Roundup: Stanford looks to make it 8 straight against UCLA
More Thursday night football for ya, well, Thursday night, as No. 15 Stanford hosts No. 18 UCLA in a battle of one-loss teams (7:30 p.m. PT, ESPN). Josh Dubow of the Associated Press writes that Stanford looks to make it eight straight against UCLA. Jim Mora has never beaten the Cardinal while at UCLA.
Meanwhile, David Lombardi wonders if Stanford-UCLA is a College Football Playoff elimination game. No two-loss team made the CFP last year, so the loser could very well be out of it.
Surprise, surprise – Arizona is picked to win the Pac-12 in men’s basketball. Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Day is Thursday.
To get you ready for the Arizona State podium session, check out this feature on Arizona State basketball guard Gerry Blakes, who lost his mother and sister in a three-month span. He’ll be in San Francisco Thursday.
From Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Media Day – check out Washington State’s Mariah Cooks’ impersonation of coach June Daugherty.
The Cal women’s basketball team is preparing for life without Brittany Boyd and Reshanda Gray, writes Elliott Almond of the San Jose Mercury News.
Kyle Goon of the Salt Lake Tribune features first-year Utah women’s basketball head coach Lynne Roberts and the vision she has for Utah hoops.
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports provides with some candidates for the USC head coaching job. Chip Kelly back in the Pac? Kyle Whittingham heading to LA?
Pacific Takes wonders if Colorado can snap its Pac-12 losing streak against Arizona this weekend. The Buffs have lost 13 straight conference games.
How ‘bout this – Oregon native, former Oregon student and “Modern Family” star Ty Burrell has a message for Oregon fans (from the comfort of his own bath), and it’s to “be a Duck.”
David Coleman, The Pac-12 VP of officiating, says the targeting call against Washington linebacker Azeem Victor was correct. He must sit out the first half of Saturday’s game against Oregon.
Here’s the good news, Beavers fans – Oregon State defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake says the defense can’t get any worse. It only gets better from here on out.