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Morning links: Peyton Bender makes his push

Peyton Bender cast his lot with Cougars in 2012.
Peyton Bender cast his lot with Cougars in 2012.

Peyton Bender has been slowly closing the gap on Luke Falk during spring practices, and he all but obliterated it with an onslaught of aerial touchdowns during yesterday's scrimmage.

We've got a story about Bender's emergence, observations from the scrimmage, final stats, and videos of Mike Leach, Falk, Bender and Marcellus Pippins, who had two interceptions.

In case you're wondering how the other position battles are shaping up, I put together my projected two-deep depth chart for next season.

Leach also shared his thought on the various scoring systems for spring games. He, uh, likes to keep it old school.

In other WSU news, Jason La Canfora likes Connor Halliday's chances in the upcoming NFL draft and Tom Fornelli says WSU is paying Leach too much per win. The NBA Playoffs started yesterday and Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors are favorites. Here is a story about Thompson.



Jacob Thorpe
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