Trap games are difficult to project — they require specific circumstances — but fairly easy to define. This explanation comes courtesy of Football Outsiders: “Team X has a ‘trap game’ when…
The following ballot was submitted to the Associated Press last week and will be updated with each team’s ranking when the preseason poll is released Aug. 15. During the season,…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Why should the so-called…
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field … Falling: Likelihood of swift closure Today marks an important milestone in the Pac-12’s rescue operation. Unless it doesn’t….
Pac-12 schools would have little to gain financially from jumping to the Big 12, according to a veteran of realignment who’s watching the chaos unfold from his retirement chair. “I…
Business of Sports podcast with Brad and Scott Harkey. Scott is the Founder/CEO of OH Partners and is part of a group that launched The Sun Devil Collective this week. …
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Brandon Huffman on Pac-12 recruiting: Time for USC and Oregon to panic(?) over key prospects while Arizona lands an edge rusher
The foundation for recruiting success during the December signing window often is laid in the spring and summer, when on-campus visits are taken, shortlists created and verbal commitments made. The…
Training camp begins this week across the conference and, admittedly, the development would have prompted mild interest around Hotline HQ in past years. We learned our lesson in 2021. The…
Quashan Lockett was in the car headed home on June 30 when a news alert flashed on his phone that USC and UCLA were joining the Big Ten. His initial…
Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards sat down with Sports360AZ at Pac-12 Media Day to discuss how NIL has changed college athletics, what Sun Devil fans can expect from the…
