NCAA football

To the untrained eye, he was practically invisible. Halfway through Sunday’s NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams, Cooper Kupp — a 32-year-old wide receiver deeply invested in the outcome — was conspicuously missing from the box score, having failed to catch either of the targets that came his way.

Indiana's unimaginable rise from nowhere to undefeated national champion stands as a beacon for perennial losers, the almost-there crowd and traditional basketball schools alike.

PULLMAN – In September, when the gates open and the concession stands whir into action and the lights flip on at Gesa Field, Washington State fans won’t just be experiencing the beginning of the Kirby Moore era.

There are countless ways to measure success with the transfer portal. Leaning into the raw number of departures and arrivals is not one of them.

At its best, the transfer portal is something like alchemy, turning lead into gold – see Indiana and Heisman Trophy quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

The NCAA’s consolidated two-week transfer window, which closed Friday for nearly every team, left the Eastern Washington football team, for the most part, intact.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – From audacious upstart to unbeaten national champion, Curt Cignetti and the No. 1 Indiana Hoosiers completed their meteoric rise to the top of college football Monday night.

PULLMAN – Washington State is picking up an offensive lineman from its biggest rival.

Back in the roiling summer of 2022, UCLA officials leaned into the opportunity to boost home attendance as one of several reasons for leaving the Pac-12 and joining the Big Ten. After all, the Bruins would play three or four home games per year against midwestern schools with thousands of alumni in Southern California. They would leap at the chance to see their favorite team in person and help fill the half-vacant Rose Bowl.

PULLMAN – Some final reinforcements from the transfer portal are headed Washington State’s way.

Jedd Fisch understands his quarterback needs to rebuild some important bridges.

PULLMAN – Washington State has finally landed an offensive lineman from the transfer portal.

PULLMAN — One of the top wide receivers in the California junior college system last fall is headed to Washington State.

PULLMAN — Washington State is getting one of the most decorated high school players in the state's history.

PULLMAN – Next fall, when Washington State coach Kirby Moore needs a tight end, he’ll have a few options to choose from.

Losing to Ohio State and Indiana in the CFP isn't the issue. The issue is the fashion in which the Ducks lost the Rose and Peach Bowls.

PULLMAN – To land their newest commitment, Washington State coaches leveraged a bit of family ties.

No. 1 Indiana still had doubters after winning its first 14 games of the college football season, but not after Friday night’s dominant Peach Bowl performance that put the Hoosiers on the doorstep of a national title.

PULLMAN — Washington State isn't done making over its roster.