There's no rule that says the Air Raid offense can't have very productive running backs. In fact, for the pass-heavy scheme to work, the quarterback's backfield mate ought to be one of the offense's most productive players.

When Mike Leach was at Texas Tech the Red Raiders had productive backs such as Baron Batch, Shannon Woods and Taurean Henderson collecting All-Conference honors.

The Cougars have a trio of running backs the coaches are excited about right now, but they haven't been much of a factor through WSU's first two games. That's the topic of our story in today's paper, more links are after the jump.

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-- Yesterday we held our weekly chat to talk WSU football.

-- Neil Stover and I took to the airwaves to talk about WSU's challenges this weekend.

-- Bud Withers has his weekly Pac-12 Prankings and they're the bee's knees.

-- The AP has a story on WSU's need for more focus.

-- Washington has a few playmakers emerging and they need to get them the ball more often.

-- Getting running backs the ball hasn't been an issue at Arizona under Rich Rodriguez.

-- Arizona State has the benefit of a brainiac at center.

-- California's Jared Goff is opening some eyes with his quarterback play.

-- Fans of the show 'South Park' won't want to miss what the creators have in store for the Buffaloes.

-- Mounting injuries along the offensive line are testing the Ducks.

-- Tavita Thompson is learning on the job as an OSU graduate assistant.

-- Stanford's Devon Cajuste could have a big year.

-- UCLA's Myles Jack is a star on both sides of the ball.

-- A look at USC athletic director Pat Haden's relationship with the football team.

 

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