PORTLAND, Ore. – Jimmy Rogers shook his head and raised his eyebrows, his competitive nature bubbling to the surface. Washington State’s head man was only a couple minutes into his weekly news conference Monday, and he was talking about his group’s road test against Oregon State this weekend.
PORTLAND – Washington State keeps heating up in the recruiting department. The Cougars’ latest commitment comes from junior college defensive back Willie Breland Jr., a three-star prospect who announced his decision Friday morning, becoming the 21st member of WSU’s class …
The players that Washington State coach David Riley and his assistants brought in don’t just look talented and versatile. They also have global experience, bringing knowledge from their years of basketball in their home countries to Pullman, where the Cougars will try to build on last year’s 19-15 season. The good news for the Cougars: Their international players don’t just know about local foods. They’ve also spent years battling their contemporaries back home.
Following an offseason of early departures and graduation losses, WSU coach David Riley and the Cougs have landed a team with nine newcomers: Four from the transfer portal, four true freshmen and one veteran international import. That group will join three key returners – guard Tomas Thrastarson, wing Rihards Vavers and forward ND Okafor – in taking on the Cougars’ second and final season as affiliate members of the WCC before the rebuilt Pac-12 launches next year.
All of a sudden, it’s Eleonora Villa’s basketball team in Pullman. When others were defecting around her, Eleonora Villa stayed. When others sought greener pastures, Eleonora Villa decided the pasture was green enough where she was at. When others were …
Forgive Washington State women’s basketball coach Kamie Ethridge if it seems like she was in the same position at the start of the season a year ago. While it feels like the Cougars are starting over with more than a …
PULLMAN – An Outlook email notification saved Jonny Lester’s football life. It was last winter, and a few weeks after Washington State wrapped up the regular season, Lester felt a bit confused. He had been promised a scholarship by coach Jake Dickert, who said he would deliver it the following spring, when spots opened up.
PULLMAN – When he talks, Jack Janikowski comes across as thoughtful. He chooses his words carefully, like he is speaking in front of the United Nations, not like he is discussing his role on Washington State’s defensive line. He is articulate and intentional, eager to talk about the things that matter to him.
PULLMAN – Washington State isn’t slowing down on the recruiting trail. Since Monday night, the Cougars have added two members to their class of 2026: junior college cornerback Bryce Heckard and prep prospect Jarvse Dickerson, the latter of whom hails …
PULLMAN – Exactly two weeks ago, Jimmy Rogers sat inside the Cougar Football Complex, offered a wry smile and acknowledged one of his Washington State team’s biggest weaknesses. “Yeah, we’re terrible right now at tackling,” he said. It was after …
The Pac-12 dissolved in 2024, but one vestige of the former conference remains relevant to the college football season unfolding this fall: the bowl lineup. The legacy teams are locked into the postseason arrangement that existed prior to collapse. Each …
PULLMAN – Washington State may be battling a bevy of injuries on defense, but the team is set to get one key player back this weekend. Junior defensive end Isaac Terrell is expected to be available for WSU’s road game …
PULLMAN – Here is a first look at Washington State’s road game against Oregon State on Saturday. What is it? Coming off a three-score home win over Toledo, Washington State (4-4) returns to the road to take on Oregon State, …
PULLMAN – As far as jobs on a football field go, offensive line ranks among the most thankless. When a quarterback has time to throw, he’s praised for making the right reads. When he doesn’t, the blame immediately goes to the offensive line, the mistakes the group is making, the ways it could be overmatched.
PULLMAN – Facing a respected program in an exhibition game to usher in the new season, the Washington State men’s basketball team gave its fans an encouraging early glimpse. The Cougars prevailed in a well-matched preseason affair, beating the Lobos …
PULLMAN – From the very beginning, from the moment Jimmy Rogers posed for pictures with the No. 35 Washington State jersey a few days after he became the Cougars’ next head coach last winter, he established a vision for the type of football descending on the Palouse.
PULLMAN – Parker McKenna doesn’t say much. Not after practices, not in radio shows, especially not after Washington State games, not even when he makes plays that almost singularly turn the tide in favor of the Cougars.
Washington State built a comfortable lead with a second-quarter onslaught, then its offense went quiet for most of the second half. But the Cougars’ defense kept Toledo at bay and WSU snapped a two-game losing streak, cruising to a 28-7 victory over the Rockets on Saturday at Gesa Field in Pullman. Now back at .500, the Cougs (4-4) have a couple of winnable games ahead of them – they face one-win Oregon State next weekend at Beaverton, Oregon, then host a middling Louisiana Tech team on Nov. 15.
PULLMAN – Talk to anyone in the Washington State football orbit, fans to former players to casual observers from afar, and this sentiment has seemed to hover over the program recently.
PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for when Washington State takes on Toledo at 12:30 p.m. Saturday on The CW. When Toledo has the ball … If there was ever an opportunity for the Cougars’ pass rush to rev …