A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday when the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons. Five months almost to the day after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the U.S. led to the […]
The Pac-12 players of “WeAreUnited” movement said they were “disappointed and deeply concerned” after a recent meeting with the conference’s commissioner. The players sent an email to Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott accusing him of not taking the issues they have raised seriously enough. The group is pushing the conference to […]
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 schools and […]
The Pac-12 has set Sept. 26 as the start of its 10-game conference-only football schedule. The Pac-12 announced three weeks ago it would eliminate non-conference games for its 12 member schools. The new plan adds an additional cross-divisional game to each team’s slate and moves the conference championship game back […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Utah senior football player Terrell Burgess and senior skier Guro Jordheim have been selected as Utah’s recipients of the 2019-20 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal. The Tom Hansen Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution’s outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of […]
The Pac-12 Conference says it is allowing voluntary workouts on campus for all sports beginning June 15, subject to the decision of each school and where allowed by local and state guidelines. The decision was made by the presidents and chancellors of the conference schools and followed an announcement by […]
Some Pac-12 football coaches are pitching an NCAA-mandated uniform start to the season. Washington coach Jimmy Lake said in a video conference with reporters that he would prefer for all major college teams to begin six weeks of preparation for the season at the same time. Colorado coach Karl Dorrell […]
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 confirms the idea is one of several scenarios being evaluated by the Pac-12′s coaches […]
Five Pac-12 schools are expecting to reopen 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 be played in 2020 as the world copes with the coronavirus pandemic. Both Arizona […]
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 […]
