SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott met with representatives from the #WeAreUnited college player group, with much of the discussion focused on the conference’s health and safety protocols. The call lasted two hours Thursday night and 12 players took part, according to a person familiar with the discussion who spoke […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-A text message circulating among Pac-12 football players is encouraging them to opt-out of practices and games until they can negotiate protections and benefits related to health and safety, economic rights and the fight against racial injustice. ESPN first reported the possible movement among players at multiple Pac-12 […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-The Pac-12 set Sept. 26 as the start date Friday for its 10-game, conference-only football schedule, joining the Southeastern Conference in pushing back its season by three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Pac-12 announced July 10 it would eliminate nonconference games to give its 12 member […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-The Pac-12 Conference will allow voluntary workouts on campus for all sports beginning June 15, subject to the decision of each individual school and where allowed by local and state guidelines, the conference announced Tuesday. The decision was made by the presidents and chancellors of the conference schools […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-As Pac-12 football coaches pitched an NCAA-mandated uniform start to the season, some of the latest plans to fight the coronavirus in California further muddled how college teams will return to play in the West. Washington coach Jimmy Lake said Tuesday in a video conference with reporters that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pac-12 has discussed an 11-game regular season played solely against conference opponents as one possibility for keeping college football going this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Southern California coach Clay Helton confirmed the all-conference idea Monday as one of several scenarios being evaluated by the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Five of the 12 schools in the Pac-12 expect to reopen their campuses this fall, a key step to the return of college sports. Many more steps still need to be taken before football or any other sport is going to played in 2020 as the world copes […]
SAN FRANCISCO-Monday, the Pac-12 Conference extended its suspension of all athletic competitions through May 31 per a statement made by the San Francisco-based conference. This decision was made following a meeting with the conference’s CEOs, per a news release. As part of the suspension, the banning of organized team activities […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Payton Pritchard accomplished something just three other Pac-12 players have done. Mick Cronin led UCLA to a massive turnaround in his first season at Westwood. Zeke Nnaji at times outshined his more-heralded freshmen teammates at Arizona. The trio earned the top honors in The Associated Press all-Pac-12 team […]
NEW YORK (AP)-Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says an expanded College Football Playoff would alleviate the pressure it puts on conferences that get left out. He also says there is no urgency to change the four-team format. There are discussions what the playoff might look like in the future. Scott says […]
