COUGARS We got here early today because there is one truisim in college football: Something will always be messed up for the first game. And that happened, as there is a new way to get on the Internet in the Martin Stadium press box and…
EWU opens its 2010 college football season at 4 p.m. today against the Washington Huskies in Seattle. You can read the game advance that appeared in this morning's S-R here, and check back for quarterly updates on the game. You can also keep tabs on…
COUGARS There are so many links to get through this morning, they seem to be overwhelming Firefox. So I had to put up this morning's post in two phases. Read on.
COUGARS The prep is all done for Washington State. The players are on the way to the hotel and tomorrow they'll open the 2011 football season in Martin Stadium against Idaho State. We have more, so read on.
COUGARS Two Pac-12 teams opened their 2011 season last night, with one really happy with a rout and the other, not so much. Read on for more on that, plus Washington State news.
It wasn't mentioned in the postgame press conference by Robb Akey or any of his players, but early this morning Idaho athletic director Rob Spear posted on Twitter that Akey's mother, Doreen, passed away before the Vandals' season opening loss to Bowling Green. "Our condolences…
As promised, I've including this link to the story on Eastern Washington's small forward-turned cornerback Alden Gibbs, who will make his first start as a member of the Eagles defense in Saturday's season opener against Washington in Seattle. And I've also this link to an…
Eastern Washington's defending NCAA Division I championship football team will open its 2011 season against the University of Washington at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Husky Stadium in Seattle. "We're ready. I wish we could play right now," Bo Levi Mitchell, the Eagles senior quarterback,…
PREPS, UPDATED I'm putting this at the top again because we've had a great continuing conversation. I would like to see a few athletic directors check in and comment. Don't use your real name. Make something up. But we need to get the point of…
COUGARS The college football season kicks off tonight. With that in mind, there is not time for chit-chat. Way too many stories to pass along, from around here first-and-foremost, than up-and-down the West Coast. So many, we had to use up our monthly quota of…
All of our prep football previews can be found at this link. Let's continue the conversation we started on the earlier post. Which teams should we watch for this fall? Chase Naccarato of Mt. Spokane is pictured above. Also, here's a link to my column.
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