Jacob Thorpe

PULLMAN – The verbal mortars shot back and forth between Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury and Arkansas coach Brett Bielema have served as a proxy battle in the ongoing debate between those who favor modern offenses and those who espouse more traditional methods of moving the football toward the end zone. Washington State coach Mike Leach, an engineer of spread offenses, weighed in on the exchange during the Pac-12 coaches media teleconference on Tuesday.

PULLMAN – The game-clinching touchdown Washington State’s offense scored to secure its 31-14 win over Wyoming on Saturday was spoon fed by a defense that had done everything short of scoring itself to ensure a victory. The 4-yard touchdown pass Luke Falk threw to Dom Williams with 2 minutes left in Saturday’s contest was set up by Jeremiah Allison’s interception and return to the Cowboys’ 12-yard line.

PULLMAN – Martin Stadium has changed a lot since Jerome Harrison raced up and down its sidelines on the way to the 2005 college football rushing title. Harrison and the rest of the 25 inductees into the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame sat at midfield on Saturday and marveled at the changes to WSU’s stadium since the days when some of them made it shake under the crowd’s roar.

PULLMAN – The game-clinching touchdown Washington State’s offense scored to secure its 31-14 win over Wyoming on Saturday was spoon fed by a defense that had done everything short of scoring itself to ensure a victory.

PULLMAN – Let’s try that one again, shall we? Washington State lost an opportunity against an easy opponent to win a game in front of its home crowd a couple weeks ago, meaning it has now been more than a year since Cougars fans last saw a win in Martin Stadium.

PULLMAN – The Wyoming football team faces long odds this weekend when it travels to Washington State. But perhaps not long enough for Cowboys coach Craig Bohl.