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Pac-12 morning links: The Air Raid heads to the desert

We've written this week about the potent Arizona rushing attack. But the Cougars have a matchup advantage, too.

That's the passing game. The Cougars excel in it and the Wildcats aren't very good at stopping it. I explain why in today's article. On the blog I issued my midseason grades for the Cougars. Speaking of grades, Steve Palazzolo of Pro Football Focus put together his midseason dream team and there's a Cougar on the list. Stefanie Loh wrote about Arizona's injury-ravaged defense. Our 2-minute drill covers what WSU needs to do in order to win today's game.

Right as WSU's game is winding down, USC and Utah will get things started. It's a curious game in that the No. 3 team in the country is an underdog to an unranked team.

In the nightcaps, Stanford will host Washington and then Oregon State and Colorado will fight in a battle of teams who have yet to win a Pac-12 game.



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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