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Mayes third Cougar arrested in two weeks

The count of Washington State football players arrested in the last two weeks is now at three after junior linebacker Logan Mayes was arrested early Thursday evening on suspicion of hit and run, according to the Pullman Police logs. A WSU spokesman confirmed that coaches are aware of the incident, which will be handled internally per coach Mike Leach’s policy. A PPD employee who answered the phone Sunday morning said nobody on duty was able to answer media inquiries, meaning details of Mayes’ arrest are still unclear. Read more

WSU running back Caldwell arrested

Washington State running back Teondray Caldwell was arrested on May 7 on suspicion of assault and burglary stemming from an April 28 incident at a Pullman residence. KQQQ 1150-AM in Pullman reported that Caldwell and a group of WSU football players were denied entry to a party, and that Caldwell allegedly struck a man sitting on the porch. Read more

Things looking up under Moos

YAKIMA – Bill Moos said he wanted to build when he accepted the Washington State athletic director job in February of 2010. He’s already done that, spearheading efforts that saw construction completed in September on WSU’s new football press box and premium seating, as well as a large hole in the ground near Martin Stadium that will eventually turn into a new football operations building. Read more

WSU QB? Tune in come fall

More depth, more experience and more knowledge of coach Mike Leach’s system made this year’s spring football practice session more efficient than Leach’s first. And while the Cougars have more answers than they did at this time last year, a few questions still remain, such … Read more

Cougars still need a few answers

More depth, more experience and more knowledge of coach Mike Leach’s system made this year’s spring football practice session more efficient than Leach’s first. And while the Cougars have more answers than they did at this time last year, a few questions still remain, such as: who’s going to start at quarterback? And who’s going to protect him? Read more

Marquess Wilson selected by Chicago in seventh round

Marquess Wilson’s controversial departure from Washington State didn’t prevent the record-setting receiver from being chosen in this year’s NFL draft. But it probably didn’t help his stock. Wilson had to wait almost until the end, but the Chicago Bears eventually drafted the Tulare, Calif., native with the 30th pick of the seventh round, the 236th overall selection. Read more

Leach: Cougars better at every position

PULLMAN – How pleased was Mike Leach with Washington State’s spring practices this year? Well, he was asked after Tuesday’s spring finale to name one player whose improvement during the last month stood out to him the most. Read more

Leach: Cougars better at every position

How pleased was Mike Leach with Washington State’s spring practices this year? Well, he was asked after Tuesday’s spring finale to name one player whose improvement during the last month stood out to him the most. Read more

Cougars offense finds success in second half of spring game

A halftime summit was held at Albi Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Mike Leach overseeing a group of inconsistent and underachieving football players whom he said suffered – as the coach has grown fond of saying – from “performance anxiety.” It was at midfield where Leach told his team, which had just completed the first half of Washington State’s annual Crimson and Gray game, that the second half would be regular length instead of using a 30-minute running clock as planned. Read more

Blanchette: 2013 Cougs remain work in progress

The com- pany line from Washington State Football, Inc., is that the team we last knew bears virtually no resemblance to the team we’ll be getting to know. Night and day. Leaps and bounds. The unknown and the known. Read more

Cougars offense finds success in second half of spring game

A halftime summit was held at Albi Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Mike Leach overseeing a group of inconsistent and underachieving football players whom he said suffered – as the coach has grown fond of saying – from “performance anxiety.” Read more

Cougars simplify Crimson and Gray game

As far as Austin Apodaca knows, there’s nothing yet riding on today’s Crimson and Gray game at Albi Stadium in Spokane. Washington State split its roster evenly between a crimson team and a white team, breaking up players from the No. 1 and No. 2 offensive and defensive units in an effort to assemble two balanced, competitive units. Read more

WSU ready for spring game

Washington State will play its spring football game Saturday at 2 p.m. at Albi Stadium. Washington State split its roster evenly between a crimson team and a white team, breaking up players from the No. 1 and No. 2 offensive and defensive units in an effort to assemble two balanced, competitive units. Read more

Cougars getting grasp on who will be their holder

PULLMAN – Austin Apodaca might have the upper hand in this competition. But you never know. Mike Bowlin is right there, too. Read more

Pritchard’s QB instincts aid WSU defense

PULLMAN – Tana Pritchard will never attempt a pass for Washington State, unlike the four years he spent as a quarterback at Clover Park High School, unlike the legacy established here by uncle Jack Thompson in the 1970s. But that quarterback lineage is still worth plenty. Read more

Pritchard’s QB instincts aid WSU defense

Tana Pritchard will never attempt a pass for Washington State, unlike the four years he spent as a quarterback at Clover Park High School, unlike the legacy established here by uncle Jack Thompson in the 1970s. Read more

Coug receivers get extra practice in wind, hail after scrimmage

PULLMAN – If they weren’t going to catch passes during the scrimmage, they were at least going to catch them afterward. Washington State’s receivers had a rough start to Saturday’s live, full-contact scrimmage, struggling at times amid biting winds and occasional hail to hold onto the football. Read more

Coug receivers get extra practice in wind, hail after scrimmage

If they weren’t going to catch passes during the scrimmage, they were at least going to catch them afterward. Washington State’s receivers had a rough start to Saturday’s live, full-contact scrimmage, struggling at times amid biting winds and occasional hail to hold onto the football. Read more

Palacio holding fast in bid for starting spot for Cougars

PULLMAN – More than a year ago, defensive coordinator Mike Breske sat in his office and rattled off the physical attributes possessed by each of the four high-school linebackers Washington State had signed a week prior. Kache Palacio’s name came up. Breske paused. Read more

WSU’s Dockery gets hang of position switch

PULLMAN – Enough was enough, Rahmel Dockery thought. He decided he was just about done. Done with trying to play cornerback when he wanted so badly to play receiver. Done with trying to learn the defensive playbook. Done with Washington State’s football team. Read more