WSU, Pac-10 links for Thursday

COUGARS

The nice part about attending a Catholic grammar school? Most of the nuns were baseball fans – and yes, when I was young, there were still a few nuns teaching. As baseball fans, they wanted to know who was winning the World Series – and yes, when I was young, there was only the World Series, no division, no league championship. So on my birthday, I was oftentimes assigned to listen to the game and report the score. It was my first true interaction with social networking. And now I blog. Wow. How times change. Read on.
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• Washington State: After we finish with our usual football post, we’ll add another separate post on basketball. We attended a workout yesterday and watched attentively as new coach Ken Bone ran the Cougars through their paces. But before we get there, let’s cover the football links. … We had our story today that’s about Arizona State and the quarterback position. And we put up our practice notes (end of post) last night. … Eugene Register-Guard columnist George Schroeder asked UO coach Chip Kelly about Paul Wulff’s comments regarding the late challenge (you can read them in their entirety on this post ) and wrote this column .

• Around the Pac-10: Ted Miller of ESPN.com has a couple items: His picks and what to watch this weekend. … Buster Sports’ Nick Daschel talks about instant replay – I’ve noticed this year that I’m not seeing the same thing as the replay official; when the call should be overturned it rarely is; when it shouldn’t, it seems to be – and gives his picks . … Washington: The name is familiar. The school he plays for is not. Heck, like Flounder, he was a legacy. … One of Jeff Tuel’s high school classmates may start at free safety for the Huskies. … Oregon State: This Beaver cornerback is as big as many safeties . … Oregon: Nate Costa has made a long trip back to be the Ducks quarterback . … Cal: Once again, the Bears are hibernating. … Stanford: The Cardinal’s road to the Rose Bowl runs through Corvallis, where they will have to overcome the Rodgers brothers. … USC: Being that his right arm is barely being used on the football field, Mitch Mustain might take up baseball again. … UCLA: It’s official, Kevin Prince is the Bruins quarterback this week. … Arizona State: With Thomas Weber still out, Bobby Wenzig is kicking for the Sun Devils. And backup quarterback Brock Osweiler will play Saturday, according to Dennis Erickson. … Arizona: This is the type of special teams player every coach wants.

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• That’s all for this morning. We’ll be back with basketball post soon and after practice this afternoon. Until then …