Jacob Thorpe

PULLMAN – The two unknowns heading into Washington State’s first scrimmage of the spring were how the defense would look under new defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and how the quarterbacks would look playing against it. After 111 live plays on Saturday, the answer to the first mystery is that eight practices in, it is still very much a work in progress – although the pass rush looked good – and because of that, the answer to the latter is that all four quarterbacks on WSU’s roster had successful days.

The two unknowns heading into Washington State’s first scrimmage of the spring were how the defense would look under new defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and how the quarterbacks would look playing against it.

The first 2016 recruit to publicly commit to playing at Washington State is, what else, a quarterback.

Ian Sagdal blasted his second and third home runs of the season for Washington State but a slew of errors cost the Cougars, who fell to Washington 5-2 on Saturday.

The passing game and pass rush were dominant on Saturday and one running back had an auspicious debut for the fans.

Stats from WSU's scrimmage on Saturday.

Luke Falk talks after WSU's first scrimmage of the spring.

Linebacker Jeremiah Allison speaks to the media after WSU's first practice of the spring.

Mike Leach speaks after WSU's scrimmage on Saturday.

Football teams punt, it's just something they do. But the Cougars don't have any punters listed on their spring roster.

PULLMAN – While there are no punters listed on the Washington State football spring roster, the Cougars must have somebody do it. The group of specialists that special teams coach Eric Mele cobbled together for the sake of getting through drills – and compete to start next season – includes the team’s kicker, a linebacker and a Jugs machine.

Today was practice No. 7, so we're almost halfway through spring ball at Washington State and the offense is hitting its stride.

Mike Leach talks to the media after Thursday's WSU football practice.

Darryl Paulo answers five offbeat questions about the Cougar football team.

Washington State won for the third time in its last four games last night, as Donnie Marbut picked up his 300th win.

PULLMAN – Washington State coach Donnie Marbut’s 300th career win certainly wasn’t his easiest, and he didn’t get a chance to bask in the certainty of the victory until the final out. “We started six freshmen, seven including the guy on the mound,” Marbut said. “They’re good players and even when they’re older and more experienced – baseball’s a crummy game, man.

Mike Leach speaks after WSU's sixth practice of the spring.

Washington State's receivers struggled mightily early in Tuesday's practice. That didn't last long.

One shining moment, indeed. When the book was closed on one of the most exciting NCAA tournaments in recent memory we had two new champions…

Charles Callison won 31 games this season at San Bernardino Valley College this past season. He'll try to keep the good mojo flowing at WSU next season.

I'll be hosting a live chat at 11 a.m. to talk about spring football at Washington State.

I've covered Washington State for 19 months now, so naturally I thought I'd seen everything. But the Cougars can still surprise this old scribe.