Stanford’s Kevin Hogan could be game-time decision against Oregon State

Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan suffered a left ankle injury early in the second half of Saturday’s 41-31 upset of USC and will sit out most of this week’s practices, Cardinal Coach David Shaw said Tuesday.

Shaw said Hogan will test his ankle Thursday. No. 21 Stanford plays at Oregon State on Friday night.

“We are fortunate it was not season-ending,” Shaw said. “If he can do a little bit on Thursday, it might be a game-time decision.”

Hogan was injured on the third play of the second half when he was sacked by Trojans linebacker Anthony Sarao, who landed on Hogan’s ankle.

“Structurally, he was not going to make it worse,” Shaw said. “He was limping to and from the huddle but he scrambled when he needed. He gritted it out and did it.”

Hogan completed 18 of 23 passes for 279 yards and a pair of touchdowns against USC, which fell to No. 19 in this week’s AP rankings after the loss.

Auburn to start Sean White at QB

The Auburn Tigers are changing starting quarterbacks, turning from a struggling Jeremy Johnson to redshirt freshman Sean White.

Coach Gus Malzahn said Tuesday that White will start Saturday night’s game against Mississippi State, but didn’t rule out playing Johnson too. Johnson was billed in the preseason as a potential Heisman Trophy candidate but has thrown six interceptions in three games.

White hasn’t played a game for Auburn yet.

“Any time you change quarterbacks, it’s not an easy decision,” Malzahn said. “Really probably [Tuesday] is when me and coach [Rhett] Lashlee made the decision. We feel like that’s best for our offense right now.

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Montana football Coach Bob Stitt says quarterback Brady Gustafson will miss the homecoming game against Northern Arizona because of a lower leg injury.

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Purdue has benched junior quarterback Austin Appleby in favor of redshirt freshman David Blough.

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Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton will be sidelined the next four to six weeks because of a right knee injury.

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Syracuse Coach Scott Shafer says injured freshman quarterback Eric Dungey is not likely to play Saturday against No. 8 Louisiana State.

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South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier is replacing former walk-on quarterback Perry Orth with freshman in Lorenzo Nunez.

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Central Florida has dismissed junior running back William Stanback from the team, citing a continuous failure to comply with athletic policy and team rules.