Hotline newsletter: College Football Playoff likely to be unkind but lucrative for the Pac-12
(WorldNews Entertainment)

*** The Pac-12 Hotline newsletter is published each Monday-Wednesday-Friday during the college sports season and twice-a-week in the summer. (Sign up here for a free subscription.) This edition, from Sept. 18, has been made available in archived form. CFP Prospects (and Paychecks) Our attempt to address all angles of the Pac-12’s seemingly imminent decision to play football this fall has, thus far, omitted one important piece: The College Football Playoff. So let’s dig in here and now, in advance of the presidents’ meeting this afternoon. (More on that below.) In terms of access, there is no games-played requirement. The Pac-12 champion could be selected with a 6-0 or 7-0...