Quarterback Luke Falk will start for No. 25 Washington State when it hosts No. 18 Stanford on Saturday, coach Mike Leach announced Monday.
That Leach had to clarify who the starting quarterback would be was odd, considering Falk is just 136 yards shy of the Pac-12 career passing record, but it was necessary after Leach benched Falk in the first half of the Cougars' 58-31 loss to Arizona on Saturday.
"When [Falk] plays his best, he goes out and plays, and I think sometimes he plays slow," Leach said. "I think it wasn't just him.