Washington State had one of its best games on the ground in some time, with 301 rushing yards, including 197 from quarterback John Mateer, the most by a WSU QB in school history.
The commissioner who never rests is standing down. Big 12 boss Brett Yormark announced Thursday that he won’t pursue a membership invitation for Connecticut at this time, explaining that a “joint” decision with UConn officials was made to “pause our …
PULLMAN – Shortly after his club’s season opener, a 70-30 victory over FCS Portland State last weekend, Washington State coach Jake Dickert tried to quell concerns over the Cougars’ defense with one assertion.
PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for when Washington State hosts Texas Tech at 7 p.m. Saturday evening. When Texas Tech has the ball… The only question mark in the Red Raiders’ offense has to do with running back …
PULLMAN – On Friday evening, Washington State was set to induct Mike Leach into the school’s hall of fame, recognizing the impact the late coach had on its football team, on its athletic program as a whole.
PULLMAN — When we talk about Washington State wide receiver Kyle Williams, there’s a temptation to talk about him as a deep-ball threat. He’s the Cougars’ best deep threat. He can take the top off a defense. He’s always a …
The on-field results are merely half the story this season for Washington State and Oregon State. The TV ratings matter, too. They matter as much as wins and losses as the schools fight for relevance as a two-team conference.
PULLMAN – When they worked together at Houston Baptist and when they reunited at Western Kentucky a couple of years later, Zach Kittley and Ben Arbuckle grew close. Kittley was the offensive coordinator and Arbuckle was an offensive quality control …
PULLMAN – Earlier in his career, Buddha Al-Uqdah felt more comfortable staying quiet as his teammates took the lead around him. He had yet to establish himself in Washington State’s linebacker corps, and with veterans like Kyle Thornton already in the room, he didn’t want to overstep his bounds.
Not too long ago, Cam Ward was a high school quarterback nobody noticed outside West Columbia, Texas, a town southwest of Houston but much closer to the Gulf. Ward was invisible to Football Bowl Subdivision recruiters while playing at Columbia …
PULLMAN – Washington State cornerback Jamorri Colson’s injury is no longer mysterious. Colson has been out the last couple weeks with a broken jaw bone, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The injury happened last month, …
PULLMAN – Here’s a first look at Washington State’s home game against Texas Tech on Saturday. What is it? For the second straight season, Washington State is hosting a nonconference game against a power conference opponent, welcoming the Big 12’s …
The Best of the West offers fans an unapologetic assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country – a collection of schools now scattered across five conferences: the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and Mountain …
The Pac-12 and Mountain West’s self-imposed deadline for a 2025 football schedule agreement has passed with no extension, leaving the future schedules for Oregon State and Washington State up in the air.
PULLMAN – Whenever Jake Dickert sat down to watch the replay of his Washington State team’s 70-30 win over Portland State on Saturday, a blowout win for the Cougars to kick off the new season, he probably liked most of what he saw.
PULLMAN – When he returned to the sideline after polishing off one of the best plays of his career, an interception return for touchdown in Washington State’s season-opening 70-30 rout of Portland State, Steve Hall had to let his teammates know.
PULLMAN – Sometime after Saturday afternoon’s game, a Washington State player might fire up his Xbox to start a game of College Football 25. He might play as the Cougars, opening up the playbook to toy with an overmatched opponent.
It does not matter that Portland State is not very good. What is important is that Washington State overpowered, ran past, and bullied the visiting Vikings during Saturday afternoon’s 70-30 shellacking.
A new era of Washington State football began Saturday. A new Pac-12. A new broadcast partner, The CW Network. But a throwback win, to all but one time the Cougars have welcomed Portland State to the Palouse, an eased-up 70-30 victory at Gesa Field.
PULLMAN – John Mateer got a good night’s rest before making his first start as Washington State’s quarterback. No overriding anxiety or nerves that would’ve impacted the calm Texan roughly 15 hours before taking his first meaningful snaps Saturday afternoon …