Hotline mailbag: Media rights and expansion timelines (how long could this go?), the linear calculation, SDSU’s wait, survival odds and more

The Hotline mailbag is published every week. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line — or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Some questions have been edited for clarity and…