Nick Daschel of The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that Oregon State will likely name a starting quarterback on Monday. Jake Luton, Conor Blount and Jack Colletto are your contenders (Luton had the best performance out of the three in Thursday’s scrimmage, going 11 of 17 passing for 161 yards and a touchdown).
The men’s soccer season starts Friday, so here’s Tom FitzGerald’s Stanford men’s soccer season primer as the Cardinal begins its quest for a fourth consecutive national championship. It won’t exactly be an easy task after losing seven starters from last year’s team, but the team is the preseason No. 1 squad in the land.
Nice! USC women’s soccer will host UCLA at the Stubhub Center on Nov. 2. Last year’s derby (pronounced like “darby,” we’re trying to be all soccer-y here) drew 11,000 fans at UCLA.
Jeff Metcalfe lets us know who the Arizona State football captains are for 2018: quarterback Manny Wilkins, center Cohl Cabral, defensive lineman Renell Wren and safety DeMonte King.
A media update on the Palouse – former Washington State quarterback Alex Brink will replace Jason Gesser as radio analyst on Washington State football broadcasts, Theo Lawson reports. Nothing nefarious here by the sound of it, as Gesser will spend more time in his primary role as an Assistant Athletic Director for the Cougar Athletic Fund.
UCLA safety Kenny Churchwell is out for the season with a torn ACL, Thuc Nhi Nguyen reports. The freshman defensive back has not been at practice since last week, she notes.
Barton Simmons of CBS Sports explains why Oregon is the team to watch in the Pac-12 in 2018. It all starts with quarterback Justin Herbert. When he was healthy in 2017, the Ducks were a very dangerous team (when he wasn’t… well that’s another story).
Jon Wilner takes a deep dive into the Pac-12’s research project on concussions, which is being headed by Matthew McQueen, an associate professor at the University of Colorado (hence the Buff logo next to this link).
Check out the “Hear it from Harlan” podcast, courtesy of Utah athletics. You’ll be able to hear new Utah AD Mark Harlan discuss all things Utes, and in the debut episode, he discusses his first month on the job. ‘Tis hosted by Utah special projects coordinator Mike Lageschulte and also includes an interview with Utah wide receiver Britain Covey.
Michael Lev breaks down Khalil Tate’s nine interceptions from the 2017 season in an attempt to see what we can learn from them. A couple weren’t Tate’s fault; otherwise, he was trying to do too much, Lev surmises.
Here’s a Cal football defensive line preview courtesy of California Golden Blogs. Zeandae Johnson, Chris Palmer and Luc Bequette figure to be your starters up front in the base 3-4 Golden Bear defense.
Adam Jude takes a look at Washington’s depth chart for the secondary, which has only been bolstered by the return of senior cornerback Jordan Miller, who is on the mend from a broken ankle suffered in October and has had an “awesome” camp, per co-defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake.