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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

Cougs must wait and see about bowl

With no more regular-season games to play, the Washington State football team faces a different kind of challenge this week: the waiting game.
Sports

Ending with a twist

SEATTLE – The Washington State football team read off a familiar script in Friday afternoon’s Apple Cup. The setting was different, but the cast and characters were largely the same as last year’s comeback victory against Washington for the Cougars. It was reenacting the ending that proved problematic as WSU fell to UW, 27-17.
Sports

Cougs’ rally comes up short this time

Bishop Sankey blitzed Washington State for 139 of his 200 yards rushing in the second half to become Washington’s all-time single-season rushing leader, and the Huskies reclaimed the Apple Cup with a 27-17 win over the Cougars on Friday afternoon.
Sports

Dawg collar

SEATTLE – Four years ago Washington State football coach Paul Wulff couldn’t stop Bishop Sankey from switching his pledge at the last minute to play running back for the University of Washington. Whether or not the Cougars (6-5, 4-4 Pac-12) can stop Sankey today will likely determine whether or not they are able to beat UW (7-4, 4-4 Pac-12) in the Apple Cup, and possibly if they will attend their first bowl game since 2003.
Sports

Apple Cup: Two-minute drill

Jacob Thorpe predicts the keys to a Washington State win in the Apple Cup would be 1) score early; 2) limit big plays; 3) get the defense off the field on third down and 4) win the field-position battle.
Sports

Cougs’ Moos bleeds crimson, gray

PULLMAN – Bill Moos no longer straps on a football helmet when he fights for Washington State, his mouth guard and shoulder pads traded in for a starched shirt and tie. But while the former WSU offensive linemen’s job no longer entails preparing to face Pac-8 defenders he still battles for his alma mater. His playing field is the competitive world of BCS football marketing and finances.