The Pac-12 postseason gets underway Saturday at 12:30 … then promptly puts its head back on the pillow and conks out for 10 more days.
The Las Vegas Bowl makes loads of sense for the conference as a second-tier affiliate, because it’s a destination spot — and how many true destination spots, other than the Rose Bowl, are there in the Pac-12’s lineup for fans already living inside the conference footprint?
But the Las Vegas Bowl is too darn early, and we’ll double down on that sentiment with the introduction of the early-signing period (Dec. 20-22).
Also, the LVB date makes picking games in a one-shot format such as this a tad difficult, because of the potential for draft-bound players in the post-Christmas games to McCaffrey themselves from competition.