Jacob Thorpe

It's spring game season in college football and what that means depends on what school you're talking about.

WSU had its second scrimmage of the spring today. Here's what I noticed.

Peyton Bender threw six touchdowns.

Marcellus Pippins talks to the media after WSU's second spring scrimmage.

Peyton Bender speaks to the media after WSU's second spring scrimmage.

Luke Falk speaks to the media after WSU's second spring scrimmage.

Mike Leach speaks to the media after WSU's second scrimmage of the spring.

The pressure of a quarterback competition has been nothing compared to what the WSU defense is throwing at Luke Falk and Peyton Bender.

Mike Leach speaks to the media after WSU's 10th spring practice.

For the most part, Saturday's practice was pretty ordinary at Washington State. But a few players stepped up for the first time this spring.

Yesterday was the first day of the spring signing period for men's basketball and the Cougars added to their already sizable class.

PULLMAN – The Washington State basketball roster will look considerably different after Ernie Kent’s first year in Pullman. After signing guards Charles Callison and Viont’e Daniels to national letters of intent on Wednesday, Kent said he will be a significant step closer to getting the program where he wants it.

Today is the beginning of the spring signing period for men's basketball and the Cougars are expected to add at least two new recruits.

PULLMAN – Although righty Andrew Sopko has been one of the most effective starting pitchers in the West Coast Conference all season, until last week he’d never started a game in the premier Friday slot. But with No. 1 starter Brandon Bailey battling strep throat, Sopko stepped in, and pitched masterfully in the 7-0 win. Sopko allowed a baserunner in each of the first three innings, but retired his final 16 batters and only allowed two hits while striking out eight in eight innings.

PULLMAN – Flashes and bursts are the images most appropriately associated with the inconstant nature of freshman running back Keith Harrington, whose coaches are annoyed by his inconsistency, but beguiled by his unpredictable running style. Such was the case during Tuesday’s practice when Harrington struggled to pick up blitzes, made little impact in the ground game and – a former receiver, no less – dropped a pair of passes during the “skeleton” passing drill.

Maybe it was the snow.

Join us as we talk about what we've seen from the Cougars so far in spring practice.

Before we get to the day-to-day stuff, I've got three stories to pass along that I think are important reads for the well-rounded Cougar follower.