Morning links: Notes, practice and power rankings

We’ve got plenty to pass along in our morning links today, so dive on in.

Some days it’s fun to shake things up a bit and break from the routine. Today isn’t one of those days. Instead, just like most days we’re going give you the stories in the paper first, then the stuff on the blog, followed by other WSU stories and then from around the Pac-12. So, let’s get to it.

In today’s Spokesman-Review I have our weekly Pac-12 notebook and Power Rankings . Online we’ve got a report from yesterday’s practice and a video of Mike Leach. Stefanie Loh points out that Pac-12 teams are winning big games on the road and wonders if the Cougars could be next .

Utah may be the talk of the Pac-12, but its still second fiddle in the Beehive State. …  Oregon’s loss last weekend had wide-reaching consequences . … The Heisman campaign for UCLA running back Paul Perkins has begun. … Bouncing back for the Wildcats could be tough with Stanford up next.