SEATTLE – For anyone who happened to miss the final dramatic moments of Saturday’s Apple Cup, Washington State edge rusher Andrew Edson offered a short, chronological summary of the play that left Cougars fans thrilled and Huskies fans stunned underneath a wet sky at Lumen Field.
Let’s be blunt. We’re fine with streaming. Have embraced it, actually. For entertainment. How else would we get our “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” and movie star fix? But for sports?
John Mateer Washington’s defense hadn’t allowed a touchdown in its first two games against Weber State and Eastern Michigan. But much like Washington State’s last opponent, the Huskies had trouble corralling Mateer when he decided to use his legs. Coming …
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Senior Kyle Thornton wrapped up UW running back Jonah Coleman on an option play. He held up his fist. His teammates mobbed him. Wherever the Apple Cup trophy was, it needed a new home.
The move simultaneously douses speculation that WSU and/or Oregon State are awaiting a lucrative lifeline from the Big 12 or ACC. For fans that’s an undoubtedly difficult reality to take; the Cougs and Beavs may never reach a higher rung. The chance to climb isn’t coming.
PULLMAN – In recent days, Washington State coach Jake Dickert has been effusive in his praise for his team’s new starting quarterback, the way John Mateer has responded to mistakes.
PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for when Washington State squares off against rival Washington in Saturday afternoon’s Apple Cup. When Washington has the ball … How will WSU’s front line stack up against UW’s offensive line, a new …
PULLMAN – There may be no overstating the ways Washington State’s clash with rival Washington on Saturday afternoon, the 116th renewal of the Apple Cup, will be different. Neutral-site game: check. Nonconference game: check. September game: check. “We’re beyond past …
PULLMAN – Shortly after Jake Dickert arrived on Washington State’s campus in early 2020 as the Cougars’ defensive coordinator, he began to understand the importance of the program’s biggest rivalry.
PULLMAN – Anne McCoy’s watch wouldn’t stop buzzing. Washington State’s athletic director was at a donor dinner Wednesday evening in Seattle, the site of this weekend’s nonconference Apple Cup, when she started to get a flood of texts. “I think …
The SEC decimated the Mountain West. So did the Big Ten. And the Big 12. And the ACC. The Pac-12 finished the job Thursday when it stripped the Mountain West of its top football schools, leaving behind a conference in peril.
Washington State football coach Jake Dickert, understandably hoping to channel the rage of his put-upon fanbase into action, lest it linger into apathy, has told them to show up Saturday in Seattle.
It's far too early in the process to have clarity on the value of a media rights deal for the rebuilt Pac-12. Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State and San Diego State were approved for membership hours ago; the structure …
It took 13 months, eight days and many millions of dollars, but the Pac-12 is off the mat. It’s not the same Pac-12 that existed for 109 years – it will never be the same. But the conference wrote the …
Washington State and Oregon State, left behind in the realignment game, are charging forward with their plan to rebuild their 109-year-old conference. The Pac-12 made the first step official on Thursday, announcing the additions of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno …
PULLMAN – Washington State and Oregon State may soon have new members in a reimagined Pac-12. That’s the word from Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, who reported Wednesday night that the schools have decided to attempt to rebuild the Pac-12 by …
PULLMAN – Turns out, Washington State edge Nusi Malani might know a little more than his teammates about the Washington offensive line his team will face this weekend. Malani went to high school with UW’s starting right tackle, Drew Azzopardi, …
Arizona's first-ever visit to Kansas State does not count as a Big 12 conference game, but pay that semantic no heed. The performance will tell us exactly where Arizona belongs in the conference hierarchy. With a victory in Manhattan on …
SEATTLE – Denzel Boston has played in two Apple Cups during his young career. Washington’s sophomore wide receiver has never walked away without the trophy. Boston, playing in his third season at Washington, knows there’s regional pride at stake. He …