The Wednesday Link Blast

Today is officially the slowest sports day of the year.

Despite the fact that I not only fell asleep in the middle of Monday’s MLB Home Run Derby AND around the 3rd inning of last night’s All-Star Game, today is even more boring.

Therefore, before you declare Wednesday, July 15 a total waste of your sports time, let’s spin around the Pac-10.

Today, we’ll focus on UofA’s new TV endeavor, a BlueOut at Cal, catching up with Mike Bellotti (pictured), who will start at QB (again) in Corvallis and the incredibly shrinking WSU defense.

Avast, mateys! I see links on the horizon!

Arizona Wildcats
Arizona Daily Star: Sweeping changes to the way the Wildcats are covered as the school introduces their new statewide TV network.
Arizona Daily Star: Nic Grigsby, who rushed for 114 yards in their win over ASU last year, is having a tremendous offseason.
AZ Desert Swarm: A check on how some ex-Wildcats are doing in NBA Summer Leagues.

California Golden Bears
BearTalk: Cal is preparing for a BlueOut at Memorial Stadium for the Bears September 5 opener with the Maryland Terrapins.

Oregon Ducks
The Oregonian: A Q&A with recently departed football coach and newly christened athletic director Mike Bellotti.
The Oregonian: What recession? The Ducks are having no problem selling season tickets.
Eugene Register-Guard: QB Chris Harper, who left the program, says that it was more due to homesickness than anything else.
Addicted to Quack: Hard to believe that it was a year ago yesterday that Todd Doxey tragically died.

Oregon State Beavers
The Oregonian: The rivalry that never ends, Moevao vs. Canfield, resumes again as Lyle gets healthy.
Building The Dam: They beat me to it…their breakdown, in order, of the most meaningful NC Pac-10 games in 2009.

Stanford Cardinal
San Jose Mercury News: Jim Harbaugh is spending some of his free time down in Central America helping out kids. Cue the ESPN feature.

UCLA Bruins
Los Angeles Times: AD Dan Guerrero makes a list as one of the top 20 most powerful figures in college sports.

USC Trojans
Los Angeles Times: Adam Rose explains why former Trojans backup Matt Cassel actually deserves his $63 million. Many don’t remember that he was the frontrunner to take over for Carson Palmer in 2003 before Matt Leinart came along.
Los Angeles Daily News: Does USC need a burly, physical receiver to succeed in 2009?
Conquest Chronicles: Solely for the oddity - a manifesto on why USC should leave the Pac-10.

Washington Huskies
Seattle Times: Slight is better than none - the idea that a needed veteran voice could be granted a sixth year of eligibility is bandied about.
ESPN: Err, did I miss something? Brian Bennett says that Notre Dame needs to be very afraid of Washington this season.
UW Dawg Pound: A little early, but the Huskies blog previews their 2009 matchup with Arizona State.

Washington State Cougars
CougCenter: The Cougs already inexperienced defensive back seven is getting thinner as two get kicked off the team.

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