• Stanford coach David Shaw said injured quarterback Keller Chryst (knee) isn’t ready to play yet. But “when he’s healthy, he’s our guy. Hopefully he’s healthy Game 1.” The Cardinal open the season Aug. 26 against Rice in Australia. If Chryst is unable to play, the starter will be senior Ryan Burns or redshirt freshman K.J. Costello.
• Washington State coach Mike Leach is renowned for veering off into tangents. Asked Thursday about dealing with millennials, Leach described them as “experts on technology.” He added: “I do think we'll cycle out of that. There's always been a cycle. Heck, we got out of disco, you know? We survived that. We had punk rock briefly as we were recovering. … Paul Harvey always said, ‘Tomorrow's always better than today.’ And he was supposed to be the old-fashioned guy, right?”
• Utah coach Kyle Whittingham on the addition of receiver Darren Carrington, whom Oregon dismissed from its program after a recent DUI charge: “It's always a tough decision when you're talking about a player that you're going to add to your program that potentially has a checkered past. You have to make a decision based on all the information you can gather. Based on the athlete's attitude. Is he remorseful? Does he understand that he's done some stupid things and (is he) ready to put it behind him and move on?
“There is so much that goes into it. It's a judgment call. You're not always right. But I feel in this case it was the right thing to do to give Darren another opportunity.
“Now, he is not cleared to practice or even compete. There are still hurdles to go through. He's on campus right now, and we're hoping that things get worked out.”
