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Last week, WSU QB Jaxon Potter set a record under coach Jimmy Rogers. For the Cougs, it represented meaningful adaptability

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 9, 2025

PULLMAN – Jimmy Rogers may only be in his third year as a head coach, but he has enough games on his résumé to earn a reputation. His teams want to establish physicality, run the ball and control possessions, all of which he demonstrated in his first 31 games as a head man.

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WSU veteran safety Cale Reeder to make season debut against North Texas

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 9, 2025

PULLMAN – Washington State’s safety corps is expected to be at full strength on Saturday.

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First look: WSU heads south to take on North Texas in programs’ first meeting

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 8, 2025

PULLMAN – Here is a first look at Washington State’s road game against North Texas on Saturday.

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WSU rewind: In win over San Diego State, Cougars’ defensive line proved its depth might be for real

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 7, 2025

PULLMAN – Isaac Terrell was still breathing hard from a practice last week when he began to describe his first game under Washington State’s new coaching staff. The Cougars were a few days removed from a narrow win in their season opener, which left much to be desired from both the team’s offense and defense, but Terrell gave the experience a glowing review.

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Analysis: In win over San Diego State, WSU’s offense didn’t just look improved. The Cougs began to establish an identity

Sun., Sept. 7, 2025

PULLMAN — A week ago, you could have lobbed a thousand different criticisms toward Washington State, whose sluggish offense nearly cost the team its season-opener. The Cougars couldn’t run the ball, committed too many penalties, pulled their starting quarterback at inopportune times and, perhaps at the heart of all their troubles, couldn’t trust their offensive line to do much of anything productive.

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The pick: Why Washington State will beat San Diego State

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 5, 2025

PULLMAN – In the days after Washington State eked out a season-opening win over Idaho, a game so close the Cougars had to bow up to avoid giving up the lead in crunch time, their offensive linemen likely hit the reset button.

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Two-minute drill: WSU’s keys to victory against San Diego State

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 5, 2025

PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for Washington State home matchup against San Diego State at 7:15 p.m. Saturday on KSKN .

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To beat San Diego State on homecoming, WSU will have to improve in big ways on offense

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 5, 2025

PULLMAN – Jimmy Rogers barely hesitated. He was sitting at a table in the Cougar Football Complex, the same one he sat at a few days prior after his Washington State team’s narrow season-opening win, and he pondered how to help his Cougars turn in a better effort against their next opponent.

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How WSU’s Jeremiah Noga gained the tools to be a top wide receiver

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 4, 2025

PULLMAN – Before long, John Noga figured out a trick. The father of five comes from a long lineage of football talent, so as he worked to shape the next generation, he wanted to put his kids through intense workouts in sand pits. That included Jeremiah, his oldest son.

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WSU WR Devin Ellison to miss second game with heel contusion, DT Mike Sandjo to debut

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 4, 2025

PULLMAN – Devin Ellison is expected to miss a second straight week to open Washington State’s season.

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In WSU’s new-look offense, one player has flown under the radar: WR Tony Freeman

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 3, 2025

PULLMAN – Tony Freeman couldn’t haul in one of his final targets last weekend. It was late in the first half of his Washington State team’s win over Idaho, and as the Cougars tried to tack on points before halftime hit, quarterback Jaxon Potter dropped back and lasered a throw over the middle to Freeman.

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In season-opening win over Idaho, WSU’s defense proved it was up to the task

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 2, 2025

PULLMAN – If there’s anything he wants out of this Washington State team, Jimmy Rogers wants to build a formidable defense. That’s the side of the ball he gravitates most naturally toward, and through additions the team made in the spring and summer, it’s clear coaches prioritize physicality and depth on that end.

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WSU S Cale Reeder to return from injury in some capacity next week, WR Devin Ellison’s status in question

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 1, 2025

PULLMAN – Washington State is expecting veteran safety Cale Reeder to return from injury for this weekend’s home game against San Diego State, at least in some capacity. The team just isn’t sure what that will look like.

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First look: After win in season-opener, WSU to host San Diego State for homecoming game

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 1, 2025

PULLMAN – Here is a first look at Washington State’s home game against San Diego State on Saturday.

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WSU’s Jimmy Rogers made a solid choice at QB. It won’t matter without better offensive line play

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 31, 2025

PULLMAN – Now that Washington State has kicked off the Jimmy Rogers era, squeaking by with a one-score win over FCS Idaho on Saturday night, we can begin to wonder about the bigger decisions he’s already made.

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In season-opening win over Idaho, WSU showed some late-game moxie. It also showed it has serious work to do

Sun., Aug. 31, 2025

PULLMAN — After his team escaped, after Washington State eked out a one-score win over FCS Idaho in his first game as head coach, Jimmy Rogers finally opened up about the topic that he had kept hidden from the public for weeks.

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WSU QB Jaxon Potter earns starting duties in season-opener against Idaho

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 30, 2025

PULLMAN — After a long wait, Washington State has rolled out a starting quarterback.

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The pick: Why Washington State will beat Idaho in season opener

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

PULLMAN – Since Washington State’s fall camp began and first-year head coach Jimmy Rogers got his guys together in earnest, preparing for a schedule unlike any other in program history, he’s joined his assistant coaches in keeping one theme at the forefront of their approaches.

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Two-minute drill: WSU’s keys to victory in season-opener against Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

PULLMAN – Here is what to watch for when Washington State hosts Idaho at 7 p.m. Saturday on The CW.

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WSU ready to kick off new season, new era with home matchup against nearby Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

PULLMAN – Jimmy Rogers may only be in his third year as a head coach, but he has coached hundreds of games. For a decade and a half, he’s jogged out of the tunnel, heard fans roar, slung on the headset and gotten ready to call a game.

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S-R launches new weekly WSU football podcast ‘Cougar Prowl Podcast’

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

PULLMAN – A new Washington State sports podcast has arrived at The Spokesman-Review.

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Inside the quick ascension of WSU LB Anthony Palano, who has earned a starting spot — as a redshirt freshman

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 29, 2025

PULLMAN – Marc Palano knows his son well enough to know when something is up. Anthony may only be 19 years old, a burgeoning young prospect at linebacker, but he’s picked up a few habits as he matures.

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Quest for QB1: Zevi Eckhaus, Jaxon Potter, Julian Duggar and Ajani Sheppard give WSU range of options

Thu., Aug. 28, 2025

Moments before Washington State takes the field for the first time, kicking off a season unlike any other with a home matchup against nearby Idaho, everyone outside the Cougars’ team will be finding out about their starting quarterback for the first time.

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Retooling under Rogers: New WSU coach blends newcomers, holdovers as Cougs look for big Pac-2 sendoff

Thu., Aug. 28, 2025

Washington State is in a peculiar place this fall. The Cougars have a new head coach and 74 new players. They’re in their second and final year operating outside the confines of a traditional conference. They’re playing one opponent, the only one in their conference this season, twice in a span of four weeks.

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Washington State football predictions: A game-by-game preview of the 2025 season

Thu., Aug. 28, 2025

How the 2025 season will shape up for WSU football.