COUGARSScott Davis (pictured; Spokesman-Review photo by Christopher Anderson) is out, to have an injured wrist re-examined in Pullman. The defense is being pushed around. The offense is sputtering. The special teams have had little to cheer about.And Ainsworth just tacked on his fourth field goal,…
COUGARSSixty-two yards and another Rudy Carpenter touchdown pass. This one goes to Littrele Jones and pumps the ASU lead back to 23 points, 37-14. The 79 yard drive only took a little more than 2 minutes.Then came back-to-back interceptions thrown by Brink and Carpenter, which…
COUGARSA punt. No, wait, a fake punt. And it works. It's another Sun Devil first down.They don't even send the punter out, they use Carpenter, the quarterback. And he hits Zach Miller for 12 yards for a first down.From there a 15-yard penalty helps the…
COUGARSOne of Walden's keys had to do with the kicking game. He felt the Cougs couldn't afford any negative plays in that phase of the game.So now they get a 20-yard punt from Blunt.The Sun Devils have good field position again.WALDENISM: "They're feeling their oats.…
COUGARSThe stats are one-sided with ASU having the heavier side. ASU has 180 yards of total offense; the Cougs 33. Passing yards for ASU: 130; for WSU 28.It's lucky for WSU it has seven points. The Sun Devils aren't stopping either, hitting a big pass…
COUGARSThe Sun Devils jumped back on top with a 35-yard field goal from Jesse Ainsworth, his longest field goal of the season. And we thought Loren Langley didn't have a big leg. At least he has a 39-yarder.It's 10-7 ASU with a little more than…
COUGARSWhen talking about the keys for the Cougars today, former WSU coach Jim Walden emphasized the Cougs couldn't give up the big play.On the first drive, they gave up two. There were, in order, a 34-yard pass from Rudy Carpenter to Brent Miller and a…
EAGLES UPDATED: 5:35 P.M.Eastern Washington snapped a late-season three-game losing streak by routing Idaho State 40-6 in Cheney on Saturday. Here is the Associated Press game story on The Spokesman-Review's sports web page.Matt Nichols passed for one touchdown and threw for another in the Eastern…
COLLEGE FOOTBALL UPDATED: 4:25 P.M.Whitworth will try to clinch home field for the NCAA Division III football playoffs during the Pirates game with the University of Puget Sound (12:30 p.m.; 1230-AM). UPDATE: The Pirates won 44-27, completing a 10-0 regular season. They'll find out who…
PREPSWow.I honestly don't think I can get to all the prep news this morning without overloading my brain and computer.From Gonzaga Prep advancing in the 4A football playoffs with an overtime win - the web version has seemed to disappear – over Moses Lake and…
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