Saturday, July 22, 2023

PAC Man

Is George Kliavkoff an improvement over Larry Scott or a brain transplant? George had no news on the conference’s new media deal except to say “near future”, which has been said for the distant past.

Jon Wilner, Bay Area News Group, knows the PAC better than any living human near or past and responded to a reader’s unrelated question with a precious line:


How will the resignation of Stanford’s president affect Pac-12 leadership? Who are the possible candidates to take over, and do any of them care about sports? — @UACatManDo

It’s far too early for the Hotline to speculate on potential replacements for Marc Tessier-Lavigne and his successor’s impact on Stanford athletics, but the bar is fairly low: Any new university leader who knows that footballs are inflated, not stuffed, would be a victory for the Cardinal.