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Morning links: Luke Falk has already overcome many obstacles

Today we have a feature story on Luke Falk and his winding path to becoming Washington State's starting quarterback.

We supplement that story with a sidebar about Falk's sisters, a pair of country music singers living in Nashville.

There are more WSU and Pac-12 links after the jump.

-- Connor Halliday spoke publicly for this first time since his injury yesterday. Here is our story on how his rehab is going.

-- We've also got my Pac-12 Picks and yesterday's practice report.

-- Next week's Apple Cup will have the latest start time in the history of the rivalry.

-- Jeff Nusser examines and evaluates the offensive line.

-- Arizona State's star receiver returned to practice yesterday.

-- Washington's receivers coach has emerged as a candidate for the soon to be vacant coaching job at Montana.

-- Scooby Wright in is line for some serious hardware.

-- California's basketball team won one for the Pac-12 yesterday with an easy win over No. 23 Syracuse. … The football team is getting ready for Stanford's ground game.

-- Colorado will always remember Greg Henderson for his dependability.

-- Two of Oregon's running backs are approaching 1,000 rushing yards.

-- Oregon State doesn't even want to think about a repeat of last year's UW game.

-- Grantland looks at the potential end of Stanford's excellent run.

-- Credit assistant coach Kennedy Polamalu for UCLA's success running the ball.

-- Remember Josh Shaw? He's back and he'll play in USC's rivalry game.

-- Utah punter Tom Hackett is at the forefront of the rugby-style revolution.



Jacob Thorpe
Jacob Thorpe joined The Spokesman-Review in 2013. He currently is a reporter for the Sports Desk covering Washington State University athletics.

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