Questions of the Week: Stanford Drop Football? Cal Rebrand? USC Manage Media? Congress Control NIL?
Last week SF Chronicle columnist Scott Ostler suggested that it was time for Stanford to give up football. As usual in an Ostler column,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 25, 2023
College Football Notes: SEC Down, Pac-12 Up; Stanford's Slide; Quotes of Note
In this, the final year of the Pac-12, the world has gone topsy-turvy. Suddenly, the all-powerful SEC is struggling, and the Pac-12,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 18, 2023
Pac-2 Goes to Court; Elite 8; Giant Collapse; New Hat
Oregon State and Washington State, the two schools left behind when the rest of the Pac-12 bailed out for the Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC,...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 11, 2023
New Eras Dawn at Stanford, Colorado; Pac-12 QBs Shine; More Details on ACC Vote; "Evil" Football
Two of the more interesting coaching debuts in college football took place over the weekend at Stanford and Colorado. The Cardinal's...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 4, 2023
Stanford, Cal Go "Atlantic"
That huge sigh of relief you heard this morning came from at least three different places: Stanford, Cal, and the ACC office in...
Gary Cavalli
Sep 1, 2023
First Impressions: USC, Notre Dame Shine; ASU's Disgrace
Real college football finally arrived last weekend, a refreshing change from months of discussing NIL, the transfer portal and...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 28, 2023
Pac-12 Saves Best for Last; Salary Absurdity; More Quotes of Note
One of the bitter ironies of the Pac-12 dissolution is that its upcoming, final season may be one of the best, if not the most...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 21, 2023
Pac-4 Update; Quotes of Note; Bowl Blues
Like most columnists and bloggers, I've overdosed on writing about NIL, the transfer portal, conference realignment and the demise of the...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 14, 2023
The Day the Conference Died
Friday, August 4, 2023. The day TV money and gross mismanagement killed the Pac-12 Conference. Only a week ago, I wrote about Colorado's...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 7, 2023
Not a Deal Worth Waiting For
It could've been worse, I guess. The long-awaited Pac-12 media deal was presented to the conference presidents yesterday. And it was...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 2, 2023
