Live chat, back at it from Pullman

COUGARS

FROM PULLMAN — You step away for one day, and Mike Leach decides to let his offense have it. Read on as we catch you up to speed this morning from the Palouse.

…

As noted above, we’ll hold our weekly live chat today at 1 p.m. … And as noted in this practice report from Cougfan.com, Leach held some of his offensive players after practice on Tuesday, putting several of them through a rigorous workout in the sand pit before making them throw a bunch more passes. Will be interesting to see how the team responds today when it practices again at 3:30 p.m., its last practice before a two-day break. Something tells me they might come out with a little more pep. … As usual on Wednesdays, we had our weekly Pac-12 notebook, this one taking a look at the Cal-Stanford rivarly being played this weekend.

Around the Pac-12 … Arizona sees areas in which it can improve in the season’s second half. … Arizona State won’t slow down for Oregon. … A cool story here about Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor. … And California will be trying to stop Taylor this weekend. … A Washington linebacker will see his brother on the field this week against Arizona. A Huskies cornerback played well in his first start. … USC is getting creative this week in preparing for Colorado. … Oregon State is worried about a letdown this week against Utah. The Beavers believe they can do big things . … Oregon is facing its toughest test yet this weekend . … UCLA’s offensive line is getting needed rest this week. … Matt Barkley sleeps sometimes .

Check back at 1 p.m. for our chat.

Christian Caple can be reached at christianc@spokesman.com . Twitter: @ChristianCaple