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Jacob Thorpe

Jacob Thorpe

Current Position: Sports columnist

Jacob Thorpe is a freelance sports columnist covering Washington State football.

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Sports

Jacob Thorpe’s Pac-12 bowl picks

Money has been an issue for Pac-12 schools ever since the Pac-12 Networks and other TV deals turned out to be less golden goose than lemonade stand.
Sports

Allegations of sexual assault led to Minnesota Holiday Bowl boycott

The suspensions of 10 Minnesota football players and the subsequent boycott by their teammates that raises doubt about the Golden Gophers’ participation in the Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl stems from sexual assault allegations that many around the football program thought had been addressed weeks ago.
Sports

Holiday Bowl game in jeopardy due to Minnesota boycott

The boycott by Minnesota football players has created uncertainty about Washington State’s opponent in the Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl, or even if the game will be played at all as it becomes more apparent that replacing the Golden Gophers would require solving large logistical problems.
Sports

WSU football finding that bowl games beget bowl games

When place in historical perspective, the Washington State football program is on a bowl game binge. The Cougars have been invited to 13 postseason bowl games since the program’s 1894 inception, and three of those have come over the past four seasons.
Sports

WSU, Idaho add junior college football players

Washington State’s seniors at key positions on the offensive line, wide receiver corps and defensive secondary have yet to play their final game, but the Cougars on Wednesday added potential replacements.
Sports

Washington State bowl game brings perks and extra practices

On Saturday, Dec. 10, Washington State’s senior football players walked across the stage at Beasley Coliseum to receive their diplomas. They sat through the ceremony, formed various groups for photos – some candid, some formal – then said goodbye to their friends and families and left for the locker room.
Sports

Mike Leach fed up with repeat award winners as WSU QB Luke Falk is denied again in Burlsworth

PULLMAN – For the last two seasons, Washington State quarterback Luke Falk has been sent to a banquet in Arkansas as a finalist for the Burlsworth award, which is given to college football’s best player who began his career as a walk-on. And for the past two years he has watched as Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield was given the Burlsworth Trophy. Because the two quarterbacks are both juniors, it could happen again next year, too.