FARGO — North Dakota State head coach Tim Polasek is apparently not just a candidate, but the leading candidate for the open Oregon State job.

That’s according to Oregon-based independent journalist John Canzano, anyway, who wrote in his “The Bald-Faced Truth” column Sunday that in his informed opinion Polasek is the odds-on favorite to get the job.

And if that’s anywhere near accurate — and Canzano is a well-sourced, longtime Oregon journalist — logic says Polasek would at least be in the conversation in Fort Collins, Colo., for the open head coaching job at Colorado State, too.

The Beavers and Rams are both going to be part of the reconstituted Pac-12 Conference next year. It just makes sense that if one of the schools is looking at Polasek, the other would, too. Especially among pro

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