Morning links: Gray clouds at WSU practice give way to glowering heat

Washington State’s Tuesday practice ended with a rain shower. Today, the Cougars will probably miss the precipitation as they practice in 106-degree heat.

Yesterday’s practice saw the WSU offense turn to running back Gerard Wicks and its rushing attack. You can read about that in our practice report . We also present this story in the paper about WSU’s nickel position, and why some Cougars are practicing at both defensive back and linebacker.

We also have a number of videos to pass along. Here are interviews with Mike Leach , Darius Lemora , Parker Henry and Colton Teglovic .

The WSU broadcast team has another podcast to pass along and the school website has a practice report . The folks at CougCenter have an extensive WSU preview .

— Vernon Adams will be doing a lot of studying today.

— Jake Browning could start at quarterback for Washington and he’s only a freshman .

— USC plans to use Adoree’ Jackson all over the field. But are the Trojans making the best use of his talents?