Roundup: Taylor Kelly and Travis Wilson to start for ASU and Utah

Mike Bercovici has been great, but Todd Graham said Monday that Taylor Kelly will start at quarterback for Arizona State against Washington on Saturday. Also, John Marshall of the Associated Press writes that Arizona State “cleared a big hurdle” by beating Stanford, a team that bested it twice in convincing fashion in 2013.

On a similar note, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham announced that Travis Wilson will start at quarterback for Utah against USC.

Adam Jude notes that if Cyler Miles is cleared from concussion-like symptoms he suffered against Oregon, he will start against Arizona State. If not, it will most likely be redshirt freshman Troy Williams.

Chantel Jennings of ESPN tells us which four playmakers Oregon needs quality production from in order to get into the College Football Playoff (cheat sheet: Byron Marshall, Pharaoh Brown, Jake Fisher and Arik Armstead).

Athlon Sports diagnoses the issues the Stanford offense is having as it approaches a big stretch of games (the Oregon schools and Utah are its next three).

Wide receiver JuJu Smith’s production could be a huge key to success for the Trojans when they travel to Salt Lake City for a monster game at Utah, pens Gary Klein of the LA Times. Smith had four receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown against the Buffs.

Scott Chong of California Golden Blogs breaks down the UCLA-Cal game tape in pic and GIF form.

Now that Richard Mullaney is out for the season, true freshman receiver Xavier Hawkins might be a backup at split end, according to what Mike Riley told Gina Mizell and other reporters Sunday.

Auburn Tiger-turned-Colorado Buffalo offensive lineman Shane Callahan saw his first game action of the season in the 56-28 loss to USC.

Let’s watch UCLA cornerback Marcus Rios talk about his game-winning interception at Cal.

It’s Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Media Day Thursday, and Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports writes that Arizona is the clear leader of the Pac-12 in this conference primer.

Wanna see Butch T. Cougar take the Mascot Challenge? Sure you do, Coug fan. My biggest takeaway from this video? Ashley Adamson is pretty good at charades.