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Mailbag: Playoff path for WSU and OSU, Fox vs. the Bay Area duo, elements of Pac-12 reconstruction, a “60 for 60” and more
Do-overs? Absolutely, Kirk Schulz has a list of decisions he’d like back following the collapse of the Pac-12. The Washington State president and chair of the Pac-12 board was heavily…
One week after presiding over the collapse of a 108-year-old conference, George Kliavkoff’s role remains unchanged. “He’s still our commissioner, and there have been no discussions with him besides him…
The market rendered its verdict last week as Apple offered $25 million per school annually for the Pac-12’s media rights, with the potential for more if the conference met certain…
Gloria Nevarez took charge of the Mountain West on New Year’s Day and spent approximately six months formulating a strategic plan to power the conference into the next era of…
In the dead of summer, nuclear winter is coming for a handful of Pac-12 schools excluded from the vicious realignment game. USC, UCLA and Colorado have already given notice. Oregon…
The morning after, devastation. “Gut-wrenching stuff,” one Pac-12 administrator noted. “So damn sad,” offered another. The 108-year-old conference, which produced sports luminaries ranging from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Elway to…
The Pac-12 Conference, home to hundreds of NCAA titles and dozens of iconic athletes and coaches, hurtled toward extinction on a momentous Friday as Oregon and Washington prepared to formally…
The Pac-12’s future remained in doubt Friday as the university presidents met remotely but were unable to agree on a media rights contract, extending an existential crisis that enveloped the…