The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline. Some questions have been edited for clarity…
Welcome the first installment of the Hotline’s postseason picks against the point spread, which covers the opening round of the College Football Playoff and notable the pre-Christmas bowl games. We were 4-2 last…
Welcome to the 2025-26 debut of the Hotline’s Big 12 men’s basketball power rankings, a weekly assessment of the conference using analytics and common sense, with a strand of pasta occasionally heaved…
Notre Dame was excluded from the College Football Playoff as the loser of a three-team resume showdown that propelled Miami and Alabama into the at-large field and left the Irish to whine, complain…
Whether it was intentional or not (probably not), the College Football Playoff selection committee ultimately acted out of self-preservation Sunday with the reveal of the 2025 field generally and the…
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to wilnerhotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on the social media platform X: @WilnerHotline Some questions have been edited for…
Welcome the Hotline’s weekly picks against the point spread, published Thursdays throughout the regular season with a focus on the top games nationally and the most intriguing matchups across the West. Last week,…
The carousel is spinning at dizzying speed, with two dozen major college football programs (out of 136) changing coaches this season. More dismissals, departures and retirements are expected in coming…
The penultimate edition of the College Football Playoff rankings set the stage for a routine selection day — or for mass chaos if a handful of upsets materialize. There’s intrigue…
On the eve of the final game of another lost season, Stanford announced its head coach “for the future.” It was a name from the past: Tavita Pritchard, who played quarterback for the…