What we learned on the final weekend of the regular season … 1. Oregon missed its chance As a classic NCAA Tournament bubble-sitter — a team with several premium wins…
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Three dozen Pac-12 players will participate in the NFL scouting combine this week, with on-field workouts beginning Thursday in Indianapolis. One prospect, Oregon edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, the potential No….
The closer we get to Selection Sunday, the deeper we dig into the analytics. Today’s discussion: Oregon, Washington State and the NET rankings. The rankings are a convenient way to…
In his first account of the Pac-12’s heavily-scrutinized vote against College Football Playoff expansion, commissioner George Kliavkoff said he wanted to support the 12-team proposal but didn’t because of how…
The Pac-12’s collective decline on the football recruiting trail has been neither long nor slow. The brunt of it covers the past four or five signing classes; the damage has…
What we learned on the penultimate weekend of the regular season … 1. Las Vegas could deliver drama, after all. Arizona, USC and UCLA have dominated the conference race since…
Gene Smith’s comments didn’t have time to settle before conclusions were drawn and criticism hurled. The moment Ohio State’s athletic director said last week that his peers in the Big…
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field, and court … Falling: ASU accountability The Hotline is beginning to think working at Arizona State would be a pretty good…
On Jan. 10, hours after news broke that College Football Playoff expansion likely would be delayed for years, the Pac-12 released a statement that said, effectively: Don’t blame us. “The…
