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October 31, 2008 8:38 AM

Friday a.m. links

The is-the-spread-really-up-to-46-and-a-half edition?

--- Indeed, that's what it says in USA Today this morning, that USC is favored by 46-and-a-half. So a 45-0 loss for UW tomorrow would be beating expectations. The next-highest spread of the weekend is Oklahoma State by 30-and-a-half over Iowa State. WSU is a 30-point underdog at Stanford, which raises the question of whether the two in-state Pac-10 schools have ever been a bigger combined underdog on the same weekend. I can't imagine it.

--- Bud Withers of our staff wrote today about Texas Tech coach Mike Leach, who is said to be intersted in the job.

--- For our Husky story today, Percy Allen talked to some of UW's committed players for the Class of 2009 and found most are waiting to see what will happen with the coaching situation before fully committing again. QB Keith Price notes in the story that he hasn't talked to anyone at UW in two weeks. UW coaches were planning to take in Price's game down here this weekend while in town for the USC contest, but as it says in the story, they are no longer planning to attend high school games this weekend.

--- The New York Times' Pac-10 notebook ponders the role of UW president Mark Emmert in Washington's coaching decisions. Also a reference to some talks the UW brass has had with Nick Saban in the past looking for advice on the coaching situation here.

--- Here's a look at Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, who is among those rumored on the list for the job here.

--- John Henderson of the Denver Post looks at UW"s coaching situation.

--- Ken Goe of the Oregonian writes that it could take a new coach four years to fix the Huskies. (And that's a cheery thought for Husky fans, isn't it?).

--- ESPN's Ted Miller ponders if the Huskies will play hard for Tyrone Willingham. I wonder if it will be possible to know. The Huskies could play great and probably lose this one by 40.

--- The Trojans won't be at full strength tomorrow, however, as safety Kevin Ellison suffered a knee injury in practice Thursday and will sit out the game.

All for now.

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