Pac-12 Realignment - Special coverage at The Spokesman-Review

USC and UCLA’s decision to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten beginning in 2024 created a seismic shift in the conference of champions, forcing other member schools to question their athletic future.

Sports > NCAA basketball

Pac-12 expansion: San Diego State reaches the Final Four and stamps its credentials for membership

UPDATED: Sun., March 26, 2023

San Diego State edged Creighton on Sunday to qualify for the first Final Four in school history and, in the process, did the Pac-12 a gigantic favor.

Sports > NCAA football

Pac-12 mailbag: Kliavkoff’s grant-of-rights challenge, UCLA’s fate, Big 12 fans and more

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 5, 2022

The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.

Sports > UW football

As conference realignment reshapes college football, is the Apple Cup at risk?

UPDATED: Sat., July 30, 2022

LOS ANGELES – Kalen DeBoer and Jake Dickert have more in common than the Apple Cup.

Sports > WSU football

Kliavkoff airs frustrations: Pac-12 commissioner talks USC, UCLA departure, NIL and TV deals at conference media day

UPDATED: Fri., July 29, 2022

LOS ANGELES – Speaking publicly for the first time since USC and UCLA defected, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff acknowledged that relationships between opposing power-conference leaders have soured over the past month.

Sports > NCAA football

Pac-12 survival guide: UCLA’s wormhole, SDSU as a defensive move, options for No. 12 and tricky timing for UW and Oregon

UPDATED: Sun., July 24, 2022

Five not-so-random thoughts on the Pac-12 …

Sports > NCAA football

Pac-12 mailbag: The best target if raiding the Big 12, an ACC Network deal, the Apple-12 Conference and more

UPDATED: Fri., July 22, 2022

The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Please send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.

Sports > NCAA

Commentary: Greed might ruin college football — but there’s a good chance it helps it instead

UPDATED: Fri., July 15, 2022

SEATTLE – I’ll start with a preface I may have to add to my author bio, as I’ve repeated it in some form or another more than twice: I have no idea how much the thoughts of tweeters, message-board posters or newspaper-column commentators represent the general public.

Sports > NCAA

Pac-12 analysis: The strategic merits of an alliance (or merger) with the Big 12

UPDATED: Mon., July 11, 2022

Joining forces offers the best response to the SEC and Big Ten.

Sports > NCAA

Analysis: Did Larry Scott kill the Pac-12? The answer is more complicated than you might think.

UPDATED: Mon., July 11, 2022

The anger was immediate, arising just minutes after news broke that USC and UCLA were headed for the Big Ten Conference. Fans tapped out posts on social media, one after another, invoking the name of Larry Scott.

Sports > WSU football

Commentary: Where might Washington State find itself after this round of conference realignment?

UPDATED: Mon., July 11, 2022

This wild ride of conference realignment only just began, and we’re all trying to imagine how it’ll end.

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