WSU’s bye week begins

Washington State has the first of two bye weeks this weekend so Cougar news will be a little light this week. There’s no Monday press conference and the team won’t practice until Wednesday, so naturally there won’t be any practice reports to pass along for a couple days.

We’ll still have our picks and power rankings, of course, and our live chat on Wednesday.

Links are after the jump.

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— This interactive graphic recaps the Stanford game.

— Bud Withers recaps the weekend’s action on his blog.

— Arizona tumbled in the latest rankings after losing its first game.

— Arizona State’s defensive line is trying to grow up in a hurry.

— Colorado’s Juda Parker will leave some big shoes to fill .

—Oregon’s Mark Helfrich reflects on Saturday’s win .

— Oregon State’s defensive coordinator got a call from USC’s Steve Sarkisian.

— UCLA’s coach is shouldering the blame for Saturday’s loss.

— USC is first in the Pac-12 South thanks to some impressive freshmen .

— Utah jumped up four spots in the AP poll without even playing a game.