Pac-12’s role (or lack thereof) in College Football Playoff expansion | Mailbag
Why wasn't Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould at the College Football Playoff meeting this week? Jon Wilner answers that and more in his latest mailbag.
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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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