As promised, here are our Pac-12 power rankings for the second week. A bit of movement, but it looks the same at the top. Southern California (1-0, 0-0; last week: 1) – The Trojans did whatever they wanted against Hawaii last week. Expect more of…
Every week, I hope to ask a few questions of a journalist who covers Eastern Washington’s next football opponent. Actually, this idea was the brainchild of our own Christian Caple, who covers the Cougars – 24/7 it seems. To give some perspective on the Cougars,…
Just a quick post since I haven't been able to do much on this year's Spokane Chiefs (yet). That ends soon, as I'm starting to transition into season preview mode. We'll have plenty for you next week. The Western Hockey League regular season begins in…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It was the typical Thursday practice in terms of the workload -- special teams, then a whole lot of scout work on both ends of the field followed by the standard "Thursday Night Football" team session for the scout-teamers at Martin…
A GRIP ON SPORTS OK, so I slept in this morning. Sorry. I was up late last night and I'll tell you, when you watch the clock hit 10:07 at night, it's no fun. And when you're still awake at 10:29, you know it's late.…
As we enter the second week of our Pac-12 picks contest, we'll recap the first week's standings and list the second week's games below. As usual, all picks -- both straight up and against the spread -- must be submitted before any games are played.
We'll have a live chat on all things EWU football at noon today with S-R reporter Jim Allen (that's me). Also this morning, here is my first Big Sky notebook, and my feature yesterday on EWU defensive tackle Evan Cook. Today, our WSU beat writer,…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It's two days until game day, which means the usual Washington State Thursday content -- Pac-12 picks, as well as power rankings later on in the day. WSU has its final practice of the week later this afternoon, but first we…
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