By Jon Wilner Recapping the best and worst of Week Six in the Pac-12 … Theme of the week: Light schedule, low drama Hard to imagine an October weekend ever…
By Jon Wilner Reaction to Pac-12 developments on and off the field … 1. CFP check-in The lightest Saturday of the season in the Pac-12 (three games) nonetheless featured plenty…
Story by Jon Wilner Ten need-to-knows for Week Six of the Pac-12 football season … 1. The weekend begins early, with Stanford visiting Arizona State on Friday night. The Sun…
By Jon Wilner The Pac-12’s longest active bowl participation streak, albeit one with a caveat, is in significant peril. Washington has advanced to the postseason for 10 consecutive non-pandemic years….
Story by Jon Wilner Reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field … 1. Rinse, repeat and … relish? The pandemic changed the world, but not the Pac-12. The exact mix…
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 questions…
Oregon is an eight-point favorite this week at Stanford and assuredly will face more daunting challenges in its quest for a playoff berth. The UCLA duel looms large at the…
By Jon Wilner There have been a bevy of upsets involving the Pac-12 through the first month of the 2021 season, but none bigger than this: The officiating does not…
By Jon Wilner With the first month of the 2021 season complete, several Pac-12 teams face daunting climbs to the six-win mark needed for bowl eligibility. Arizona looks utterly and…
Power ratings are based entirely on the scoreboard, except when they aren’t … (All times Pacific) 1. Oregon (4-0/1-0) Last week: 1 Result: Beat Arizona 41-19 Next up: at Stanford (12:30 p.m., ABC)…