The first Wednesday in February doesn’t carry the same weight it once did in college football’s roster-building process. With the early-signing window for high school seniors and the all-the-time signing…
Jon Wilner
Four Pac-12 football programs have new coaches, and additional changes could be coming over the next few weeks and months. The carousel might have another spin or two left, folks….
Reaction to developments on the field, and off … 1. ASU’s growing mess Arizona State dominated the news late this week, and not in a manner likely to generate ‘forks…
As Pac-12 athletic departments close their books on the 2021 fiscal year — the year swallowed whole by COVID — the emerging picture covers an unprecedented range of outcomes. Of…
With College Football Playoff expansion stalled and frustration soaring, a new event has been created: The blame game. It’s the Big Ten’s fault for insisting on automatic bids for the…
Instant reaction to developments on the field, and off … 1. UW’s WRs: AWOL The transfer portal is producing an outsized share of news across the Pac-12 these days. We…
Pay no attention to the number of losses, the size of the losses or even the rat-a-tat nature of the losses. Oregon is headed for the NCAA Tournament, folks. The…
NORTH 1. Oregon: Uneasy rests the crown. The defending division champions have more questions than they did prior to the 2021 season. How will rookie coach Dan Lanning and his…
The fate of Pac-12 football each fall depends less on NFL Draft decisions made the previous winter than it once did. The creation of free agency … err, the transfer…
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