COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- Now that the season has started, it seems we're going to see shorter practices, as coach Mike Leach is want to do once games are played. So the Cougars practiced for about an hour and a half on Sunday, and we…
A GRIP ON SPORTS The first Saturday of the college football season was pretty good if you are a fan of the nation's top-ranked teams. That means you USC and Alabama fans. You can whoop and holler as much as you want. But see that…
This being an election year, I can report that we have results in a few football precincts, and the early trend is red. Fan exit polls show a strong defense in Cheney, uncertainty in Missoula and Portland, and mixed results from North Dakota to San…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- The Pac-12 teams with earlier games did not fare very well, with the exception of USC. Neither did the teams that played later on -- for the most part -- but at least they managed to win. Read on for reading…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- If you were surprised that Washington State failed to score a touchdown against Brigham Young on Thursday, you weren't alone. And you weren't the first to feel that way, either. Just imagine how Texas Tech fans must have reacted in 2006,…
A GRIP ON SPORTS I spent a lot of time last night trying to come up with a way to work John Belushi's speech about the Germans and Pearl Harbor into my blog post this morning, but failed miserably. So alas, no "Animal House" reference…
COUGARS FROM PULLMAN -- It doesn't feel like Saturday, but it is. Doesn't feel like there's a full slate of college football games today, either, but there are. Even rarer? We get to watch most of them. Read on for all the links you need…
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