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Roundup: Arizona State's Manny Wilkins shakes off tacklers and the flu

Oct 4, 2018
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Arizona State

Michael Jordan… Manny Wilkins… I can’t tell the difference – Jeff Metcalfe reports that Wilkins played with the flu in Arizona State’s win over Oregon State. Dude threw up during the game and then threw a touchdown pass not much later.

Stanford

Tom FitzGerald writes that Stanford running back Bryce Love is “iffy” to play against Utah this week after hurting his ankle again at Notre Dame last weekend.

Washington

Adam Jude notes that Washington football coach Chris Petersen is the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12 at $4.38 million this year in salary. Interesting to note that Petersen’s salary is 19th-highest in the country.

Oregon

In this video, our very own Yogi Roth says that Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert deserves Heisman consideration. Hard to argue with that; dude’s a studarino (my made-up word, combining “stud” with “arino” (pronounced like uh-reno).

California

Elisabeth Crandall-Howell was promoted to co-head coach for Cal women’s gymnastics, it was announced Wednesday. Crandall-Howell has been on the Cal gymnastics staff for six years and was the 2016 National Assistant Coach of the Year.

Oregon State

Nick Daschel caught up with Oregon State women’s basketball coach Scott Rueck to get his thoughts on the roster and the upcoming season. The Beavers are gonna be big this year with three players measuring in at 6-foot-7 or taller.

USC

The Bay Area News Group’s Vytas Mazeika gives us the story of USC women’s volleyball libero Victoria Garrick teaming up with The Players’ Tribune to produce a video concerning body image for female athletes. The video came out last week and was a sore oversight on the roundup’s behalf. Also some good background info on Garrick and her media savvy-ness.

Colorado

Brian Howell tells us that Colorado is focused on beating Arizona State and isn’t worried about the hype that comes with being nationally ranked at No. 21.

Utah

Christopher Kamrani of The Salt Lake Tribune spends this article explaining Utah wide receiver Britain Covey’s success this season and how he is able to get so open all the time.

UCLA

With the Dawgs next on tap for the Bruins, Thuc Nhi Nguyen writes that Washington’s success under Chris Petersen is a “possible blueprint” for a similar outcome at UCLA with Chip Kelly at the helm.

Washington State

Theo Lawson takes a look at some early bowl projections for Washington State football. Hey, if the Cougs go 12-1 with a Pac-12 championship in tow, why not the College Football Playoff?

Arizona

Check out a chunk of the upcoming episode of “The Drive” featuring Arizona football that will air Sunday at 7:30 p.m. PT / 8:30 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Network.