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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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Freshmen Molton, Martin give WSU needed depth

PULLMAN – The ingredients for significant improvement are typically found in a football team’s own garden. Players get bigger and stronger, bonds between teammates become more cohesive and coaches become better able to translate their desires into execution during games. Significant changes to either players or coaches often do little more than reset progress, and getting younger is a move that usually takes time to pay dividends.
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Freshmen Molton, Martin give WSU boost

The ingredients for significant improvement are typically found in a football team’s own garden. Players get bigger and stronger, bonds between teammates become more cohesive and coaches become better able to translate their desires into execution during games.
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WSU QB Luke Falk has full head of steam

This is the last of eight previews looking at WSU’s position-by-position prospects for the upcoming season. Today: Quarterbacks. PULLMAN – For the quarterbacks who propel Washington State’s Air Raid offense, record passing numbers are simply an occupational byproduct.
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WSU position preview: Special teams

This is the seventh of eight previews looking at WSU’s position-by-position prospects for the upcoming season. Today: Special teams. Sunday: Quarterbacks. PULLMAN – The old football truism that special teams account for one-third of a game of football – defense and offense also being of roughly equal importance – isn’t really true.
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WSU makes moves to improve special teams

The old football truism that special teams account for one-third of a game of football – defense and offense also being of roughly equal importance – isn’t really true.
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WSU position preview: Wide receivers

This is the sixth of eight previews looking at WSU’s position-by-position prospects for the upcoming season. Today: Wide receivers. Saturday: Special teams. PULLMAN – Losing the most productive receiver in school history would be a problem for most college football programs.
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Cougars reload at receiver

Losing the most productive receiver in school history would be a problem for most college football programs. For Washington State, it might be the only way to free up enough catches for everybody.
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Morning links: Practice and podcasts

We'll recap interviews KJR's Jason Puckett and Ian Furness conducted with Bill Moos and Mike Leach, as well as Wednesday's practice in this post.
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WSU has put added emphasis on running back touches

This is the fifth of eight previews looking at WSU’s position-by-position prospects for the upcoming season. Today: Running backs. Friday: Wide receivers. PULLMAN – Washington State’s running backs would not do well to be greedy this season, although the prize they share is not as small as commonly thought.
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Connor Halliday decides to give NFL another try

Connor Halliday’s retirement from football was nearly as brief as his stint with the Washington Redskins, the team that signed him as undrafted free agent out of Washington State last spring. Halliday boarded a flight home from Kansas City on Tuesday after a tryout with the Chiefs. He worked out for the team on Tuesday morning before meeting with coach Andy Reid and his staff. The team cannot sign Halliday until after the preseason is over in two weeks, at which point Halliday hopes the team will sign him to its practice squad.