WSU Morning links: Getting to know Gary Andersen

Oregon State’s new coach may be new to the Pac-12. But he’s very familiar with the Cougars.

Our football story in today’s paper looks at the ties that bind Gary Andersen and the Cougars. On the blog we also have our practice report and post-practice videos of Graham Harrell and Ken Wilson .

The Pac-12 held its men’s basketball media day on Thursday. We’ve got a story in the paper about media day, the Pac-12 preseason media poll on the blog and quotes from Ernie Kent and Josh Hawkinson.

CougCenter has an interactive examination of WSU’s running backs. … Oregon State beat writer Danny Moran gave Stefanie Loh some insight into the Beavers.

Stanford won its eighth consecutive game against UCLA, in dominant fashion . Cardinal running back Christian McCaffrey made his Heisman case with a record-breaking performance, but everyone’s talking about Francis Owusu’s ridiculous catch .