COUGARS Another day, another position preview. This is the big one. Quarterback. Truth in advertising: If you are expecting the starter to be named, sorry. Not happening yet. The competition will continue another week. However, if you want to know where everyone stands, read on.…
Rode up the elevator with WB/S coach Rich Ingold a few mintes ago. He asked how Spokane was feeling entering tonight's title game and I replied confident, that winning teams seem to find a way to keep winning. He sounded confident, too, recalling that two…
COUGARS The first practice of the day is over and the Washington State football players are on their way to the Lentil Festival parade. We have our news and notes from the morning practice. Read on.
COUGARS You can blame the Lentil Festival. I am. Because the Washington State football team is ticketed to participate in today's parade, practice begins at 8 a.m. On a Saturday. Shoot, it was hard to get up this early on a Saturday even when watching…
ArenaCup media day came and went. As I expected, there are two beat writers here (me and a guy from a paper back East) and a couple of television/radio crews. Not quite like the press gathering at Super Bowl XL in Detroit a few years…
COUGARS It took me a while, but I finally got this story ready for you to read. On the link you'll find the receivers position preview. Read on.
COUGARS We're doing this a little different today because we are in the middle of our position previews (today's spot in the crosshairs: receivers). We'll post our practice summary first and then put up the story for tomorrow's paper. So read on, we've got news…
COUGARS The toughest, or longest, or hardest, whichever adjective you want to pick, week of the fall camp is finally starting to wind down. Washington State practices once today, has its last two-a-day Saturday and the final practice of the week Sunday morning. With the…
COUGARS It's funny how one play can change the whole tenor of a practice. Read on for our thoughts from the afternoon workout, held in 96-degree heat on Rogers Field.
COUGARS We're starting our annual position previews in tomorrow's S-R, so we'll share the first story here. It's about the running backs, probably the deepest position on the team, though it almost got a little thinner during practice when James Montgomery's right knee was dinged…
Back with a notebook that will run in Friday's S-R. The unedited version is below. I fly to Las Vegas in the morning and will post a game advance later in the day.
COUGARS The day's first practice is in the books, at least it's in my notebook. And as I look through my notes I see almost everything I wrote had to do with offensive success. It's little wonder the defense stayed after to run sprints.
COUGARS Washington State has two more practices today, which is no shock. That I found two stories about Stanford, the Cougars opponent in the season opener, now that's a shock. For those stories, and more, read on.
All sorts of news came out of today's Idaho football scrimmage. For starters, safety Virdell Larkins has left the program. There are also a host of injuries that have popped up. Keep reading for all the details.
We checked in with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton quarterback Ryan Vena, whose name is prominent in the af2 record book, by telephone this morning. Read on for my unedited feature on Vena (No. 5 in the picture above).
Got the Greater Spokane League football statistical data updated prior to the start of football play in a little over two weeks. Herewith is a recap of what transpired in 2008 where receivers secured places in league history.
Gonzaga's Matt Bouldin is one of 50 players on the Wooden preseason top 50 list. Read on below for more.
COUGARS After taking a few minutes to fill the stomach, we're ready to share our observations from this morning's practice. Read on for more about the players missing and other news and notes.
COUGARS The Cougars practiced in Martin Stadium again today and there are reasons for that. We cover those reasons, and what WSU got out of practice this morning, in our story for tomorrow's S-R. You can read the unedited version on the link.
Spokane's Markee White and Virgil Gray were among those honored when af2 announced its weekly awards winners.White's second-quarter TD grab against Tulsa was honored as the big catch of the week. Gray was named defensive player of the week after making eight tackles and breaking…
COUGARS As the days roll on, we're getting closer to the midpoint of fall camp – depending on when you determine camp closing and the first-game prep starting, that midpoint is one of the days this week. Which means it's almost time for us to…
Mike Iupati, the Idaho Vandals' hulking left guard, has been named to the Lombardi Rotary watch list from which the nation's top lineman will be chosen in December. The honor comes a week after Iupati was named to the Outland Trophy watch list.Iupati is the…
COUGARS There are some notes we couldn't get to in our practice story, from a game-time change (and a television pickup) to a possible (probable?) destination for a former Cougar. Read on.
Back with a feature article on Spokane's defense, which ranks at or near the top in nearly every key statistical category in af2. Read on for the unedited version that will run in Wednesday's S-R.(Pictured is Ben McCombs and Caesar Rayford making a tackle on…
COUGARS Two practices. Two different feels. We have our story about both on the link. Read on for the unedited version of what will appear in tomorrow's S-R.
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