Washington State has a starting quarterback. Caden Pinnick, the UC Davis transfer who won Big Sky Freshman of the Year last season, got the job Monday afternoon over Julian Dugger and Owen Eshelman, and he'll make his first start September 6 at Husky Stadium. One year to the day before that, he walked into the same building wearing UC Davis blue and threw for 50 yards in a 70-10 loss. We break down where he came from, the four days in January that landed him in Pullman, and what fall camp actually decided.

Then there's the part nobody at either school wants to talk about. The Cougar Marching Band isn't traveling to Seattle for the Apple Cup. The reported reason is where they'd be seated at Husky Stadium. Washington says the decision belongs to WSU. WSU's band director answered a student reporter with two words: "No comment." Band members  ...