SCOTTSDALE — Big Ten football has a math problem to resolve before it becomes a math calamity: How do you break ties in a league with 18 teams, nine conference…
Cal’s new chancellor, Richard Lyons, begins his term on July 1. Stanford’s incoming president, Jonathan Levin, takes over one month later. Lyons and Levin: New leaders for the ancient rivals…
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SCOTTSDALE — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark “certainly wasn’t happy” with the College Football Playoff’s revenue distribution plan starting in 2026 — a plan that leaves his conference and the…
The Pac-12 set a conference record with 43 selections in the 2024 NFL Draft and will carry loads of momentum into next — err, never mind. At least the conference…
The Hotline mailbag publishes weekly. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. Or hit me on Twitter/X: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity….
The Hotline is delighted to provide Pac-12 fans with a regular dive into the recruiting process through the eyes and ears of Brandon Huffman, the Seattle-based national recruiting editor for…
It has been almost three years since Arizona State acknowledged an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations, 18 months since the school revealed a multi-million-dollar buyout of former coach Herm…
Bill Polian calls it the “draft industrial complex” — the tendency for the NFL media machinery to generate unrealistic expectations for quarterbacks projected as first-round selections. “They can’t live up…
If everything breaks right for the conference where so much has gone wrong, the Pac-12 will make history before it becomes history. The 2024 NFL Draft could be the most…