Morning links: WSU preseason ends with a scrimmage

The Washington State Cougars held a scrimmage during their last publicly open practice of the year.

We’ve got scrimmage coverage on the blog, including our practice notes , stats and videos of Mike Leach , Jim Mastro , James Williams and Luke Falk .

In the physical newspaper we’re starting our position-by-position previews. Up first, the defensive backs .

CougCenter also has a scrimmage recap . … Stefanie Loh wrote about the Pac-12 Network’s trip to Pullman .

Elsewhere in western coastal football…

— Arizona quarterback Anu Solomon is playing well .

— Some Pac-12 players are named in the Seattle Times exposé about cheating at Bellevue High.

— Freshman Jojo Wicker is already turning heads at Arizona State.

— California is trying to add a smash-mouth ground game .

— Oregon called the cops on Pac-12 analyst Curtis Conway. … And Mark Helfrich won’t rule out a two-quarterback system.

— Oregon State will certainly use two quarterbacks, at least in the opener .

— Stanford’s football team held its own scrimmage, and a freshman running back was the star.

— Adam Jude spoke to Dexter Charles about his sudden retirement from football. … Washington’s season-ticket renewals are way down .