The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. How much did…
Hotline mailbag: The true cost of the Pac-12 Networks, Big Ten timing, the need for night-game inventory and more
Back in early June, weeks before the storm broke, the Hotline placed a series of calls to veterans in the sports-media space seeking insight into how the Big Ten’s…
Trap games are difficult to project — they require specific circumstances — but fairly easy to define. This explanation comes courtesy of Football Outsiders: “Team X has a ‘trap game’ when…
The following ballot was submitted to the Associated Press last week and will be updated with each team’s ranking when the preseason poll is released Aug. 15. During the season,…
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Please note: Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Why should the so-called…
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field … Falling: Likelihood of swift closure Today marks an important milestone in the Pac-12’s rescue operation. Unless it doesn’t….
Pac-12 schools would have little to gain financially from jumping to the Big 12, according to a veteran of realignment who’s watching the chaos unfold from his retirement chair. “I…
The foundation for recruiting success during the December signing window often is laid in the spring and summer, when on-campus visits are taken, shortlists created and verbal commitments made. The…
LOS ANGELES — The Pac-12’s month-long fight for survival could seep into the football season, and perhaps deep into the season, as the forces of realignment ripple across the college…
Live from Pac-12 Media Day, Brad catches up with Jon Wilner after Pac-12 Commisioner George Kliavkoff’s speech.