Morning links: Vince Mayle turning heads at Senior Bowl practices

Former WSU receiver Vince Mayle is turning heads with his stature and his physical play at practices leading up to Saturday’s Senior Bowl.

Here is just some of what the reporters covering the reporters covering the NFL draft hopefuls are writing about Mayle:

He physically overpowered a defensive back in the second day of practice … NFL Media’s Mike Mayock says the receiver moves better than he expected he would … He’s standing out even in a group full of big, sturdy receivers … In fact all the local prospects are looking pretty good .

— Turnovers and missed free throws cost WSU yesterday in a loss at Utah. We’ve got postgame videos of Ernie Kent and a couple players .

— The Utes weren’t very happy with their post play but the guards looked great .

— The Huskies face Colorado today in a building where they have not won since the mid-1970s.

— Arizona and Stanford will meet in a matchup of two of the conference’s best teams.

— Arizona State’s Shaq McKissic is creating quite a collection of Pac-12 posters.

— Cal’s Kingsley Okoroh is rapidly improving .

— Colorado will try to avoid giving Robert Upshaw his customary five blocks or so in today’s game.

— Oregon has a must-win game today against USC.

— Oregon State’s new football coach says Wisconsin’s high academic standards drove him to Corvallis. Wayne Tinkle is coming up with creative ways to keep his players’ legs fresh.

— Stanford is hoping to end a long streak of losing to Arizona.

— UCLA coach Steve Alford hasn’t forgotten his Indiana roots .

— USC coach Andy Enfield hasn’t made a big impact , says Pedro Moura.