CORVALLIS, OR. – Question Mike Leach’s coaching decisions all you want. The constant passing. The fourth-down gambles. The freshmen taken off redshirt status after being activated late in a season that is going nowhere. Even Leach’s most devoted admirers admit that some of his decisions can be debated long and hard. No one, however, should
Author: Howie Stalwick
The end of QB Halliday’s college career means redshirt frosh Luke Falk will start, but he can’t fix what ails Cougars in so many areas, including coaching.
As if losing to USC 44-17 wasn’t bad enough, QB Connor Halliday needed surgery after the game to fix a broken leg. But Mike Leach was weirdly awkward about it.
After a grim home loss to Arizona, Washington State’s leader said some teammates don’t hurt enough after a loss: “A culture gets hard to break.”
PULLMAN – Another game has been played. Another loss has been suffered. Another home crowd has been disappointed. On and on it goes, and nobody knows when the anguish will end for the Washington State football program and its not-so-merry band of followers.
After setting a school record with 812 yards of offense, Cougars miss 19-yard FG attempt with 15 seconds left and fall 60-59 at home to Cal.
From inner-city Los Angeles to Pullman, LB Jeremiah Allison experienced a few surprises. He returned a surprise vs. Utah, leading Cougars with 13 tackles.
PULLMAN — Washington State athletic director Bill Moos hired veteran coach Ernie Kent to revive the men’s basketball program at WSU. Judging from the long list of aim-for-the-sky bonuses built into Kent’s contract, Moos is more than willing to pay Kent handsomely to get the job done.
On national TV with full house in Pullman, Washington State sacked Oregon’s Heisman candidate Marcus Mariota seven times, but couldn’t quite pull off miracle upset.
Washington State set multiple passing records, but the fact that they ran the ball a little in the rout of Portland State was encouraging to Cougars fans.