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MONDAY, OCT. 27, 2014





Pac-12 adopts numerous reforms

The Pac-12 university presidents and chancellors announced today that the conference will adopt sweeping reforms. These include: Four-year scholarships for all student-athletes. Players that leave school early will be able to use the remainder of their educational expenses to pursue their degrees at a later…

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Finally finding true high school champion

High school basketball first had a championship tournament in Washington State in 1923. It took another 50 years before an organized system of playoffs was established for football. Before then, state champions were mythical, usually based on poll results. The Spokane area schools first competed…

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Oregon State QB Sean Mannion threw for 3 TDs. (Associated Press)

Kickoff time set for WSU at OSU 

The Pac-12 conference announced this morning that Washington State's Nov. 8 game at Oregon State will kick off at 1 p.m. It's the earliest start time for a WSU game this season and will mark the third consecutive week the Cougars have had an afternoon…

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USC week begins

It's Monday so we'll start looking ahead to this weekend's game against USC, starting with this afternoon's press conference. Before that, however, we follow the Arizona game with a look at tentativeness the Cougars showed on Saturday. More links are after the jump. …

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