We’ll start with the Rose Bowl, then broaden our scope of topics and time … 1. What. A. Game. We were utterly baffled by Utah’s strategy in the final minute….
Wilner Hotline – An epic Rose Bowl, a brutal bowl season and what ails the Pac-12
Commentary on Pac-12 results on and off the field … Falling: UCLA’s postseason After backing out of the Holiday Bowl hours before kickoff because of COVID, the Bruins were summarily…
Commentary on Pac-12 developments on and off the field by Jon Wilner Rising: Pac-12 Football Alumni Council On Monday, the Pac-12 announced the formation of an alumni council designed to advise the…
The regular season is complete, the data has been compiled, and the eyeballs have been counted. The Pac-12 performed exactly as well in the TV ratings game as you’d expect: Not markedly…
Pac-12 men’s basketball teams are unlikely to reach the goal of winning 75 percent of their non-conference games, and they might not come close. The current win rate is 66…
Recapping the best and worst of the week … News of the week: Pac-12 alumni group The conference on Monday announced the formation of a Football Alumni Council, a group…
We’re hours from the early signing period for high school seniors, and the Pac-12 is facing a dire situation that could get even worse. An unmitigated disaster awaits just around…
If you’re scoring at home, in the stands or the luxury suites, at donor functions, on the recruiting trail, in front of the TV cameras or, like the Hotline, at…
Within a disappointing bowl season for the Pac-12, which has no playoff participants and only one New Year’s Six team, lies opportunity. Expectations are low: The conference is an underdog…
And Oregon makes four. Four Pac-12 programs — at least four — will have new head coaches next season after Mario Cristobal left the Ducks in the dust for the…