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MONDAY, NOV. 26, 2012


Lindgren, Tormey to interview for UI job 

Five candidates have emerged as finalists to become the head football coach at Idaho, and two of those coaches -- Wyoming defensive coordinator Chris Tormey and San Jose State offensive coordinator Brian Lindgren -- will interview with UI on Tuesday. FootballScoop.com reported that Tormey, Idaho's…

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Bucannon, Furney named 2nd team All Pac-12 

(Here's a version of the brief we put together for tomorrow's newspaper) PULLMAN – Two Washington State football players were named second-team All Pac-12 yesterday. Junior safety Deone Bucannon and junior kicker Andrew Furney were voted to the second team, though linebacker Travis Long, who…

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Day after Davidson

Back with a day-after post following Gonzaga’s 81-67 win over Davidson in the championship game of the Old Spice Classic. The Zags handled Clemson by 8, Oklahoma by 25 and the Wildcats by 14 en route to their second OSC championship, the first coming in…

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How much time is enough? 

A GRIP ON SPORTS Five years ago Washington State hired Paul Wulff to lead its football program. A year ago, after just nine wins, the Cougars fired him, an impatient action, according to some WSU fans, that came a year too early. Now it seems…

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Fire up the rumor mill 

COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Sunday marked the first official day of the offseason for a whole bunch of college football teams. It also marked the beginning of a period that is likely to cause some consternation in Pullman for the foreseeable future. Let's explain. Read…

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