There is little doubt that Bill Frazier is one of the first names to come to mind when the greatest local high school coaches are discussed. William Harry Frazier was a native of Moscow, Idaho where he earned all-state honors as a high school athlete…
The official WSU football Twitter account broke the news this morning that Kyrin Priester will be joining the team. More on WSU's new receiver after the jump. ...
A GRIP ON SPORTS How would you define "gamesmanship?" Type the word into your Google machine and it spits out such words as "questionable" and "ploy" and "unethical." All words with negative connotations. But is it really all that bad? Read on.
Yesterday Washington State held its weekly press conference so we were able to find out the exact nature of Connor Halliday's injury and it's unfortunately a season-ender. We have a story and blog post on that, and it also leads today's notebook. There was more…
Mike Leach answered questions from the media for about 20 minutes on Monday about Connor Halliday, Luke Falk, punts and lots of other topics. The video of his press conference, courtesy of WSU Athletics, is below and a transcription of his remarks is after the…
During Monday's press conference Washington State coach Mike Leach clarified what exactly the injury suffered by quarterback Connor Halliday is, a break of his fibula and tibia low enough to be considered part of the ankle. Halliday is still in the hospital, where he is…
A GRIP ON SPORTS It would be easy to assume program sales were way up at CenturyLink yesterday. After all, if you wanted to know who was playing on the Seahawks' offensive line and in the secondary, you needed a roster. The guys out there…
It's a week for the Cougars as Washington State begins preparing for the first game of its second-season, a three-game sprint to the finish with Luke Falk at quarterback. The Cougars can't make a bowl game but they can increase still increase the optimism around…
So much was written about WSU's 44-17 loss to USC yesterday, and so little about the game itself. The game itself consequential only in that it was Washington State's seventh loss and officially knocked the Cougars out of the postseason. But Connor Halliday's first quarter…
If you're like me, basically all you've got after this game are thoughts of Connor Halliday and what he meant to WSU, how fun he was to watch and listen to this season, and how unfair it felt watching as a guy who's fought through…
Gonzaga put its considerable depth on display Saturday, rolling past visiting Thompson Rivers University 95-69 in an exhibition game. More in my unedited game story below.
Somehow, the Idaho Vandals weren't completely out of it early in the fourth quarter with five turnovers to Arkansas State's one. They had weathered two Matt Linehan interceptions in his four pass attempts. They had overcome a crushing fumble by Linehan inside ASU's 10 that…
Not too long now until WSU kicks off against the Trojans. We'll have a live chat an hour before the game begins and until then let's get to some links. …
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