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Mike Leach says recent fight unlikely to result in WSU football dismissals

Fri., Aug. 5, 2016

Washington State coach Mike Leach said on Friday that is unlikely a recent fight that reportedly involved football players will result in anybody being kicked off the team.

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Washington State prepares to open camp with depth, high energy

Fri., Aug. 5, 2016

Washington State’s football players will put on their helmets and hit the practice field on Saturday, marking the beginning of the 2016 season. And so much more goes into it than that.

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Mike Leach previews WSU football’s first practice

Fri., Aug. 5, 2016

Who had good offseasons and what he expects on Saturday.

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2016 WSU football roster

Fri., Aug. 5, 2016

Updated heights, weights, numbers, etc.

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Mike Leach addresses WSU football fight allegations

Fri., Aug. 5, 2016

Washington State coach Mike Leach spent about 10 minutes on Friday answering questions about the role of WSU football players in a recent fight.

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Vandals open practice with high expectations, emotions

Thu., Aug. 4, 2016

The air crackled before Idaho’s first 2016 practice with the excitement of a team who expectations are unusually and unabashedly high.

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WSU booster creates Steve Gleason Recruiting Center with major gift

Wed., Aug. 3, 2016

Prominent Washington State booster Glenn Osterhout donated $250,000 to rename the football operation building's penthouse recruiting center after Steve Gleason, the former Cougars football player and current ALS champion.

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Matt Linehan’s health crucial to Vandals’ success

Wed., Aug. 3, 2016

Idaho football coach Paul Petrino sat down on Wednesday to answer questions about his team, although he’s still in the process of gathering his own answers about the Vandals. Petrino and the Vandals hold their first practice at 6 p.m. on Thursday and will hold a scrimmage on Aug. 20 at 10 a.m.

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Abraham Lucas will play football at WSU

Wed., Aug. 3, 2016

Abraham Lucas, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound offensive tackle from Everett's Archbishop Murphy High, accepted a scholarship offer from Washington State.

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WSU booster funds Steve Gleason Recruiting Room

Wed., Aug. 3, 2016

Glenn Osterhout donated $250,000 to rename the football operation building's penthouse recruiting center after the ALS champion.

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Zaire Webb commits to WSU, which commits to Twitter

Mon., Aug. 1, 2016

New rules will make social media even more prominent in the recruiting world. So it's appropriate that's how Zaire Webb made his commitment known.

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Washington State Cougars football depth analysis

Sat., July 30, 2016

Washington State Cougars football depth analysis heading into fall camp

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Here is WSU’s Pac-12 men’s basketball schedule

Tue., July 26, 2016

The Cougars open the Pac-12 season with a game against the Huskies in Seattle.

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Six WSU football players persons of interest in weekend assault

Mon., July 25, 2016

Six Washington State football players are persons of interest after a weekend brawl that left two students hospitalized and more with minor injuries. Pullman police commander Chris Tennant said the police have confirmed WSU football players were present at the party but expects a lengthy investigation to determine their level of involvement.

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Gabe Marks is an oratorical All-American

Sat., July 23, 2016

PULLMAN – Gabe Marks developed a cough. Specifically, he acquired Mike Leach’s cough, the one that only comes out in interviews.

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Complete interview with Gabe Marks

Sat., July 23, 2016

The full transcript of the interview at the center of our recent Gabe Marks profile.

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DB Charles Watson gives his pledge to WSU

Wed., July 20, 2016

The commitments are coming fast and furious for the Cougars.

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Chris Petersen, Washington football grapple with outsized expectations

Fri., July 15, 2016

Every offseason the reporters who cover college football put their heads together and come up with a couple teams for whom circumstances seem to dictate improved play in the upcoming season.

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Pac-12 football notes: Oregon State’s impact punter Nick Porebski

Fri., July 15, 2016

If anything marred the 2016 football season for the fans of Pac-12 football, which sent a record 10 teams to bowl games, it was the inconsistent and often erroneous officiating, often at critical junctions of close games.

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WSU football, picked fourth, has more to prove in 2016

Thu., July 14, 2016

Despite Washington State’s third-place Pac-12 North football finish last season, the Cougars were only selected to finish fourth this season by the media members in the annual poll released during the Pac-12 Media day on Thursday.

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Mike Leach spent offseason coaching football in Italy

Thu., July 14, 2016

From Alaska, to Cuba, to the Florida Keys, Mike Leach’s offseason itinerary has been an atlas of exotic, interesting, and hopefully restful locales.

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Mike Leach says Luke Falk should have won Heisman in 2015

Thu., July 14, 2016

Mike Leach is unsure what the current criteria is for Heisman Trophy selection. But he knows which player elevated his teammates the most in 2015.

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Gabe Marks: Luke Falk is “The Messiah of the Palouse”

Thu., July 14, 2016

Gabe Marks held court at Pac-12 Media Days, and made sure to show a little love to his quarterback.

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Quick Pac-12 facts courtesy of Larry Scott

Thu., July 14, 2016

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott gave the opening address at Pac-12 Media Days. Here are some of the highlights.

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WSU picked to finish No. 4 in the Pac-12 North

Thu., July 14, 2016

Pac-12 media members are still skeptical of WSU’s chances in one of college football’s toughest divisions.