Links, notes, video and a depth chart
COUGARS
We're somewhere over northern Oregon at the moment, cruising toward Seattle as we wind down our media day coverage. Let's try to wrap up some of it here before this airplane begins its descent and they make me put away my laptop.
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Ah, we were too late, so the rest of this is being written in the comfort of a recliner after a bit of a whirlwind 36 hours.
First, here are our stories for tomorrow's newspaper, the first focusing on Mike Leach's popularity down there on Tuesday, the second providing some more notes around the conference, as well as some announcements about the Pac-12 Networks' programming you may find interesting. And here's our blog post with tidbits from most of the group interview sessions.
Also, here's the full transcription, as provided by ASAP Sports, from Washington State's session on the stage this afternoon.
Here's the video of WSU's podium session, for you visual learners out there:
We also have links for you. Several of them. We'll start with those related to WSU, such as this story in the Deseret News focusing on Leach's BYU connection. Leach made some comments to Yahoo! about the Penn State situation. CBSSports.com writes a bit about Leach's off-the-wall comments during the group session. ... Washington -- and you're not going to believe this -- thinks it can do better than its predicted third-place finish in the Pac-12 North. Ryan Divish, still recovering from the two double-doubles he consumed in one sitting at In 'N Out Burger on Monday, has a little bit of everything in this story in the Kitsap Sun, as well as a UW notebook. ... Some notes from the LA Times, leading with Leach. That newspaper also has stories about UCLA and USC, as well as this column taking a look at the new coaching landscape in the conference (also leading with Leach). The Orange County Register has its share of USC and UCLA coverage, too. ... Arizona State coach Todd Graham is one of the new kids on the block. ... Arizona shrugged at its ranking in the preseason media poll. ... All kinds of stuff on California and Stanford from the San Jose Mercury News. The Cardinal will have Shayne Skov available for practices. Cal's star receiver is coming back from injury, too. ... Plenty of tidbits from around the conference over on ESPN's Pac-12 blog. ... Utah is happy with its second-place predicted finish, and eager to give this whole Pac-12 thing another go. ... Colorado still has a football team, and it also competes in the Pac-12. ... A big, long story about Oregon and a big, long story about Oregon State. ... A roundup of the Pac-12 coaches' comments on Penn State.
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WSU also released a post-spring depth chart on Tuesday, which reads as follows (starters in bold):
OFFENSE
X-WR Marquess Wilson
Dominique Williams
Y-WR Andrei Lintz
Bobby Ratliff
LT John Fullington
Gunnar Eklund
LG Wade Jacobson
Dan Spitz
C Matt Goetz
Elliot Bosch
Taylor Meighen
RG Dan Spitz
Jake Rodgers
RT Rico Forbes
Gunnar Eklund
H-WR Bennett Bontemps
Gino Simone
Blair Bomber
Z-WR Kristoff Williams
Isiah Myers
Drew Loftus
QB Jeff Tuel
Connor Halliday
David Gilbertson
RB Rickey Galvin
or Carl Winston
Teondray Caldwell
BH Max Hersey
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DEFENSE
RT Xavier Cooper
Lenard Williams
NT Kalafitoni Pole
Anthony Laurenzi
LT Anthony Laurenzi
Steven Hoffart
BUCK Travis Long
Logan Mayes
SAM Eric Oertel
Cyrus Coen
MIKE Darryl Monroe
Darren Markle
WILL Chester Su'a
Jared Byers
Tana Pritchard
CB Daniel Simmons
Tracy Clark
SS Deone Bucannon
Anthony Carpenter
FS Tyree Toomer
or Casey Locker
CB Damante Horton
Nolan Washington
SPECIALISTS
P Michael Bowlin
PK Andrew Furney
KO Michael Bowlin
LOS Zach Koepp
or Alex Den Bleyker
H David Gilbertson
PR Leon Brooks
or Rickey Galvin
or Rahmel Dockery
KOR Rahmel Dockery
Rickey Galvin
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All for now.
Christian Caple can be reached at christianc@spokesman.com. Twitter: @ChristianCaple