Roundup: Meet Utah's special teams unit
Chantel Jennings introduces us to the Utah special teams unit, which she calls the most interesting unit in all of college football. This is a really, really fun read.
Pete Thamel of Sports Illustrated writes that UCLA linebacker Myles Jack’s decision to leave school and enter the NFL Draft is a sign of how times are changing in college football.
Colorado football coach Mike MacIntyre apologized for pushing an assistant during the loss to Oregon Saturday night. Safeties coach Joe Tumpkin drew a 15-yard penalty for jawing at the officials, which prompted MacIntyre to get physical with his assistant.
In the latest episode of “Leach Being Leach,” Washington State football coach Mike Leach told reporters he keeps a battle axe by his bed in case an intruder comes into the house.
Fred Sarra of Pro Football Focus discusses how Stanford turned its season around following a disappointing loss at Northwestern (which, by the way, doesn’t look so bad right now with NU being the No. 13 team in the nation).
Anne M. Peterson of the Associated Press outlines the quarterback situation at Oregon – Vernon Adams had to sit out the Colorado game because of a broken finger, and backups Jeff Lockie and Taylor Alie provided mixed results.
Christian Caple writes that former Washington football coach and current USC head honcho Steve Sarkisian says he has no extra emotions for the USC-Washington game Thursday night.
Oregon State linebacker David Henry is retiring from football as a result of suffering multiple concussions, the latest one coming in the loss to Michigan. Danny Moran of The Oregonian/OregonLive has more on the story.
Despite a two-game span in which Arizona has given up 111 points, coach Rich Rodriguez isn’t changing his defense, notes FOX Sports Arizona. The 3-3-5 odd stack is here to stay, y’all.
Kyle Bonagura discusses the running back depth at USC. The Trojans are using a five-back rotation this year, three of them being true freshmen, that has propelled USC to an average of 5.4 yards per carry so far.
ESPN’s Sport Science breaks down Arizona State’s rugby scrum-esque touchdown run against UCLA Saturday night. John Brenkus doin’ work.
It’s one of the most fun and swaggerific teams in all the land, and now its season is upon us. Cal women’s basketball is back in camp, and Mara Rudolph of CalBears.com previews the 2015-16 Cal women’s basketball team.