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Morning links and a live chat to come

It's Wednesday and that means we'll be holding a live WSU football chat at 11 a.m. In the meantime we have some links to help you catch up on all the action in Pac-12 football.

Those are after the jump.

-- Washington and Washington State may have their differences, but their coaches can agree that most of their colleagues are doing just fine preparing players for life after college, thank you very much.

-- See how I stack up the conference in this week's Pac-12 power rankings.

-- Jim Allen's soccer notebook highlights a big test the WSU women face this weekend.

-- Bud Withers says Pac-12 teams have one remaining way to win honor for the conference: beat Notre Dame.

-- CougCenter's PJ Kendall (a SportsLink comment section original) gives us his WSU player of the week.

-- California's coach still isn't sure what to make of the defense.

-- Here's a progress report on the Huskies after five games.

-- Arizona's Scooby Wright will have plenty of chances to pad his Pac-12 tackles lead against Oregon.

-- Arizona State hit the practice field on Tuesday knowing that there was a lot of work to be done.

-- Did you know that Colorado may boast the most dynamic quarterback-receiver combo?

-- Oregon running back Thomas Tyner says he hasn't met his own expectations.

-- Oregon State's Isaac Seumalo just wants to get back on the field.

-- Even after losing a ton of talent Stanford still has the nation's best defense.

-- UCLA is in a rush to get sacks.

-- USC needs its running backs to make major improvements.

-- Utah's coach is optimistic about getting his free safety back in time for its game against UCLA.



Jacob Thorpe
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