From Albuquerque -- Thursday was eventful for the Cougars, who regained the services of defensive end Kalafitoni Pole ... It was eventful for us on SportsLink as well, as we hosted a live WSU chat ... The Cougars will hope for another big game from senior linebacker Justin Sagote ... The rebuilding process appears ahead of schedule for the Cougars ... Our WSU bowl rewind from yesterday took a look at Jason Gesser and the 2001 Cougars' Sun Bowl victory.

Links from around the conference after the jump.

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• Another in-conference transfer for Cal, this time to Arizona.
• Arizona State believes that Carl Bradford will be back next season.
• Marcus Mariota is still returning to Oregon.
• Cassius Marsh's playing days won't end with UCLA.
• Washington's Tosh Lupoi denies allegations that he gave benefits to a recruit.

In basketball news ...

• Duke dismantled UCLA.
• All the headlines from the Arizona-Southern game seem to include the word "rout," and with good reason.
• Utah brushed aside Texas State.
• Long Beach State picked up its second win of the season, courtesy of USC.

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