PULLMAN – Washington State might play its bowl game on the moon. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but as bowl season approaches and the Cougars wonder about which one they’ll head to, the options seem boundless. Like all traditional Pac-12 teams, …
PULLMAN – Jaxon Potter has played his final snap at Washington State. The quarterback plans to enter the transfer portal, a source confirmed to The Spokesman-Review on Thursday, ending his three-year stay with the Cougars. Potter started each of the …
SALT LAKE CITY – BYU’s Olivia Hamlin knocked down a buzzer-beating jumper to send Washington State to a 56-54 nonconference loss on Wednesday afternoon at the Marriott Center. WSU (1-8) led by eight points early in the fourth quarter, but …
PULLMAN – Before the sun could make its way over the rolling hills of the Palouse on Wednesday morning, Jimmy Rogers was in the Cougar Football Complex. It was the first day of college football’s early signing period, and WSU was set to sign more than two dozen players, but the start time still registered as a little earlier than normal around here.
As his freshman season unfolds, Ace Glass finds himself in a curious space. Washington State’s rising star is still green enough to catch some opponents by surprise, which is partially how he erupted for a pair of career-high scoring outings last week, but the opportunities are already dwindling.
PULLMAN – With less than a day until the early signing period, Washington State is strengthening its recruiting pipeline in the South. The Cougars landed two commitments on Monday, both three-star flips from future Pac-12 foe Texas State: defensive lineman …
Washington State is bowl-eligible again after smashing Oregon State in the regular-season finale. The sixth victory secured a 2-for-2 record for WSU: Two seasons in Pac-12 purgatory, following the demise of the former conference and before the rise of the …
PULLMAN – A star is rising on the Palouse. WSU guard Ace Glass has earned WCC Freshman of the Week honors, according to a Monday release, after a record-setting outing at last week’s Maui Invitational. Glass broke the WSU single-game …
PULLMAN – Angel Johnson cradled the football in his right hand and stomped his feet. His breath came billowing out of his face mask and into the night air at Gesa Field, where he had just glided into the end zone, putting the exclamation mark on his Washington State team’s blowout win over Oregon State in both teams’ regular-season finales.
When halftime hits at Gesa Field, teams are put on something of a collision course. The path to Washington State’s locker room takes the Cougars from the far sideline to the opposite side of the field. The path to the visitors’ takes the guests across the field too. The Cougs will often cross paths with their opponent, but it’s rarely an eventful sequence.
Raam Stevenson’s face crept into a wry grin. He was sitting atop a podium, not far from the field where his Washington State team reached bowl eligibility with a 32-8 dismantling of Oregon State, and as a key cog in the Cougars’ defense, he could see where this question was going.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – Already in the midst of a rough start to its season, the Washington State women's basketball team got a troubling draw for its second game at the Paradise Jam.
Washington State avenged a loss to Oregon State earlier this month and secured bowl eligibility in the process, capping its regular season with a 32-8 win over the Beavers on Saturday at Gesa Field in Pullman. The Cougs' defense continued its long streak of impressive performances, consistently pestering the Beavs and their true freshman quarterback.
Caleb Francl The senior linebacker is spotlighted here for the second consecutive week after recording an interception for the second straight game and assisting on another WSU takeaway. Francl, a South Dakota State transfer, teamed with Cougar safety Matt Durrance …
PULLMAN — To understand this Washington State team, to understand the transitional period the Cougars are in and where they’re trying to go, you have to understand something about their head coach. Jimmy Rogers doesn’t smile during games. Look over …
PULLMAN – Say what you will about Washington State’s offense. The Cougars have not looked like the same team in second halves this season. Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus throws too many interceptions. They’re too inconsistent, too hot-and-cold, and too one-dimensional to …
PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for when Washington State completes its regular-season slate with a home matchup against Oregon State, set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday on The CW.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – It got dicey in the final seconds, but Washington State made a late defensive stand and hung on for its first win. The Cougs squandered a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter, but denied …
PULLMAN – Back in August, when the heat was still sweltering and the sun was still beaming down on Washington State’s practice field, Josh Meredith opened up a little. Headed into this season, he was taking things a little personally, he said. He was tired of a certain perception that followed him around, that he was nothing more than a slot receiver who could find soft spots in zone defenses.
PULLMAN – Mason McCormick sat in Jimmy Rogers’ office in Brookings, the small town in South Dakota where a dynasty was unfolding beneath their feet. It was November 2020, and due to the coronavirus pandemic, their South Dakota State team was idle. They went on to play a spring season, but as the virus ravaged the world, the Jackrabbits had some time this fall.