USC at WSU to kickoff at 1:30 p.m.

Yesterday the Pac-12 announced that Washington State’s home game against USC will kickoff at 1:30 p.m., making it the earliest WSU game of the season. It comes on the heels of WSU’s first day game, this weekend’s contest against Arizona, which starts at 3 p.m., a time that Mike Leach said on Wednesday is “probably the perfect time to play, really.”

The Cougars put a badly-needed bye week behind them yesterday by getting back to the normal game week routine and that meant a Monday press conference. We have video and highlights from Mike Leach’s appearance as well as video of players Cole Madison , Jamal Morrow and Destiny Vaeao . We also have game notes and a first look at Arizona .

More links are after the jump.

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— Washington QB Cyler Miles has “concussion-like symptoms” but is still expected to play .

— Arizona is trying to get healthy in time for its matchup with WSU.

— Doug Haller looks at what we learned from ASU’s win over Stanford.

— The Golden Bears are having trouble putting the UCLA loss behind them.

— Oregon could soon have another offensive lineman back.

— With Richard Mullaney out for the season Jordan Villamin is the next man up .

— Jon Wilner grades Stanford’s week .

— UCLA’s Brett Hundley is having to adjust to more defenders dropping back in coverage.

— Happy days appear to be here again for USC .

— Utah’s new helmet is pretty slick .