The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to the extraordinary volume of questions this week, the mailbag has…
Hotline mailbag: WSU and OSU on the brink, UCLA’s compliance with AB-1887, why Oregon got left behind and loads more
Just as it was 11 months ago, the Pac-12 is exploring expansion. The backdrop, however, could not be more different. In the summer of 2021, the conference was operating from…
Pac-12 football recruiting notes by 24/7 national recruiting analyst Brandon Huffman *** I don’t know that the recent news of USC and UCLA leaving for the Big Ten will have…
Prior to Thursday, the Pac-12 expected its media rights negotiations to proceed in an orderly manner later this year and lead to a long-awaited jackpot. Instead, the end of the…
The Pac-12 on Tuesday announced it has expedited the process for negotiating its next media rights contract — a move that both reflects the current upheaval and creates a potential…
Some questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Could Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff have done anything to prevent the L.A. schools from leaving, or was the revenue gap from…
USC and UCLA are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten effective 2024. Jon Wilner (@Wilnerhotline) broke the national story on Thursday morning. Wilner, who contributes to Sports360az.com, took time…
The Pac-12 Conference has existed, in some form or another, for 107 years. After the thunderous news Thursday that USC and UCLA are seeking membership in the Big Ten starting…
In an historic move that would change the landscape of college sports on the West Coast, USC and UCLA are planning to depart the Pac-12 for the Big Ten as…