Mike Leach hasn’t hesitated to shuffle the deck this season when starting quarterback Luke Falk isn’t moving the Cougars offense effectively or efficiently. Twice now, the Washington State coach has gone to the bullpen for relief, replacing Falk with backup Tyler Hilinski – most recently in the second quarter of Saturday’s 58-37 loss to Arizona, when it was all the Cougars could do to cross midfield.
But Leach says he won’t be holding QB1 auditions this week at practice as the Cougars gear up to play Stanford on Saturday in Pullman (12:30 p.m., Fox).
“We'll start Luke,” the coach said.