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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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The case for Colorado in the Pac-12 title game (as the South runner up)
The Hotline newsletter explores the nuances in the controversy over Colorado's access to the Pac-12 championship game as an undefeated runner up.

Pac-12 power ratings: Colorado, UCLA and Stanford rise as USC holds down the top spot
The Bruins are above .500 for the first time under coach Chip Kelly, while Colorado has exceeded even the wildest expectations for Year One under Karl Dorrell.

Pac-12 predicament: Colorado could be undefeated and boxed out of the championship game
The Buffaloes could be undefeated and sitting at home while a two-loss team from the North division plays for the championship.

Pac-12 rewind: Stanford thrives in chaos, USC and Colorado roll, Cal befuddles Oregon and division chaos looms
The Cardinal produced its best performance of the season after the most logistically difficult week in program history. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 dodged COVID, Colorado and USC remained unbeaten, and Cal...

Saturday Night Five: Pac-12 dodges COVID in Week Five while tiebreaker chaos looms
The North and South races could get messy because of a disparity in the number of games played and the wording of the tiebreaker formula.

Pac-12 basketball power ratings: Big news from the CDC provides a path forward
The change to the quarantine period (to seven days with a negative test) will help college sports teams avoid multiple-week shutdowns when players are deemed to be close contacts.

Pac-12 midseason report: Oregon State, Colorado and Washington take home our top awards
Colorado's Karl Dorrell, a first-year coach who had no spring practice, is 3-0 and aiming for a division title. Meanwhile, Oregon State's Jermar Jefferson is No. 2 in the nation...

Pac-12 power ratings: Washington slides into second, Oregon State climbs (plus bowl cancellation news)
The Pac-12 has lost another bowl for 2020 after the reported cancellation of the Sun Bowl, which leaves five partner games still standing. Except two of those are fragile.

Pac-12 rewind: Week Four loaded with upsets, comebacks and fabulous finishes
The Beavers rallied from 12-points down in the third quarter to knock Oregon out of the playoff picture in a wild weekend in the Pac-12. Meanwhile, Stanford beat rival Cal...

Saturday Night Five: CFP now out of reach and why it matters; officiating woes; Oregon State’s statement; UCLA’s forward leap
The conference suffered a series of setbacks this week that unofficially eliminated it from the College Football Playoff race and drew more attention to subpar officiating.