Roundup: Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold declare for NFL Draft
UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen declared for the 2018 NFL Draft on Wednesday, he announced on Twitter (Bleacher Report). Rosen threw for 3,717 yards with 26 touchdowns and 10 interceptions while completing 63 percent of his passes in 2017.
Just 25 minutes after Rosen made his announcement, USC quarterback Sam Darnold also declared for the NFL Draft after throwing for 4,413 yards, 26 touchdowns and 13 picks in 2017.
Former Arizona offensive lineman Warner Smith died Tuesday after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) for the last few years. Smith was a four-year starter and helped the Wildcats to their first 10-win season in 1994.
It’s official now – Colorado football has hired Kurt Roper as its quarterbacks coach (The Washington Post). Roper, a former offensive coordinator at a few Power Five schools, worked with Colorado head coach Mike MacIntyre at Mississippi and Duke.
Brent Schrotenboer of USA TODAY Sports caught up with Washington State football coach Mike Leach to discuss why he is so secretive regarding injuries and the 2018 season, among other topics.
Adam Hermann of NCAA.com details the efforts of Arizona State ice hockey trying to build a nationally competitive program as an upstart. Really good stuff here.
Lynn Worthy features Utah men’s basketball guard Justin Bibbins, a Long Beach State transfer who has taken a leadership role with the Runnin’ Utes as they get ready to host the Arizona schools this week (Arizona Thursday, ASU Sunday). The Utes are 10-3 and 2-0 in conference play after getting a nice road sweep of the Oregon schools.
Tom FitzGerald writes that Kezie Okpala and Dorian Pickens are a silver lining for Stanford men’s basketball after heartbreaking and frustrating loss to Cal, as both have recently returned to the lineup for the Cardinal.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find a news article for this, so we’ll go with this tweet from U-Dub – Washington women’s basketball signee Haley Van Dyke scored a league-record 58 points to go along with 27 rebounds to lead Campolindo High to a 96-75 win over Brookside Christian on Tuesday. That’s quite the stat line.
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil was named Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Month for December, while UCLA’s Eloise Belanger was named Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Month.
Andrew Greif gives us the top 10 University of Oregon athletics stories of 2017 in this link.
Danny Moran looks back at running back Ryan Nall’s 10 best games at Oregon State now that Nall has declared for the 2018 NFL Draft.