Yesterday the Washington State coaches flew back to Pullman to hold a practice. The Cougars spent the first part of the week on the road recruiting, and they'll likely head out one more time but last night they took a break from the attempted accumulation of players to put the current players through their paces.

Here is our report from last night's practice.

More links are after the jump.

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-- Yesterday WSU quarterback Connor Halliday was named to the Maxwell Award watch list. Here's our story in the paper.

-- Our Pac-12 picks are out just in time for tonight's Utah-Oregon St. game.

-- We also handed out unit grades for the Stanford game.

-- It's been 10 years since "The Pick" put Oregon on the map so Bud Withers tells the story of one of the Pac-12's greatest plays.

-- Maybe Chris Petersen and his staff can end the Ducks' dominance over Washington. After all, they're undefeated against Oregon.

-- Arizona's quarterback has had a stellar freshman campaign.

-- Arizona State's freshmen are getting used to college life.

-- California will start a freshman defensive end against UCLA.

-- Colorado's offense has played well but has some tough defenses coming up.

-- After four years of playing the Huskies on the basketball court, Oregon's Johnathan Loyd is about to see the rivalry from a different angle.

-- Can Oregon State manage an upset tonight against Utah?

-- Stanford safety Zach Hoffpauir feels that he still needs to prove himself.

-- Grading the first half of UCLA's season.

-- USC running back Buck Allen is deserving of national attention.

-- It may be up to pair of freshman safeties to stop Sean Mannion.

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