Each week, Ill write about the sport I love: college basketball:UCLA and Georgia Tech will face off in the 2017 Pac-12 China Game presented by Alibaba Group. Longtime Pac-12 partner Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC), which operates under Chinas Ministry of Education, will serve as the co-host for the game.?Oregon gave coach Dana Altman a seven-year contract extension. He is looking to lead the Ducks to a fifth straight NCAA tourney trip.Avery Johnson is doing a good job at Alabama. He has had a very good week in recruiting, then the Tide drew 14,579 fans at Coleman Coliseum for the season-opening win over Coastal Carolina. There is more than just football down in Tuscaloosa.Syracuse saw its depth suffer with the news that diaper dandy?Matthew Moyer?will sit out the season. Moyer has decided to redshirt this season due to preseason time missed with an injury, according to Coach Jim Boeheim.Yale also received bad news as guard Makai Mason, the teams leading scorer, is out for the season with a broken right foot. Mason averaged 16 points per game last season.There were plenty of surprises as the season tipped off. Wagner stunned a ranked Connecticut squad. Boston College of the ACC lost to Nicholls State; what will happen against the likes of Duke and North Carolina? Penn State lost to Albany, Tennessee fell to Chattanooga, and Tulsa lost to Jacksonville State. Calgary Flames Shirts . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Calgary Flames Gear . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Calgary Flames Store . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. After last seasons quarterback carousel at Oregon State, Darell Garretson heads into this season as the established starter.Garretson sat out last season under NCAA rules after transferring from Utah State. For the Aggies in 2014, he threw for 1,140 yards and eight touchdowns in five games when starter Chuckie Keeton was injured. Garretson himself missed seven games that season with a wrist injury.Garretson emerged in the Beavers spring game and coach Gary Andersen didnt waste time, naming him as starter shortly thereafter.On the field, I think he handled spring well. Hes progressed. How good a Pac-12 quarterback is he going to be? Well see. Were not real interested in talking about a lot of things, were interested in getting out and executing and moving forward, Andersen said.Garretson said he felt the year off learning the system was beneficial.Seth Collins, Nick Mitchell and Marcus McMaryion all saw time at starter for the Beavers, who went 2-10 last season in Andersens first with the team.Mitchell has since transferred. Collins announced that he was leaving, too, but then returned to Oregon State. McMaryion remains, and looks to be Garretsons backup heading into the season.COLLINS RETURN: Collins started at quarterback in seven games last season as a freshman but was hampered by injury. In the season-ending Civil War, he lined up at quarterback, receiver and running back.Collins announced after the season that he intended to transfer but he remained enrolled at Oregon State. This spring, Andersen said Collins was taking steps to rejoin the team. Hes listed at receiver for the Beavers, although Andersen said he could fill a variety of roles.Hes done a great job. When he came back, it was -- he was very excited to get back into the mix. He went through the procedures that we laid out for him as a team to get him back into the mainstream. He accomplished those goals very quickly, in a timely manner, Andersen said.SPEAKING OF CHUCKIE KEATON: Andersen has named Keaton to his coaching staff, along with former Aggies offensive lineman Funaki Asisi.dddddddddddd But theyre not the only newcomers. Oregon States new defensive coordinator is Kevin Clune, while the new co-offensive coordinators are Kevin McGiven and T.J. Woods.RECEIVERS: Face it, much of Garretsons success is going to depend on his receivers.Jordan Villamin led the Beavers last season with 660 yards receiving and five touchdowns. Victor Bolden, now a senior, caught 46 passes for 461 yards and three touchdowns while also spending time on special teams, where he was Oregon States go-to on kick returns with 580 yards and a score.Bolden will fill a similar role this season.I believe he will be a difference-maker in this league. He holds himself at a high regard of being a tremendous player within our league, and hopefully elite within the country, and thats his expectations if we can get him the ball the right way, he should do some fantastic things, Andersen said.BIG REMODEL: This season will debut a $42 million remodel of the Valley Football Center and the north end of Reser Stadium. The Victory Through Valley campaign expanded the locker rooms and other player and coach facilities, and created a new fan area called the Terrace which will highlight local food and drink.BEND VISIT: Because of the construction project, Oregon State moved the start of fall practice off campus for the first time ever to the central Oregon city of Bend, about 125 miles southeast of Corvallis. The Beavers had to get permission from the NCAA to hold the first six days of fall practice at Summit High School before returning to campus on Aug. 11.SEASON OPENER: The Beavers open at Minnesota on Sept. 1.PREDICTION: The Beavers were picked to finish last in the Pac-12 North in the conferences preseason poll. ' ' '