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Forzani leaves WSU football

Posted by Vince Grippi

March 16, 2010 11:53 a.m. • 8 comments

COUGARS • UPDATED: 4:25 P.M.

Washington State wide receiver Johnny Forzani has left the team and, according to a report in Cougfan, intends to try to play in the CFL this year. I talked with Forzani quite extensively the last home basketball weekend and, during the course of the conversation, asked him how offseason workouts were going and about school, my usual questions. He said both were tough but OK, the usual responses. Sometime in the past three weeks something changed. Anyhow, here’s a short we’ll have in the paper tomorrow, so read on.

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• Here’s the brief story …

PULLMAN – Wide receiver Johnny Forzani has left the Washington State University football team, a school spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.

Forzani, who came to WSU last fall after playing basketball in Canada for two years, played in 10 games in a reserve role for the Cougars as a junior.

He caught nine passes for 265 yards (a team-best 29.4-yard average), including a school-record 99-yard touchdown against Arizona State. He also had eight tackles on special teams.

The reason for Forzani’s decision is unclear, though Cougfan.com, citing unnamed sources, reported Tuesday Forzani intends to try out for the CFL this spring.

• UPDATE: Just wanted to pass on the official news about Ernie Kent. Yes, he’s no longer the Oregon coach.

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• That’s it for now. If I get more I’ll put it up. Until then …

Eight comments on this post so far. Add yours!

mikewsu on March 16 at 12:43 p.m.
That’s a bummer. I think he was going to have a great senior season.

Best of luck to him back in Canada.. he was a bright spot in the Cougar offense while it lasted.
GeauxCougs on March 16 at 1:04 p.m.
There just isn’t any continuity at any position - swords sharpen swords, but {unfortunately} that is not the case with us.
Unreal.
dickkenn on March 16 at 5:02 p.m.
Look at the bright side, this frees up a scholarship. The coaches can always use for this year or next year. I am looking forward to spring practices , and see the progress of our football team. WSU has eleven games in a row without a bye. What happened with this ?GO COUGS
85coug on March 16 at 9:09 p.m.
It is going to be tough replacing that type of epic production.
OlyCoug on March 17 at 10:47 p.m.
Ah, the sarcasm begins. And much, much sooner than usual this year.

Thanks for cracking me up, 85coug. If there’s anything Cougar football fans need more of, it’s comic relief.

Wait, actually, that’s where this team excels. I wonder if there’s a “football follies” for college sports? The past couple years’ Cougar teams could fill up several DVDs of zany, madcap football foibles.

Sigh. Not looking forward to it. Maybe we can get TommyCoug in here to cheer things up—you know, give us a little pep talk on the Cougs’ football prospects…
TommyCoug on March 18 at 11:56 a.m.
OlyCoug…”I’M BACK!!”

Now that you have nawed on the rest of us…

I was not going to comment on this Forzani item…he had some speed…played a little. However, is not a huge factor in the big picture of Cougar football 2010.

Soooooo…The NCAA’s for the 2010-11 Coug basketball team…What’s your “otimistic” prediciton for this falls football Cougs? I can hardle wait for this one!

GO COUGS!!
coug79 on March 18 at 7:12 p.m.
TommyCoug—I pick the Coug FB team to go 1-11 provided they don’t choke against Montana.
OlyCoug on March 19 at 9:26 a.m.
Hey Tommy,
You’re going to have a tough time outdoing me on pessimism with the football team.

I’m right there with coug79. I will be surprised if they go better than 1-11. What are the odds that any other Pac-10 team will drop in talent level more than WSU gains?

After two seasons of absolutely getting our [blanks] handed to us—in blowouts of epic proportions—I don’t see a turnaround any time soon.

Our crystal balls are in sync on this one, unfortunately.