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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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Record nine Pac-12 schools go bowling

The Pac-12 Conference is sending a record nine football teams to play in bowl games to cap the 2013 season, with only Cal and relative conference newcomers Utah and Colorado failing to get eligible. However, the conference lost the chance to split up an approximately $17 million payday when the Sugar Bowl spurned Oregon in favor of Oklahoma.
Sports

Breaking down Pac-12 bowl games

The Pac-12 Conference is sending a record nine football teams to play in bowl games to cap the 2013 season, with only Cal and relative conference newcomers Utah and Colorado failing to get eligible.
Sports

Cougars will face Colorado St. in New Mexico Bowl

PULLMAN – It’s been a decade-long wait for the Washington State football team to return to a bowl game, and nothing was certain until athletic director Bill Moos had the invite in hand. But on Sunday afternoon Moos finally received word that the Cougars were officially invited to face off against Colorado State in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, returning WSU to the postseason for the first time since 2003.
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Cougars escape Moscow, defeat Vandals again

MOSCOW, Idaho – With 7.8 seconds left on the clock, the raucous crowd of 4,142 in the intimate Cowan Spectrum murmured with anticipation at the chance to finally pay back their Pac-12 rivals. Two years ago Reggie Moore hit a buzzer-beating jumper in Moscow to give Washington State a road win over Idaho, extending a streak of futility in the rivalry for the Vandals that dates to 2002.
Sports

Cougars play Vandals at UI

Last week the Washington State men’s basketball team traveled about as far from Pullman as one can while still remaining in the continental United States to take part in the Old Spice Classic. But today the Cougars will remain as close to campus as possible without playing a home game to take part in the oldest continuous rivalry west of the Mississippi River.