Pac-12: Gannon Conway
- Some changes on Arizona's post-spring roster.
- Gannon Conway putting up a fight to start on ASU's talented defensive line.
- Will Cal's win total go up or down? The Athlon folks debate.
- Chidera Uzo-Diribe sees growth, maturity with the Buffs.
- Brian Teague's move to the O-line has been a huge help to Oregon.
- Things got a little chippy at Oregon State's practice.
- Reviewing Stanford's options at tight end and wide receiver.
- UCLA kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn learning to be a leader among the specialists.
- A Q&A with USC's outgoing center Khaled Holmes.
- Breaking down the draft prospects from Utah.
- Steve Sarkisian offers some thoughts after Washington's spring game.
- CougCenter wraps up its series on the Air Raid playbook.
James Brooks, a senior two-year starter at defensive end, has left the team for personal reasons, according to a school spokesperson.
Brooks was a talented player who had an up-and-down career. Most notably, he blocked two extra points in the Sun Devils' double-overtime win over Arizona. On the downside, he struggled with academic issues and staying out of coach Dennis Erickson's doghouse.
Last year, he had 25 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and four sacks.
"James has done a lot of great things for our football program," Erickson said in a statement released by the school. "We will continue to help him in any way we can."
The loss of Brooks means sophomore Junior Onyeali and senior Jamaar Jarrett likely will be the Sun Devils' starting ends. They combined for 22 tackles for loss and 11 sacks in 2010. Greg Smith also is an option, and JC transfer Gannon Conway also looks the part, though he's not played a down of Pac-12 football.
Doug Haller offers some additional perspective here.
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Miller has been covering college football since 1997, starting with Auburn and then heading West to Washington and the Pac-12. His columns for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer won first place in the 2007 APSE Best Writing contest. The Atlanta native and University of Richmond graduate presently lives with his wife in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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