This is my fourth year doing the Gekko Files series. It's always a big project for me to research all of the teams and then allocate the time required to prouduce about 3000 words per team. In doing this work every year, I try to be as impartial as I can possibly be without crossing over into a purely analytical and pedantic realm.
It's not always easy.
But it is a labor of love and, as is the case, my work on the team-by-team research always leaves me feeling like I have a pretty good handle on how things are going to go once PAC 12 play kicks off.