They said it

“I hope somebody looks back someday and sees this team, this group, is the best in Cougar history. And I hope it’s not over.”

Mike Levenseller,

WSU assistant, on the 2003 Holiday Bowl team

“It was a champagne – well, in our case, beer. It was a beer-pouring event.”

Jim Walden,

WSU head coach, on receiving a bid to the 1981 Holiday Bowl, the Cougars’ first bowl in 51 years