Morning links: Cougars get creative with special teams

Football teams punt, it’s just something they do. But the Cougars don’t have any punters listed on their spring roster.

So to get the punt work done in practice, the Cougars have had to get a little creative. We explain how in this story for today’s paper . And here on the blog we have a post documenting everything that happened in yesterday’s practice , video of Mike Leach talking after practice, and a fun video with Darryl Paulo , who answers some questions about the team.

Over at CougCenter, Brian Anderson has a really cool look at the X’s and O’s of WSU new package that has the quarterback lined up under center. Also, there’s this video of outside linebackers coach Roy Manning mic’d up at practice .

Elsewhere in the Pac-12 …

— It looks like Washington’s best basketball player is transferring .

— Arizona State has hired Bobby Hurley as its new basketball coach , completing a pretty good week for Duke and its graduates.

— Kevin Gemmell takes a look at UCLA’s new defensive coordinator .

— Spring ball is almost over at USC .