Oregon is an eight-point favorite this week at Stanford and assuredly will face more daunting challenges in its quest for a playoff berth. The UCLA duel looms large at the…
Wilner Hotline: Pac-12 Picks for Week Five Games
By Jon Wilner There have been a bevy of upsets involving the Pac-12 through the first month of the 2021 season, but none bigger than this: The officiating does not…
Power ratings are based entirely on the scoreboard, except when they aren’t … (All times Pacific) 1. Oregon (4-0/1-0) Last week: 1 Result: Beat Arizona 41-19 Next up: at Stanford (12:30 p.m., ABC)…
by Jon Wilner Reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field … 1. How ’bout those Beavers It took less than four hours for Oregon State to end 61 years of…
Story by Jon Wilner The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research…
Story bu Jon Wilner Five need-to-knows for Week Four … 1) For fans frustrated by the glut of games on the Pac-12 Networks last week — seven! — the broadcast…
Story by Jon Wilner With 85% of its non-conference schedule complete, the Pac-12 has two consequential victories and little else to show for three weeks of effort. UCLA’s takedown of…
One week from today, the conference commissioners and university presidents in charge of the College Football Playoff will decide whether to expand the event to 12 teams in time for…
Highlights from the ballot … * Alabama and Georgia held down the top spots once again, with Penn State moving up three positions, to No. 3, after the victory at…
Story by Jon Wilner 1. Rendering judgment Week Three brought five non-conference losses — all of them by the South division, with four coming in stunning, rapid-fire succession after sunset:…
