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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday is forced out of bounds against Stanford during the first half of a college football game on Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Quest Field in Seattle, Wash. Stanford led 17-3 at the half. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)

Flashback: Stanford

Merrily, the 2013 Cougars rolled through their first four games, emerging from the season's first chunk of games 3-1 with a surprising win over. Mike Leach's offense had started to match the hype, putting up 90 points in wins over Southern Utah and Idaho after…

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No shirt, no helmet, no problem

Washington State football coach Mike Leach likes to exercise. He walks to work every day, and can often be spotted on one of his various constitutionals around Pullman. So it makes sense why he spends his downtime in the offseason in Florida's Key West. Not…

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Halliday has a chance to be special 

A GRIP ON SPORTS The Pac-12 media days are done. All that's left before the start of the upcoming football season are those pesky preseason practices. What a bore. I'm joking, of course, but the rest of this post won't be humorous, I promise. It's…

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Cougars land Bigge lineman

Dominic Davis wasn't the only recruit to declare his intentions to play in the crimson and gray yesterday. According to Britton Ransford of Wazzuwatch.com, 6-foot-6, 307 pound offensive lineman Cedric Bigge-Duren also plans to play his college ball at Washington State. Despite his size, Bigge-Duren…

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