Jacob Thorpe

BERKELEY, Calif. – The turnovers and stops that have eluded the Washington State defense finally came on Saturday. And a suddenly aggressive offense was able to put some points on the board, for a half.

Washington State will don its all-white uniforms and play the Golden Bears in California Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m. today.

OAKLAND, Calif. – In front of a meager Berkeley crowd that appeared to consist mostly of the relatives of Washington State football players Rickey Galvin and Kalafitoni Pole, two Bay Area transplants who traded their hometown breeze for Pullman’s harsher yet more defined climes, the Cougars earned their first and only Pac-12 blowout win since 2006. The 44-22 win at Cal in 2013, the second conference win of Mike Leach’s tenure as WSU head coach, seemed like a turning point for his then-nascent program. And for a time, it was.

I'm sitting in a well-worn chair at SeaTac airport, which means I wasn't at WSU's first practice. But the team was kind enough to pass along some photos.

PULLMAN – Keith Harrington nearly stopped his dad’s heart when he jumped off that ledge. Of course, he only had himself to blame. Keith Harrington Sr. sent his kid in search of trophies at a young age, and Junior was willing to do a lot for some hardware, even jump off a 6-foot half-pipe with only a skateboard between him and the ground.

Devonte McClain came to Washington State to protect quarterbacks. He spent Thursday's practice assaulting them.

From the start of our online chat to the end of practice, there's plenty of WSU news to recap from Wednesday.