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Jon Wilner
Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.
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Utah preview: Preseason favorites roll to Pac-12 South title
Utes has the best combination of experience, depth, playmakers, line play, coaching and schedule, all of which should power the Utes to their second consecutive division title.

Saturday Night Five: Arizona’s wild loss, Washington’s QB carousel, recruiting budgets and the ACC Network as a comp
The Pac-12 Hotline's Jon Wilner offers instant reaction to the weekend's events in the conference.

USC football preview: All eyes on Helton’s job, Harrell’s offense
The Trojans must either surge or stink in September -- the middle ground, purgatory, is the worst path possible.

UCLA football preview: Chip Kelly’s rebuild takes hold in Year Two
As regular readers of this space undoubtedly are aware, the Hotline has taken issue with the Pac-12 football schedule a time or two -- or two dozen — in the...

Stanford football preview: Brutal schedule awaits Shaw, Costello
Numerous online gaming sites have released college football wins totals for 2019 and -- get ready for a shocker -- those figures crossed our radar here at the Hotline.

Pac-12 media strategy: DirecTV is where the puck “has been”
The Pac-12 and DirecTV have been at an impasse for years, but it doesn't appear the conference views a distribution deal as a high priority anymore.

Pac-12 ends exploration of 9 a.m. kickoffs for 2019 season
Morning kickoffs very well could be a part of the Pac-12’s future, just not in 2019. The conference has opted against scheduling games this season at 9 a.m. PT/10 a.m....

Oregon State football preview: Game-by-game predictions
The Beavers had one of the worst turnover margins in major college football last season because they had the fewest number of takeaways in a long, long time.

Oregon football preview: If not now for Justin Herbert, then never
For Oregon to make a successful return to the national stage for the first time since 2014, the Ducks must overcome their chief shortcoming in this recent era of mediocrity.

CU Buffs football: Laviska Shenault leads team into new era (game by game analysis)
What should CU Buffs fans expect in 2019? The Pac-12 Hotline provides a game-by-game analysts as a new era begins in Boulder.