CFA) in the 1980s,…
USC Trojans Coach: Lincoln Riley (first season) Offensive coordinator: Josh Henson (first season) Defensive coordinator: Alex Grinch (first season) 2021 record: 4-8/3-6 USC’s five-year win totals: 10-11-5-8-4 (2020 season excluded) Last postseason appearance: 2019 Holiday Bowl…
A series of recent media reports have cast the Pac-12’s fragile situation in the bleakest terms possible. And yet, each development carries a complexity not captured on social media or…