The Hotline mailbag is published every Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Why is the Pac-12 waiting…
Four need-to-knows for Week Nine in Pac-12 football … 1. Big Four schedule breakdown With October coming to a close, four teams stand above the pack. Oregon, UCLA, USC and…
Washington State has been out of sight and largely out of mind for 10 days in advance of its Thursday night duel with 14th-ranked Utah. Which version of the Cougars…
It has been 112 days since the Pac-12 began pursuing a media rights agreement in its post-Los Angeles existence. The process is highly fluid but, we suspect, closer to the…
Bijan Robinson should’ve stayed in Arizona. He’s not the only one… All of the angst over the lack of keeping top Arizona high school talent at home for college had…
Recapping the Week Eight action across the Pac-12 … Theme of the week: Perfection extinguished UCLA’s loss leaves the Pac-12 as the only Power Five conference with no undefeated teams,…
Instant reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field … 1. Playoff path narrows It’s Oct. 23, and there are no perfect records remaining in the Pac-12. Alone among the Power…
Five need-to-knows for Week Eight in Pac-12 football … 1. The ‘GameDay’ factor The Hotline is forever in search of context. This week, we found a pile hidden in plain…
The lightest Saturday of the Pac-12 season features the game of the year. For that reason, we intend to explain a contention. The Hotline contends that Oregon should be favored…
Welcome to the Hotline’s deep dive into the first half of the 2022 season … Top storyline I: Return to reLAvance With competent coaching at USC, a veteran roster at…