Another crowded Wednesday with WSU links

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It’s a crowded morning, no doubt about it. It always is on Wednesday, as everyone writes about Pac-10 football. Plus, basketball is getting underway, so there’s that as well. Read on.

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• Washington State: The college basketball season kicks off for real Friday night, with the Cougars hosting Mississippi Valley State. We have our season preview, a feature on the life of senior Nik Koprivica. … The Seattle Times has its previews of the men’s and the women’s teams, but I can’t get the links to work on the paper’s site, so I will hold off linking until I can (got the men’s working, so you can hit it now). … Back to football, we have our Pac-10 story . … Freelancer Howie Stalwick has a WSU notebook . … Also, our Steve Bergum has a story on the Cougar soccer team and its NCAA journey.

• Around the Pac-10: The main subject of the Pac-10 coaches conference call seemed to migrate toward the conference’s round-robin schedule (you can read Paul Wulff’s thoughts here ). ESPN.com’s Ted Miller has his thoughts in video form. … The Times’ Bud Withers shares his views. … And the LA Times’ Chris Dufresne also writes on the subject. … Is the Quizz the Pac-10 offensive player of the year again? … Washington: Coach Steve Sarkisian calls the Huskies plays. It’s not something a lot of coaches do. … Oregon State: Coach Mike Riley sees the game with Washington coming down to the wire. … Oregon: What happened to the Duck defense that looked like the Pac-10’s best until last week? … California: Jahvid Best’s season is on hold, and might be over . … Stanford: As we wrote about today, the stakes are high this Saturday in LA. … USC: Stanley Havali should be back to help the Trojan offense. … UCLA: The most improved area for the Bruins this season? The offensive line , especially in pass protection. … Arizona State: The Sun Devils lose another cornerback . … Arizona: Ricky Elmore, fresh off an overpowering effort against WSU, is at peace with his life .

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• That’s it for this morning. We’ll be back after basketball practice with news on today’s signees, but you should know who they are. Until later …