COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Mike Leach spoke about his recruiting class for roughly 51 minutes on Wednesday. And while we didn't transcribe the entire thing, we did come close. The result is posted below for your perusal.
A GRIP ON SPORTS Last year I trekked up U.S. 195 to Northern Quest Casino for Washington State's signing day get-together. This year all I had to do was drive from home. But there was a lot more that was different to the event than…
Good morning. I was a little surprised -- and not just because it was 5-something in the morning -- when I saw the odds in the S-R and BYU was listed as a 3.5-point favorite over visiting Gonzaga tonight. Figured it'd be a toss-up or…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Boy, do we have some links for you. Lots of them. Links for days and miles. So many that we've broken today's post into three parts. Read on for both of them.
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Here's the complete list of Washington State's signees, with comments from Mike Leach about each of them. Click here to watch Leach's press conference.
UPDATED The video is of Central Valley boys basketball coach Rick Sloan. I asked him about his team's 10th straight win Tuesday, 69-52 over Shadle Park. Here's a link to the CV/Shadle boys story and roundup of the other Greater Spokane League games. The shocker…
UPDATED: 2:20 p.m Robb Akey and his staff at Idaho have finalized their 2012 recruiting class -- 20 high school and JC players and three JC players who are already on campus. The group includes Coeur d'Alene High's Chad Chalich and Deon Watson. Another Idaho…
Eastern Washington announced its recruiting class Wednesday morning, which includes seven defensive backs, 12 defensive players total - and a quarterback named Bowe. “Every position required a hole or two to be filled, and we did a good job of that,” said EWU head coach…
As in Bowe Merin, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound quarterback from Stockton, Calif., who signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play at Eastern Washington. Here are some video highlights of Merin from last year. For the season in his only year as a starter at…
A GRIP ON SPORTS Like a lot of you, I read before I go to sleep at night. Sometimes it's a book – right now I have sort of started Stephen King's 11/22/63 – and sometimes it's Twitter or Google news. Last night it was…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- By the end of today, we should know -- officially and for serious -- who will compose the Cougars' freshman class next season. There's a heck of a lot going on today, so hurry up and read on for what we…
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