Cougars begin an abbreviated week

The Cougars will hold their Monday press conference today and they’ll also have practice this afternoon. Normally they don’t practice on Monday but with a Friday game this week they took Sunday off instead.

That game, against Stanford at 6 p.m., will mark the start of the second half of WSU’s regular season.

Links from around the conference are after the jump.

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— Our story in the paper today looks at WSU’s opponent and how the Cardinal factor into the Cougars’ goals for the season.

— Go 2 Guy Jim Moore says he’s rooting for WSU kicker Quentin Breshears to bounce back after Saturday’s loss.

— Stanford is still a ranked opponent, barely .

— Arizona debuted in the AP poll at No. 10 , the largest jump by any unranked school since the poll expanded to 25 teams.

— Arizona State’s crazy finish was one of many this weekend.

— Oregon’s matchup with UCLA was going to be a clash of undefeated teams. Now, it’s a clash of teams hoping to avoid a two-game losing streak .

— The Bruins are feeling beaten up after a physical loss to Utah.

— Steve Sarkisian tries to explain what went wrong for the Bruins.