COUGARS

Don't get caught looking ahead.

I'm pretty sure that's the mantra today in Pullman as WSU (16-3 overall, 5-2 in the Pac-10) prepares for tonight's game (7; 920-AM) with Oregon State. The 20th-ranked Cougars have seventh-ranked Oregon (18-1, 6-1) on Saturday, so it would be easy to look past the Beavers (9-11, 1-6).

We're going to listen to Bud Nameck's broadcast of the game, and we'll be with you after the buzzer with a link to the game story.

Until then, you can check Glenn Kasses' blog for more information, and check out this feature on Daven Harmeling, a real surprise this year.

Being that it's Thursday, we also have our week ahead story (Cougars are the first game), the standings from all the local conferences and Glenn's Pac-10 notes.

There's not much on WSU – despite its top-20 ranking in both polls – in the Puget Sound papers, with this Bud Withers story in the Times and a wire piece from Tacoma.

See you this evening.

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